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<john.r.strohm@BI*.co*> wrote:
>Many years ago, an individual decided that paint compressors were too
>expensive.  He knew what he was doing, and made one himself.  Some time
>later, the homemade paint compressor, on which he had saved a few hundred
>dollars over purchase price, exploded.  He did not survive the experience.
> ...
>Moral of the story:  For some things, paying a high-dollar price tag
>up-front may, in the long run, be the most economical way to do it.

You say "he knew what he was doing".  There are a couple of ways that can
be taken: did he _think_ he knew what he was doing or did he really know
what he was doing?  Your story, at face value, indicates the former. 
This distinction is, IMHO, the important one to make, and unfortunately
not always the easiest one.

I could add that I've seen homemade lights that were done right, that
I'd trust a lot further and deeper than a commercial square light.

-- 
Anthony DeBoer                                  http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/
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