lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
3D printed rockets. They appear in the "Scratch Build" section and I wonder "Are 3d printed rockets really scratch built"? I would counter they are in reality closer to a manufactured kit.
I'm not an anti technology guy. I embraced CAD/CAM, Solid Modeling, CNC and other such technologies back when I was working as a desinger and these technologies appeared and became mainstream. Huge time and money savings were realized, made perfect sense.
I started my career back in the late 70's, making new designs on a drafting board and working hand in hand with craftsmen, skilled fabricators and machinists who used manual welding techniques and manual lathes. As my career evolved I learned to love these old school technologies and the folks that made manufacturing an art, quickly seeing how it was a world away from throwing a chunk of bar stock in a NC lathe and pushing the "Start" button.
It seems to me that 3d printing is like scanning a photo of the Mona Lisa, printing it on a high end printer, and then taking it to an art gallery and saying "I am an artist, I made this". Well, technically yes you did, but in reality, you didn't, technology did.
Thoughts?
I'm not an anti technology guy. I embraced CAD/CAM, Solid Modeling, CNC and other such technologies back when I was working as a desinger and these technologies appeared and became mainstream. Huge time and money savings were realized, made perfect sense.
I started my career back in the late 70's, making new designs on a drafting board and working hand in hand with craftsmen, skilled fabricators and machinists who used manual welding techniques and manual lathes. As my career evolved I learned to love these old school technologies and the folks that made manufacturing an art, quickly seeing how it was a world away from throwing a chunk of bar stock in a NC lathe and pushing the "Start" button.
It seems to me that 3d printing is like scanning a photo of the Mona Lisa, printing it on a high end printer, and then taking it to an art gallery and saying "I am an artist, I made this". Well, technically yes you did, but in reality, you didn't, technology did.
Thoughts?