novocaine
Old School Grand Master
for me a 3d printer is just another tool in a similar way to a laser cutter. all tools are for is to make something quicker (or time saving). as you've said, you could have done this by hand, but it would have taken for ever, so you used a tool to do some of the work and speed up the process. the 3d printer is the same, it just gets you closer to the finished article than the laser cutter, i.e. it speeds up the process. both are tools and both have their place (e.g. grips ), neither require no skill at all to use, just a different set of skills. Before I had a printer, I made things out of foam, aluminium, steel, plastic sheet, etc. with the printer I can make the same thing from plastic, often quicker and often with the printer working away behind me while I'm making something else.
both the laser and the printer are also a bit like having an apprentice, you do all the front end work, hand it to them to get on with middle bit where skills aren't as essential then go do something else where your skills are needed, coming back to them at the end to use your skills again to finish it.
so yer, that was a ramble, TLDR, neither are cheating, they are just tools. none of it detracts from your skills here, it looks awesome.
both the laser and the printer are also a bit like having an apprentice, you do all the front end work, hand it to them to get on with middle bit where skills aren't as essential then go do something else where your skills are needed, coming back to them at the end to use your skills again to finish it.
so yer, that was a ramble, TLDR, neither are cheating, they are just tools. none of it detracts from your skills here, it looks awesome.
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