Great essay, as always. I've never been a crafting guy, but my brother bought me a 3D printer last year. After a few months of figuring things out, I've found it incredibly gratifying to make gifts for others instead of buying something and making parts and gadgets we can use. Our son is in culinary school, and I've been able to craft many things he can use, such as a juicer and cup that fits flush against the cutting board to collect your chopped or dead ingredients. FYI. I live 10 minutes from Geauga Lake and wanted to send you some pictures of the butt-ugly apartments on the site of the Big Dipper. The city of Aurora has bought 40 acres, which they claim will be preserved for greenspace and community access to the lake (many of the Seaworld and waterpark structures remain). If I had to guess, most of it would actually be developed into a "lifestyle" center with retail, office, and residential.
That's very cool, Harry! I've never tried modeling anything in 3D- that's the part that intimidates me about 3D printing.
That's sad to hear about the apartments on the Geauga Lake site too. At one time there were plans to put a Meijer in the parking lot- did those ever come to fruition? It's so strange that the remnants of Sea World may be what survives the longest!
A specialty tool for certain projects that is designed to do exactly one particular task is called a unitasker. I believe Alton Brown coined this term.
Great essay, as always. I've never been a crafting guy, but my brother bought me a 3D printer last year. After a few months of figuring things out, I've found it incredibly gratifying to make gifts for others instead of buying something and making parts and gadgets we can use. Our son is in culinary school, and I've been able to craft many things he can use, such as a juicer and cup that fits flush against the cutting board to collect your chopped or dead ingredients. FYI. I live 10 minutes from Geauga Lake and wanted to send you some pictures of the butt-ugly apartments on the site of the Big Dipper. The city of Aurora has bought 40 acres, which they claim will be preserved for greenspace and community access to the lake (many of the Seaworld and waterpark structures remain). If I had to guess, most of it would actually be developed into a "lifestyle" center with retail, office, and residential.
That's very cool, Harry! I've never tried modeling anything in 3D- that's the part that intimidates me about 3D printing.
That's sad to hear about the apartments on the Geauga Lake site too. At one time there were plans to put a Meijer in the parking lot- did those ever come to fruition? It's so strange that the remnants of Sea World may be what survives the longest!
A specialty tool for certain projects that is designed to do exactly one particular task is called a unitasker. I believe Alton Brown coined this term.
I haven't heard that one before- I like it!