Damon,
you are misrepresenting the thrust of my rant. It is not that just my story is not there, but that any Interesting Project Story about wind has not been elevated to front page.
Of my own stuff,... well I never use the front page, nor would most daily users, they will use the recent activity, and probably not even be aware it is there. It is the newcomer to the site who will see it, and they are the ones we want to attract.. so I gather. It was only some comment made by Tom that a good story should be "kicked"to the front page that even caused me to look.
You have never built a decent sized set of blades (3-4m), and until you do you will never appreciate what a drag it is to get the board down to a managable proportion (twist, taper and thickness)... and thats before the plane work starts. To have that all happen in the space of ten to twenty minutes instead of days of careful sawing and chiselling (for those without a bandsaw or spokeshave) is of fundamental importance. For dinky blades and solar cells it is of no importance.... but it needs to be available, and it is that important. Hugh has built large blades himself, I don't think the editors have.
The reason this mill took 3 years or so is trying to get out of doing the blades again. The first set I carved filled the shed with mountains of shavings, and even Danb figures on 50 lbs of shavings on his 15' set.... after the bandsaw and/or large field saw.
I am not hurt, humiliated, sore, or upset or mentally distressed that my stuff is not front page news... never have been.. it is though, the window to the editorial bent of the site.... or else why have a front page.
I read your stories, and am interested in your changes. I didn't need the front page for that. Keeping the current users up to date with your projects will be by the recent activity page... for all us users it it the important page.. not the front page.
If you read my posts, you will see that I do go to great lengths to actually help people, and after your help, was able to rework circuitry for Methanolcat to incorporate hysteresis...Thats why I see one of those stories as important. But with the practical side of the site diminishing, and the armchair brigade becoming a larger mass, it is changing from doing to thinking.... I'm no good at that.
...........oztules
Flinders Island Australia
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