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Clever is not smart.

Consider this anecdote: I recently put together a DIY 3d printer. I didn't have the right tools to cut steel bar, so I made a clever jig and used a shitty Dremel without enough clearance. Clever? Yes -- it got the job done with limited resources. Smart? No -- dumb, actually. Smart would have been driving 15 minutes to Harbor Freight to buy a $20 cut-off saw.

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Smart might be to buy a cut-off saw. Brilliant would be to find a working cut-off saw with blade for $20!

If he has an air-compressor already, he could do it for under $20. Air tools are pretty damn cheap on the low end. ;)

I disagree. Brilliant would have been renting one for the day, or borrowing it from a friend.

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