It’s getting close to Halloween. What could be more appropriate than to 3D print a witch’s black cat. I had black ABS plastic loaded for another project so grabbed the file for this cat and let ‘er rip. Takes about an hour and a half at the speed I use, but I don’t have to do anything but watch. Not really a skilled craft as far as I am concerned, but it is fun to...
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The Spirit of Hand Tools
From the perspective of an artist, working with hand tools provides a direct connection between an idea of form developed in the brain and the expression of that form in a tangible creation produced through muscle control. Using this concept, the bare hands are also considered a tool. The topic here is hand tools but extending the idea a bit further, any part of the human anatomy can be a tool. For example, a finger nail...
Continue reading...Model Railroading Hobby
A hobby interest that has been in my blood since my age was in the single digits. My parents bought me an American Flyer (brand) train set at that age. I still have that train set today. I like it because it had two rails rather than the non-prototype 3 rail (and larger size) popular Lionel (brand) train sets of that era. Much later I discovered it is considered “S” scale and gage. That was...
Continue reading...One Giant Step…
I took the step and I am now the owner/operator of my very own 3D hobbyist grade FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) type printer. That’s the extruder style. They are the most reasonable cost for students and hobbyists to experience “making” with minimal investment. My other web sites and blogs are going to have the in depth coverage of what I do with my machine. Here is a link to the tab in Ramblin Dan’s Workshop....
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