Almost the luckiest escape. (method I used for removing broken long series drill)

[WmRMeyers]

I, the OP stated "I wonder, has there been a tally of misinformed owners relying on mistakenly chosen video materials, informing someone else to not get undesired results?"


I'm in agreement, mistakes teach; perhaps better than complete success.

I was referring to those asking us to perform some job, that a requestor has insufficient background information to insist guides a process; and then fault us when things go awry.

That is probably more often the case than not. I've used not quite correct data more than once. Had the opportunity to do technical order validation on an Army-managed satellite antenna, an OE-361 QRSAG, which had been in service by then for about a dozen years. Found one of the drawings that were critical to getting the antenna aligned was upside down. https://picryl.com/media/an-oe-361-q...ir-wing-7a3204

So it doesn't just happen on YouTube Videos, or people messing around with old equipment. That particular system was where I developed the notion that engineers needed five years experience as a mechanic, and five more years experience as a machinist before they're allowed to design things for sale to the public or Government.

Bill