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[Hopper]

On Hopper Said:

Delicious irony, trying to find the latest hi-tech ways to make models — of 150-year-old steam engines.

Thank you Hopper, that comment made my morning!

[Colin HeseltineParticipant @colinheseltine48622]

John Doe 2

The pattern for the Redwing pulley was kindly drawn up for me by Jason and I printed t out on my Prusa I3 Mk3.  This printer is around 6 or 7 years old now but produces good quality prints.  I used the standard defaults built into the slicer software.

Colin

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

Bambu Labs P1S and whatever slicer it comes with. They were not using the variable layer height on those early ones so probably 0.2mm layer height from the 0.4mm nozzel.

Many thanks for the info Jason. I think it is time for me to upgrade !

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Reverting ro the original title of this thread, I have just posted what follows on another MEW thread.

“In any article, or correspondence, there is a need for accuracy in description, not pedantry for the sake of it.(Just saying “Leadscrew” can confuse the issue. Leadscrew? Cross Slide Feedscrew? or Top Slide Feedscrew?)

The readers cover a wide range of experience and knowledge, so at the risk of boring or upsetting the cognoscenti, descriptions need to be clear, certainly, for the benefit of the newcomers to the hobby.

It has already been said for Beginners Questions, “No question is stupid if you don’t know the answer”

For every one of us there was a time when we did not know how to grind a tool, or to set up a geartrain between chuck and Leadscrew to cut a thread of a given pitch. So the knowing and skillful need to be tolerant of (And helpful to) the less knowledgeable.

So explanations, and photographs, or drawings, of “simple” devices / systems are needed by the newcomer who is learning the trade.

Consequently, it is important to include photos, drawings and explanations in an article, to clarify points. Without such details, a newcomer might decide that the hobby is far too complicated, and give up.  If that happens, we shall all suffer.

We have already lost shows, a magazine, and suppliers. We don’t want the slippery slope to steepen; rather we need to contribute to reverse the trend.

(And CNC does not interest me, but the articles are of great interest to others. Perhaps, one day, I shall buy a 3D printer?)

After all, Stan Bray saw the need, so that we have MEW.  We need to support it.”

Howard

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