Lee Marshall
lmarshal@bonnydoonengineering.com

I know, I know....You are just like an old fella' sitting on the front porch, whittlin' on a stick, spittin' your chaw, grumbling about how none of the young whippersnappers pay any attention to your pithy sayings anymore. I'm in the same boat as you.
I have had the same problem with the lack of contributors, but in most cases, there is very little drivel quotient as there is in most discussion groups. Since this a focused source of information, (and you have to admit, not the easiest to post on), it is certainly likely that there is an intimidation factor to deal with. Also, some of the messages get very esoteric when we start talking about some of the deeper aspects of die forming.
I would suggest that to make the information more accessible to the beginner (and get them to read the text, rather than just scanning the images), that we each try to write as if the reader had only basic information. Let's try this for a bit and see what the results are.

I know that we are getting an amazing amount of "hits" every week, and the largest number are always for this section.

Lee