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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3907053" data-attributes="member: 3099">I spent 25 years in machining and manufacturing and I&#039;m too amazed at how they make stuff so small myself.My great uncle who I started working for part time when in high school and was a borderline genius, told me a joke once. It was about the Germans and Swiss always trying to outdo each other in watch making way back in the early days of watchmaking. The Swiss were always the best at it and the Germans finally succeeded in making the world&#039;s smallest watch spring, so small you had to have a microscope to even see it. A feat never before even imaginable, it was so small. The Germans were very proud of it. They sent it to the Swiss and boasted. &quot;We finally have beaten you, there&#039;s no way you can compare with such precision as this&quot;. The Swiss sent it back with a note saying &quot;That&#039;s very good work, but if you&#039;ll look we drilled a hole in it&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3907053, member: 3099"] I spent 25 years in machining and manufacturing and I'm too amazed at how they make stuff so small myself. My great uncle who I started working for part time when in high school and was a borderline genius, told me a joke once. It was about the Germans and Swiss always trying to outdo each other in watch making way back in the early days of watchmaking. The Swiss were always the best at it and the Germans finally succeeded in making the world's smallest watch spring, so small you had to have a microscope to even see it. A feat never before even imaginable, it was so small. The Germans were very proud of it. They sent it to the Swiss and boasted. [I]"We finally have beaten you, there's no way you can compare with such precision as this".[/I] The Swiss sent it back with a note saying [I]"That's very good work, but if you'll look we drilled a hole in it".[/I] [/QUOTE]

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