Hydraulic Die Forming Discussion Group

Re^4: New manufacturer of the Bonny Doon?

On Mon Apr 6 '09, Lee Marshall wrote
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>> Why the frak would people copy the press and be so boneheaded as to actually CALL it the Bonny Doon!?.

>In any endeavor, you are going to have people that cannot think creatively, but think that they can just copy something using the "me too" approach. If someone does not have the ability to understand the complexities of a design (whether it be a piece of jewelry or a press), several critical elements are going to be ignored, and in the case of the press, possibly catastrophic
>results can ensue.

>Caveat Emptor

Yeah I've talked to a few people over the years who built their own , and were going to do so regardless of my input, so I told them that if they were going to use the BD design , then they better
make it EXACTLY like the original or they'd be asking for trouble .
Until you see what 20 tons can do firsthand , it's hard to grasp
what a huge amount of concentrated force that is . Not to be dealt with casually !!.

>Lee
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Tue Apr 7 '09

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