Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Follow up as promised.

This forum is important, not only as a method to share knowledge, but as the virtual public square our founders, known and unknown, proclaimed in Boston, New York, And elsewhere, at great pain.  Some of them did hang separately, most were ruined. Their heirs inherited the gifts they wrought.

Perhaps it was the image of a Chinese man  reporting from Ukraine, muzzled by his country, wearing tape on his mouth as his people United in denouncing open truth, in favor of falling in line that got through to me, but I realized that our first amendment is the lynchpin of our success.  Without it, corruption, coercion, and the ruin of all we hold dear commences.

This is not China. I write this from America. I am American. My only obligation is to the truth as I know it.  As such, I rely on knowledge of universal values of business, the amassing of profit, principally by engaging the public trust.

As Americans living in the ravaged semblance of democracy, we have not yet lost our public square, our presses have not yet been seized,

So I did my homework, unmasked those who would claim ignorance, as well as those proclaiming knowledge where they have none.

I did so openly, directly confronting them with their own promises broken and words spoken  out of greed or ignorance.  I promised them I would not only not sit down, not shut up, not go along to get along, but would publish new videos every day, post them far and wide, and I would seek redress from the bankers as well.

I named names and quoted them in their own words, which I retain copies of.

Finally I was able to get the attention of those with influence on the sister website, and they in turn got Their manufacturing engineers involved.  Remedies have been proposed, some enacted, including creation of their most comprehensive instructions to date.  I provided light editing, necessary in nearly every case  when engineers write instructions for the public, especially in a second language.

 it’s not a perfect method, and yes, it muddies up the buddy buddy atmosphere where all is fun and wonder, and those with problems patted on the head like ignorant children.  That is the nature of freedom.  You won’t find it in HK, or West Palm beach, but it exists. It’s dirty, but effective, because those willing to speak truth can cause pocketbooks to pucker.

I’m awaiting a list of parts, and will give their instructions another read, perhaps offering alternate text, in American English at no charge, as a symbol of my good faith in doing things right.
Have a nice day.