Re: Getting a handle on our tools


"Arch" wrote: (clip) your shop made tools are beautiful, truly works
of_legitimate art.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree they are beautiful. But, does that make them art? I say yes. But,
Arch, that is a whole 'nother discussion. (Which I think we've been over
before.)


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