11-28-2017, 04:12 AM
Nice comment, Bud.
I developed a hobby interest in the technology of measurement after inheriting some machinist tools originally owned by a man born in 1863. In addition to liking century old tools, I have come to believe that our present computer age was in large part based on the precision measurement developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century. We had the technology to measure in millionths of an inch in the 1890s. Without the ability to have repeatable, standardized precise measurements, I do not believe our technology based prosperity would exist.
BESS testing fits in with this growth pattern. The bacis concept is simple, essentially measuring how much pressure is needed to cut "fishing line", however, by using precisely manufactured test media (“fishing line”, nothing negative implied) combined with very accurate scales, we can measure sharpness uniformly anywhere on the planet. I find that amazing. In BESS we have a common language of sharpness. The common man, bringing his knives to the farmers market sharpener, benefits from this advance.
We live in exciting times.
Ken
I developed a hobby interest in the technology of measurement after inheriting some machinist tools originally owned by a man born in 1863. In addition to liking century old tools, I have come to believe that our present computer age was in large part based on the precision measurement developed in the latter half of the nineteenth century. We had the technology to measure in millionths of an inch in the 1890s. Without the ability to have repeatable, standardized precise measurements, I do not believe our technology based prosperity would exist.
BESS testing fits in with this growth pattern. The bacis concept is simple, essentially measuring how much pressure is needed to cut "fishing line", however, by using precisely manufactured test media (“fishing line”, nothing negative implied) combined with very accurate scales, we can measure sharpness uniformly anywhere on the planet. I find that amazing. In BESS we have a common language of sharpness. The common man, bringing his knives to the farmers market sharpener, benefits from this advance.
We live in exciting times.
Ken