Talk:Tool and die maker

Merger proposal
The article jig maker begins A jig maker is another term for a tool and die maker or fixture maker. It seems like that article should just be a redirect to here. Maybe also create the same for 'fixture maker'? Derek Andrews (talk) 14:03, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - They're so similar that they should just be covered in one article. Wizard191 (talk) 18:14, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - We can cover all the info in one article without losing anything, and there is no good reason not to. Tool[-]maker, die[-]maker, Tool[-]and[-]die[-]maker, and mold[-]maker are all different flavors of the same popsicle, and so is model[-]maker and so are jig[-]maker and fixture[-]maker. I have a feeling someone is going to come along and scream, "Nuh-uh, they're different!!" but you know what? They're different the way a bench lathe and an engine lathe are different—different colors of the same Skittles. To my mind, they should really all be in one article, with a unified lede, and each can have its own h2 section if needed, and eventually you could spin off articles and insert a tag under the original parent article's h2 head if there gets to be enough content to make that appropriate, but in the meantime, one article is appropriate. And that is my long-winded explanation of something that I should have stopped explaining 3 minutes ago! Regards, — ¾-10 00:13, 31 January 2009 (UTC)