PhillipSchmidt
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I have met very few craftsmen who are as good as they say or reputed to be, but I''d like to talk of one.
He carves settings and rings in wax and so he should, the cream reached the top of the real manufacturing chain. He is faster then anybody I have ever known in creating good designs. He makes no mistakes. I don''t know why. Meet him and he is a friendly guy. He is proud of his bowling skills (in cricket for non-commonwealth people), though his back isn''t up to it, and this is his interest and his pride, not his creations that are a market for others and a meerly income for him.
He is extremely busy all year round. His customers keep him a secret. What he does goes beyond anything I have ever known. Of a dozen model makers who usually carve in wax, all of them have gasped at his prices, his speed and his capabilty. Many of them who are well above average, use him rather then themselves, because his tools talk another language then theirs. They are considered good and usually have 20 years practice, at it. He is neigh on impossible to work with. You really have to be behind him before he gets your work done (make sure you know the current scores). Not a buisnessman at all, but about as nice a guy as you can get.
He raised the bar as far as wax carving goes in my world and for entirely every other wax carver I know!. Are there more like him out there?
Perhaps someone knows of a wax modeller in the US who is out of the ordinary, who like him, is a well kept trade secret. No exaggerations, you couold build a large and very successful company on his back alone. He can get a ring made and perfect in an hour - two for detailed design, before a CAD CAM enthusist can even switch the computer on, let alone submit the STL to be machined all those hours - to a lesser affect.
By knowing this guy, I see that something traditional far outshines new methods. It is an example where human skill can completely blast away technology.
These things happen...
What do you think?
Phillip
He carves settings and rings in wax and so he should, the cream reached the top of the real manufacturing chain. He is faster then anybody I have ever known in creating good designs. He makes no mistakes. I don''t know why. Meet him and he is a friendly guy. He is proud of his bowling skills (in cricket for non-commonwealth people), though his back isn''t up to it, and this is his interest and his pride, not his creations that are a market for others and a meerly income for him.
He is extremely busy all year round. His customers keep him a secret. What he does goes beyond anything I have ever known. Of a dozen model makers who usually carve in wax, all of them have gasped at his prices, his speed and his capabilty. Many of them who are well above average, use him rather then themselves, because his tools talk another language then theirs. They are considered good and usually have 20 years practice, at it. He is neigh on impossible to work with. You really have to be behind him before he gets your work done (make sure you know the current scores). Not a buisnessman at all, but about as nice a guy as you can get.
He raised the bar as far as wax carving goes in my world and for entirely every other wax carver I know!. Are there more like him out there?
Perhaps someone knows of a wax modeller in the US who is out of the ordinary, who like him, is a well kept trade secret. No exaggerations, you couold build a large and very successful company on his back alone. He can get a ring made and perfect in an hour - two for detailed design, before a CAD CAM enthusist can even switch the computer on, let alone submit the STL to be machined all those hours - to a lesser affect.
By knowing this guy, I see that something traditional far outshines new methods. It is an example where human skill can completely blast away technology.
These things happen...
What do you think?
Phillip
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