Some real good thought provoking posts.
I think there were alot more plug posts on last years swap, mainly because so much time was needed to build this year. Making 40 plugs to get down to the original 32 was a major undertaking for me, and i'm retired, let alone the guys that work and take care of their families.
I learned alot about my limitations, my eyes were bigger than my stomach
,enjoyed the commradere of the other swappers, and look forward to getting some plugs from guys i'd never get without the swap. I always learn from a new plug in hand, and some of the newer builders will too.All adds to learnin and experience.
Meantime, i feel the guys that always help the learnin process did their share of posting, along with the others mentioned that added alot to the forum. Thank you for your unselfishness.
Maybe next year if 30 or more guys wanted to swap it could be split up in groups of 10 by lottery or whatever to get a good mix of older and newer builders.
Thanks for all the time and work you do for the swaps Andy,
and after building 30 plugs i gotta say, God Bless you commercial guys.