tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post7255140984429440761..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Thunderbolts!Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-89442827620081125722011-08-21T12:49:16.393+01:002011-08-21T12:49:16.393+01:00BB - D'accord! I would not wish to rebut your ...BB - D'accord! I would not wish to rebut your theories, but unlike you I am under the spell of the gene that repeatedly puts me back into these DIY epics and frustrations.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-15457247789770421512011-08-14T11:30:53.504+01:002011-08-14T11:30:53.504+01:00The cost of any component is arrived at - possibly...The cost of any component is arrived at - possibly by a team of hogoblin actuaries - by calculating its inescapability. Such decisions appear to be unerring. If an X-flange turns out to be central to a given project <em>and cannot be improvised</em> then you can expect to pay through your nose. The flange you show looks innocuously simple but its inescapability factor (Square root of minus one multiplied by X cubed, where X is any large integer) lies in its prevalence. The numbers needed prevent improvisation. I can hear the wheels cranking round in your brain as you look to rebut this thesis. Glue, you say. Fall apart, I say. One of the delights of old age lies in the exquisite passage from DIY participant to DIY voyeur-cum-critic. I am available for hire as the latter.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com