This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished.
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I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.
I think in reality, today, if you use the same tools as everyone else, you kind of build the same products.
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
If you write your own tools, you can sort of see new things, design new things.
If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.
I have a thing for tools.
I believe anything has to be possible. You have to be able to face any problem that comes along and unravel it into a solution.
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
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