Wrightson's Frankenstein, which I was tweeting about the other day, will totally blow your mind.
upshot to the story is that the master is out sick, and the apprentice, who's watched the master, tries to fulfill an order. Master machinist always talked about "the bullseye mixture", but apprentice can't find any such lubricant or abrasive in the shop. >>>
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so he's got this gunsmithing order to fill, and can't find the special sauce, so he just goes slowly. Does every step of the process insanely meticulously. Doesn't just hand file - CLEANS THE FILES FIRST. Doesn't just measure - CALIBRATES THE DIAL INDICATOR FIRST. etc. >>>
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apprentice hands off gun to customer. master machinist returns from sick leave. "I'm so sorry, I couldn't find the bullseye mixture". And - OF COURSE - the secret is that insane anal retentiveness and doing even the unimportant stuff perfectly WAS the bullseye mixture. >>>
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