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dusty wrote:The casters change nothing at all. That hose arrangement was there when I had the casters mounted.

I moved the casters to the other Mark V because I roll it around to different locations in the shop depending on what I am using it for (usually a drill press or sanding station).

An elbow just inside the leg?

Dusty, That looks pretty " elegant" to me, mine is a scrap of plywood that just happened to fit under the legs!:o When the word elegance is I always think of one of my math professors who would take great pleasure in pointing out the " elegance" of a proof in geometry or some other area like calculus. The vast majority of the class was happy with " logically correct" and take the "C" level points. Being a bit of a pain in the butt myself, I would try to argue with him that my work was " elegant". As I recall, I soon learned not to do that! He thought I had mistaken " BS for elegance"and was not amused. As a math guy, I thought you might like that story. His favorite example of an elegant proof was the Pythagorian theorem with the squares drawn on each side of the triangle, with the word "behold" printed under it. He would actually give extra credit for an "elegant" solution! Interesting man, who knew math and had very strange ideas about a lot of things. I enjoyed his teaching for the most part. Many years after I was in his class, I hired his son to teach in my High school. Sadly, his family suffered the loss of a son in an accident and he never taught for us.

dlbristol wrote:Dusty, That looks pretty " elegant" to me, mine is a scrap of plywood that just happened to fit under the legs!:o When the word elegance is I always think of one of my math professors who would take great pleasure in pointing out the " elegance" of a proof in geometry or some other area like calculus. The vast majority of the class was happy with " logically correct" and take the "C" level points. Being a bit of a pain in the butt myself, I would try to argue with him that my work was " elegant". As I recall, I soon learned not to do that! He thought I had mistaken " BS for elegance"and was not amused. As a math guy, I thought you might like that story. His favorite example of an elegant proof was the Pythagorian theorem with the squares drawn on each side of the triangle, with the word "behold" printed under it. He would actually give extra credit for an "elegant" solution! Interesting man, who knew math and had very strange ideas about a lot of things. I enjoyed his teaching for the most part. Many years after I was in his class, I hired his son to teach in my High school. Sadly, his family suffered the loss of a son in an accident and he never taught for us.

Interesting that he considered a mere visual representation of a 'fact' as being 'elegant'. Especially since the 'theory' was proved by Euclid, not Pythagoras, and that the squares were merely an individual example, not the general case!

JPG40504 wrote:An elbow just inside the leg?

Yes, you got it.

JPG, I never thought of that, As I said, he had some different ideas. One of his favorite subjects to work with was non- Euclidian geometries, and delighted in using the Axioms of a 5 point geometry and the resulting theorems to rattle the cages of some non math majors that had to take classes from him. I spent several tutoring hours in what was more of a mental therapy role than math tutor after the guy went after some poor elementary education major. Nurses who took statistics from him often required professional therapy. I never heard him address your issue, but he might have had some bias toward Euclid. I can tell you he had numerous and varied " strange ideas", and reveled in the consternation they caused.

dlbristol wrote:JPG, I never thought of that, As I said, he had some different ideas. One of his favorite subjects to work with was non- Euclidian geometries, and delighted in using the Axioms of a 5 point geometry and the resulting theorems to rattle the cages of some non math majors that had to take classes from him. I spent several tutoring hours in what was more of a mental therapy role than math tutor after the guy went after some poor elementary education major. Nurses who took statistics from him often required professional therapy. I never heard him address your issue, but he might have had some bias toward Euclid. I can tell you he had numerous and varied " strange ideas", and reveled in the consternation they caused.

Ahhh! The mad math professor! Must have overdosed on irrational numbers!:D

Yep, and had some Imaginary friends as well. (i) perhaps we have hijacked this thread enough.

I'm sooooo confused

jcraigie wrote:I'm sooooo confused

If you are anticipating help getting unconfused, you'll have to be more specific as to what you are confused about.

If not, then to say more would be superfluous.

dlbristol wrote:JPG, I never thought of that, As I said, he had some different ideas. One of his favorite subjects to work with was non- Euclidian geometries, and delighted in using the Axioms of a 5 point geometry and the resulting theorems to rattle the cages of some non math majors that had to take classes from him. I spent several tutoring hours in what was more of a mental therapy role than math tutor after the guy went after some poor elementary education major. Nurses who took statistics from him often required professional therapy. I never heard him address your issue, but he might have had some bias toward Euclid. I can tell you he had numerous and varied " strange ideas", and reveled in the consternation they caused.

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