Thread: Building a Rolls Royce Radiator

Originally Posted by johntins

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A chap who got a mention in another thread once sang "all things must pass". So it would seem.

Dunno about that. I shaped surfboards (and did all the other parts of the process) for over 20 years by hand. Have recently been offered large sums to do more if the customer can video the process (i.e. no computer cutting, no profiling machine).

There not many around who can do this anymore. Seems like quite a few people value human skill.

Who would have thought that vinyl records would make a renaissance? The amount of musical information on one of those discs far exceeds the same recording digitalised, you just need an 'ear' and the right gear to play it.

cheers, DL

Originally Posted by johntins

Fantastic! The line you quote, that I posted, is a line about the finality of things. If you can challenge that, or even stave it off, more power to you. Human skill is precious.

I think George's line will apply eventually even to you though. Make the most of it while you can would be my advice.

I don't think it will. The world is a big place and there are people who have the interest and spare readies and want something special.

I've made some large timber gates (up to 4.5m span each) for wineries, etc that are all morticed and tenoned in a way that will see them last 100+ years with a bit of modern tech, glues etc. Didn't even get asked to quote for the last couple and they were cheaper than doing them in steel. I'm not greedy.

People will also pay big bucks for nice furniture that has drawers with proper dovetails. You can use a router to do part of this, but not the whole lot correctly.

cheers, DL