Was impressed when my colleague went to make a 3D-printed vernier callipers to help students master the skill of reading measurements.
49 sats \ 4 replies \ @didiplaywell 18 Jun
I can not see the picture if you uploaded one, but yes, 3D printing has become what their original enthusiasts ever dreamed of: an everyday real-life working tool. I make stuff my father needs all the time.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 18 Jun
Thanks! The first upload didn’t get through.
Wow what kinds of things do you make for your dad?
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49 sats \ 2 replies \ @didiplaywell 18 Jun
I have made for him supports to attach to his motorcycle various stuff: lights, gps, bagagge. We have a pretty modest printer yet precision is impressive. It's a local copy of a (by now) old Prusa standard model. Many of the parts of the 3D printer itself, loyal to Prusa's style, are 3D printed.
At a time we worked making high quality prototypes for other companies with that humble printer and we where quite successful. One of our finest achievements was to pull out a very delicate and precise surgery tool. We ourselves where impressed at what we could do with so little. Materials and tech available so easily for so little are mind-blowing.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 19 Jun
You must be really good if you can create a surgery tool!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 19 Jun
I have to proudly say yess :D
My father manual skill was key, but it was impressive that the printer was capable of that. One of the parts was a very fine screw we where able to make precise and functional. It's ridiculous the power of the tools the common people haves at hand in modern day.
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