Personal?
I wasn't responding to the guy in the vid. I was responding to the post before me.
Yeah, that much was clear.
The first line of your post is a bit ridiculous though.
btw, how do you know I'm not an engineer? Maybe you're post is a little close to the personal line.
Well, maybe you
are an engineer. However, if I were an engineer, and I were publicly "doubting" that someone who has built hundreds of slingshots "knows what he's doing" I would use a somewhat more articulate expression of that, with some actual reasoning, rather than a snarky one-line cheap-shot quip.
Of course, that's just me. I'm kind of a wuss that way.
And if I were a
hard core engineer, with my own machine shop and woodworking studio, I'd go out and build the concept my way to show him how it could be improved. And I'd record a video of the result. And I'd demonstrate why it was better.
If I were a real, hard core, hands-on, wood and metal guy, that is.
Failing that, I would observe that this guy has thousands of hours in this "hobby," with hundreds of hours of recorded results, and a grasp of technique and method that exceeds mine by orders of magnitude, and I would just do my best to keep up.
But then, that's me.
And while I may not be in that class of talent, I'm sharp enough to
recognize the talent.
Another observer, more competent than either of us, better versed in all kinds of engineering, might find it not worth his time to
explain his criticisms, and might just blow the whole thing off with a snarky remark.
Even so, I must confess that has not been my experience with engineers.
Your mileage, however, may vary.
