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It’s sad but true that we aren’t all created equal. Most of us don’t have the high innate artistry needed to design pieces of conspicuous originality and merit. Thus artifice and plagiarism are a feature of some non-useful turnings. In contrast, a useful turning may resemble earlier examples, may have to if usefulness is to be retained, but because it is not attempting to be original, accusations of plagiarism are much less likely, relevant or important.

Even copying, unless absolute exactness is specified, can be an exciting design challenge. A tweak here, a millimeter there, can transform a stolid design into one which has life.