COOL, I can chuck my wooden T44 patterns in that, tell the machine I want it in ~1967 aged magnesium colour & I will be able to satisfy the needs of 90% the T44 wannabee's since most of them are destined to be driveway specials...![]()
OK I am convinced..Thanks for the responses.
I just wonder sometimes how on earth our Victorian descendants managed to produce such precision engineering using only a pencil, a piece of string and a slide rule.
Does this type of machine make us dumber? Surely if I could use it with no engineering training, (and everyone nos how dumb I are), doesn't that make it a pretty dumb piece of kit? Isn't true engineering all about engaging with the material and the design in a hands on way or am I just being a Luddite?
We have printed Hartwell latches on one of these machines 100% accurately, anyone want plastic latches ?
What I couldn't buy was the laser scanning. How can the scan possibly pick up points in the Cressent wrench's worm gear that light couldn't reach?
There is an episode of Jay Lenos garage that shows how this all woriks. He reproduced some parts for one of his antique cars that way.Look it up. It should be there. I bellieve it was the steam driven car.
Bill