FD, your animosity toward me is misplaced as my only interest here is to resolve a misunderstanding. In regard to the GMH project, it is unfortunate to see you desperately grasping for a reason that you feel you are being mistreated, but you couldn't be more wrong since I am not making anything on that project. While it really isn't pertinent to this conversation, so you don't appear so ignorant when speaking about this in the future, Chris refunded me a part of the purchase price of the helmet, and is sending me a couple of copies. Outside of that, I am not making anything and have nothing to gain financially by defending him.
Again, not sure why you feel the need to vent your agression at the staff or why you are accusing us of not believing you. Considering the situation, what is it we supposedly aren't believing you about?
It isn't our fault that you are not aware of this, nor does it have any bearings on this discussion.
The rules and the wording of the rules haven't changed in probably 6 or 7 years at this point. We did change the ToS a while back but sent out messages to all the members when that happened, but those changes had nothing to do with casting or recasting.
Given you aggressive tone, I would say, no, you don't understand and it might behoove you to strive for a bit of understanding instead of blasting away from the hip as you are currently doing.
Now that I have responded to your post, let me share some information with you, and the community.
I called Bill (asok) today and we had a chat regarding his interaction with you.
Here was your PM to Bill.
And here was Bill's response.
While you were a bit vague in your question to Bill, after having a chat with Bill it is clear that Bill's personal beliefs regarding the casting and recasting of found parts differs from the sites official stance on the matter and Bill was not aware of this difference. Do not think I am throwing Bill under the bus because I am not. Bill simply wasn't clear on the issue and his own personal feelings do not match that of the site. So, his response to you came from his personal beliefs and didn't reflect the stance of the site. Again, just so everyone is clear, the site does not support the recasting of a cast part created by another member.
As I said early on, this is clearly a misunderstanding which could have easily been resolved with a couple of phone calls instead of all this unnecessary aggression and drama.
