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| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 15, 2018, 10:55:13 PM ---I don't know of any pop-tech method that could compete for speed cost or simplicity or conservative use of materials and fuels than ordinary direct pattern making and casting. I'm not trying to prove that one way is "better" than another, because this is all hobby stuff, and the interest and challenge are the most important products, not the objects we produce. But I do want people to understand the reasons for my personal choices -- many younger people do not actually understand them. I do it this way because it gives me great joy to move that fast, that directly, and that easily from what I conceive, to what is there, ready to use. That personal choice comes from my own love of traditional skills and efficiencies. There is no intervening program, or computer or robotic tool. It's just me. That's my gas. --- End quote --- There's alot of marketing in the 3d printer world. Guys like this work tirelessly to steer discourse towards selling you stuff you dont need, and I think it's a conscious effort by some people to suppress smaller ideas and voices. The local Maker society is currently in the process of fitting a rusted and faulty round column mill with stepper motors before fixing anything else with it, and they went for a laser cutter before even considering machine tools. I don't think it's stupidity or something on their part, it's just if you look up stuff online then you'll see mostly CNC, 3d printers, and lasers. There's alot of people who're just unaware of differing (and cheaper) methods, and if they do run into them they might disregard them. So I think it's important to put them in context and explain their value as you're doing. Boy I talk about this stuff alot. Just imagine me pointing at one of those forensic string boards every time you read my posts. It's all connected! Cool T bars by the way. And cool method of casting them! Can't wait to see them on the lathe. |
| vtsteam:
Thanks Neubert, Simon. :beer: :beer: Sorry to say there was no work on the lathe today. Worked on the bridge. Will have to do that tomorrow as well, unless it rains. Maybe I can get a little done in the evening. Temps here were brutal again, but there's a night time thunderstorm right now, We need the water, so, no complaints.. |
| Neubert1975:
no need to be sorry. we have brutal heat here too, and today i have spend all day out in it, fixing my moms car, damn it was hot. we sure could use some rain too, everything outsite is drying out. :beer: |
| Homebrewer:
I've got both you beat, fellows. It's 106°F here in Texas with no rain or cool fronts in sight. It's times like this that I feel blessed to have an indoor job! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
| vtsteam:
We got about 2 hours work on the bridge today before thunderstorms hit. They put down a couple inches of rain (badly needed) for the next 4 hours, and a flash flood hit the stream the bridge abutments are being built on. The water was over the coffer dams and about 3 feet up the new abutment. No damage or problems, but it sure did stop work. I did get the the T-bars cleaned up some, shortened to length, and drilled them to take fastening to the cross slide. I was gratified to see all of the holes matched the slide's tapped holes perfectly -- not always an achievement for me. But they were all done on the mill, and my dial twiddling worked out. Nothing much worth showing yet, They need to be countersunk, fastened, and then the whole surface milled together. But a little progress anyway. |
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