Thread: Jointer or Thicknesser

Oh dear and I thought that working with wood was soothing...

Isn't life too short for this?

Originally Posted by pelorus32

Oh dear and I thought that working with wood was soothing...

Isn't life too short for this?

Don't really know, do a search

Originally Posted by B.J.Honeycut

Have a read and see how off track the thread gets. The original poster was obviously voicing a genuine concern and the thread turns into a farce.

That tends to happen when a thread is considered a bit on the rediculous side.

Pancakes anyone?

Originally Posted by pelorus32

Oh dear and I thought that working with wood was soothing...

Isn't life too short for this?

Hey I don't want to upset people but every forum I have ever joined has the same "do a search" "thats already been asked" culture. I thought this forum was different. I thought it was better than that. Maybe long standing members don't see it, new members do. When I see something that "I believe" can be made better, I like to try and do something about it.

I'm not alone in my opinion, have a look at the statistics that poll ended up with. I'm just the guy who doesn't mind copping a bit of flack from a minority of forum users. People don't like change and if old members want to just go on telling new members to "do a search" then fine, but maybe they might think twice.

If you think that the topic was well covered in a previous post then by all means direct them to the thread and I will read it.

So what you want is for me to spend my time (which is every bit as valuable as yours) searching for threads and giving you a link to them?

All I can say to you is that I was genuinely trying to help you and if you don't like my suggestion, then it costs you no more to ignore it than it did for me to suggest it. Frankly, I couldn't care less if you never use the search function. People are more than happy to give you their opinion, I even gave you mine. If you think that the search function is a waste of time, then don't use it.

Originally Posted by silentC

So what you want is for me to spend my time (which is every bit as valuable as yours) searching for threads and giving you a link to them?

All I can say to you is that I was genuinely trying to help you and if you don't like my suggestion, then it costs you no more to ignore it than it did for me to suggest it. Frankly, I couldn't care less if you never use the search function. People are more than happy to give you their opinion, I even gave you mine. If you think that the search function is a waste of time, then don't use it.

Once again, I'm not having a go at you SilentC. I realise you were trying to help. I don't expect you to spend your time searching for me. However quite often people will already have a thread in mind that really helped them. They may even remember the title or a specific item in the thread that makes it easier to find. As per the results in the poll, this seems to be the desired outcome.
I know your opinion differs:

" If they have to read through a heap of silly posts, too bad. We all had to read them, so why should they be let off?" -SilenC

That was a joke and I'm hoping that you can tell the difference because I despair for you otherwise.

I was hoping to pick up some shopping suggestions for when I go to the Sydney WWS.
No I will have to spend the money on therapy.

Can anyone tell me about a Barker jointer/surface planer?
It isin todays trading post.

Originally Posted by silentC

That was a joke and I'm hoping that you can tell the difference because I despair for you otherwise.

It may well be a joke, but as you point out some of these threads are full of "silly posts" and it's very hard to search and find the information you need.

In defence of this community, I'm new here and have been given good and thoughtful answers to the couple of questions that I've asked. People have even tolerated and responded to my delving deeper or refocusing a thread question. Better than many places I've been.

I don't believe that there is an old/new culture, nor do I believe that there is an automatic "go search yourself" culture - my experience here doesn't show that.

I do think however that having a search first, both here and elsewhere is important and BJ you obviously did that.

Can't really see what the fuss is. I know that I come here because I like coming here, I hope that feeling continues.

Regards

Mike

But more importantly than any of that crap.....have you got an idea of what you are going to get

the silly posts are a large part of what makes this forum great! Man, this thread is way to serious already. where's a brilliant hijack when you need one? .....Grunt??

Originally Posted by ryanarcher

the silly posts are a large part of what makes this forum great! Man, this thread is way to serious already. where's a brilliant hijack when you need one? .....Grunt??

I'm all for the silly posts. As you say they are what makes the forum great. They just aren't very helpfull if you need some real information and have to search for it and then wade through the sillyness to find an answer. Hence why I believe searching can be quite useless.

Originally Posted by B.J.Honeycut

I'm all for the silly posts. .

That's stating the obvious.