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One feature that's not obvious to the casual eye is that we live in a neo-impressionist post art-deco world where designs have no straight lines. There are things that look flat and straight, but when you try to put something flat over them, you discover that they curve just a little and the flat pieces will rock and roll over. (Well, rock and roll did come after the Art-Deco movement.)
This is why the good lord gave us foam weather stripping. A little weather stripping lets you fake a curve with a straight piece of wood.
After three trips, Caz has yet to dislodge the new design. I don't think he's really trying.
Creating a properly curved cover for the controls might be what finally justifies my buying a 3D printer. They are very cool, and have reached the point where they're relatively cheap (as big tool expenses go), but I haven't convinced myself that I have enough projects to justify the cost, space and learning curve.
When I bought my first house, a woodworking friend was ready to upgrade to a bigger and better table saw. He offered me a good price for a lightly used saw. I had a table saw in the house before I had a refrigerator - only by a week, but it makes a good line.
Each evening I made one storm window for the leaky basement casement windows. I used a different style of joints for each window, to get familiar with more and more complex joints. This kept me busy for a week or so and justified owning a table-saw. I might have even paid for the table saw in reduced heating bills.
Over the years, I can't say I've always needed the table saw and a couple drill presses, but having them has made so many projects much easier than they'd have been otherwise.