I wasn't trying to be combative, I was trying to get some perspective. I mean that sincerely. It's a fact we all don't see things the same and I could be blind to it. I also first look in the homemade tools forum and there is a vast array of homemade stuff in there to me, but seen through another's eyes maybe not. Maybe the OP isn't looking there, dunno.

We just got done a while ago with two folks who were dissatisfied with the way things were posted and seemed to think it was folks holding back because they were going to sell details as "plans". I didn't see it that way, for me it's all about the ideas, but I had to agree with them that things were not always presented well enough to get the whole idea even. But that's why I ask questions. This seemed to not be ok with them, which was too bad. To my mind it doesn't help the poster understand how to better present their project and just to impart some kind of feedback and participation by posters and lookers.

I haven't been here long enough to know what it was like before but it seems to me there has been an uptick in the new postings and new faces participating. From the very start I've been shocked at how many folks lurk here and never even comment or ask a question......14,000+, truly the digital tide of just lurkers.