Nick's editorial on Plywood
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Nick's editorial on Plywood
I found Nick's editorial on plywood http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Archives/SS112/SS112_Clamp_Caddy_files/images/Choosing_Plywood.pdf
very interesting and extremely well written. I've shown it around to others and I hope you all will too.
I really like the last paragraph.
"Especially when it makes the difference between worthwhile or not worth a damn, between done right or not quite, between leaving a legacy or simply leaving."
(I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the author of over 50 books can write so eloquently, but I was.)
very interesting and extremely well written. I've shown it around to others and I hope you all will too.
I really like the last paragraph.
"Especially when it makes the difference between worthwhile or not worth a damn, between done right or not quite, between leaving a legacy or simply leaving."
(I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the author of over 50 books can write so eloquently, but I was.)
Doug
Greenville, SC
Greenville, SC
Nick's Plywood editorial
Can anyone tell me how to find Nick's editorial on plywood?
The links that are posted do not work.
Perhaps they have been shut down?
Nick, any help?
Bill
The links that are posted do not work.
Perhaps they have been shut down?
Nick, any help?
Bill
Plywood: The Choices You Make
Go to Hands Online #12 segment on cutting dadoes and rabbits in plywood.
Scroll down on the blackboard.
I agree it's a great piece, and a bit freightening if your working with that "crap."
w
Scroll down on the blackboard.
I agree it's a great piece, and a bit freightening if your working with that "crap."
w
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Nick's Editorial on Plywood
wa2crk, I think this is what you want to read:
http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... lywood.pdf
http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... lywood.pdf
"Making Sawdust Safely"
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Buying American sounds good until you realize that today it means foreigners buying our homes, our land and our natural resources. I for one would like to see goods produced by Americans, for Americans and consumed by Americans. I have seen an Asian Shopsmith knockoff and it is not pretty. I am sure this sounds like isolationism, but the more we deal with the rest of the world the more we seem to get the short end of the stick. Just my opinion.
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You know that is what I meant:rolleyes: . And, there is nothing wrong with your opinion. A good start would be to place taxes on imports equal to the tax other countries put on our exports. All of a sudden you would have a more even keel price wise, and more Americans would buy the more price equal and most-of-the-time better made American product.ldh wrote:Buying American sounds good until you realize that today it means foreigners buying our homes, our land and our natural resources. I for one would like to see goods produced by Americans, for Americans and consumed by Americans. I have seen an Asian Shopsmith knockoff and it is not pretty. I am sure this sounds like isolationism, but the more we deal with the rest of the world the more we seem to get the short end of the stick. Just my opinion.
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Buying US made products will help keep YOUR job or retirement funds safer.
Buying US made products will help keep YOUR job or retirement funds safer.
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[quote="a1gutterman"]You know that is what I meant:rolleyes: . And, there is nothing wrong with your opinion. A good start would be to place taxes on imports equal to the tax other countries put on our exports. All of a sudden you would have a more even keel price wise, and more Americans would buy the more price equal and most-of-the-time better made American product.]
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I think your wrong when you say "...more Americans would buy the more price equal and most-of-the-time better made American product."
I think what would happen would be the prices would be more and the american public would accuse the current government of not doing anything to make them rich.
Look at how some people react to the price of an American made Shopsmith. Most say I can buy 6 jet table saws for that price.
The American public wants two things less work and the ability to buy more (be it more money or less cost). Unfortunately that is not the same two things that made this country. In the past it was accepting hard work and using technology to make it better and cheaper.
Ed
Tim
I think your wrong when you say "...more Americans would buy the more price equal and most-of-the-time better made American product."
I think what would happen would be the prices would be more and the american public would accuse the current government of not doing anything to make them rich.
Look at how some people react to the price of an American made Shopsmith. Most say I can buy 6 jet table saws for that price.
The American public wants two things less work and the ability to buy more (be it more money or less cost). Unfortunately that is not the same two things that made this country. In the past it was accepting hard work and using technology to make it better and cheaper.
Ed
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This is going to turn into an interesting discussion.
Paul
What amazes me is how many people say this, yet how nothing seems to happen from our government. I'm not sure why. Perhaps the idea won't work?a1gutterman wrote:A good start would be to place taxes on imports equal to the tax other countries put on our exports.
Paul