Owain wrote:
Roy wrote:
So yes, Bodgers made furniture - but it wasn't a firm. Unless someone
knows otherwise!
Knocking things up in a makeshift way certainly bears no resemblance
to the skills of the original bodgers.



The Wikipedia article (which appears less factually accurate than many)
says:

The term "bodge" (and "botch", which means bungle or ruin) comes from
the surname of Sir Thomas Bouch who designed the original Tay Rail
Bridge. During the design phase he used a wind pressure of 10lbsf/sq ft.
This proved to be insufficient and the bridge subsequently collapsed on
the 28 December 1879 with the loss of 75 lives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodge

Owain


Much as I would like to say "********" to that, apparently the term
bodger only started to be applied to the polelathe turners in the 20th
century. So it had to originate somewhere.

Roy.