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innovate, v.:
To annoy people.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday November 14 2020, @12:46PM (7 children)
E.g. this [youtube.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday November 14 2020, @09:47PM (6 children)
we're losing even the ability to make the tools for jobs like barrel making, let alone the understanding of how to use the tools..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday November 14 2020, @11:09PM (5 children)
Ability to make the tools? No, you do have the materials to make them**.
Knowledge and skill, rather.
** however, I tried finding a small anvil at Bunnings. They don't carry anvils anymore for about 2 years. So, you may be onto something here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday November 15 2020, @06:39AM (4 children)
how small?
https://forestwest.com.au/collections/anvil [forestwest.com.au]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday November 15 2020, @08:00AM (3 children)
Yes, I can find one at blacksmith specialized stores (or jewellery for some small ones).
Just not at Bunnings - which says anvils are things that even the handymen find unnecessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday November 15 2020, @09:12AM
well, with flatpack kitchens and even ovens available now, bunnings are not really focussed on craftspeople.. trade sales and diy-with-no-idea are the target markets now - anyone else is left pining for hardware shops where you could buy one bolt, one nut, even one special order anvil...
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Monday November 16 2020, @09:14AM (1 child)
There's probably not enough demand for new ones for Bunnings to carry them. Every guy I know who would use an anvil has already got one, and it's not like they wear out. The second hand market is pretty solid, and I'd take a eighty year old anvil over a piece of chinese junk iron.
No problem is insoluble, but at Ksp = 2.943×10−25 Mercury Sulphide comes close.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday November 16 2020, @11:20AM
The probability approaches 1, yes.
I'll have a look. Postage, however, may be a problem, this is why the market may be limited at any given time (i.e. need to hunt for one for longer).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0