Just a thought ,but how about Thermite, Monarchist ,Bill etc ,doing a shop thread or putting some interesting pics on of what he gets up to in his shop.
Not why I'm here. I don't hardly ever make chips. I hire it done.
I have the HOPE that every man-jack is a better craftsman than I am, or has been, or will become so.
Look at the posts.
Not about what I "invented". About what OTHERS have done, or where things can be found.
"Experienced, once upon a time" perhaps, but only as one of multiple thousands, even so.
I was young, then. They were already old. Their voices have been stilled for as long as 60 years already. Just as ours will be in their turn.
Otherwise the researcher or "library assistant" function. Conveying the lore of others on to the next faster than they have TIME to find it.
Make it too easy? Folks do not "take ownership". Do not "own" the process.
Make that just annoying enough a Pilgrim would rather do it himself?
Next time, perhaps he will.
Old Farts with old tricks eventually die. A new generation of Old Farts with old tricks, plus a few new ones of their own has to be ready to take over.
