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11-12 3:49:18	DAZed	that's awesome
11-12 3:49:00	stonysmith	she's 8, and is really pressuring me for a printer of her own for christmas
11-12 3:48:55	DAZed	oh yeah?
11-12 3:48:51	DAZed	becoming a real problem even for the bigger manufacturers.
11-12 3:48:33	stonysmith	FYI.. i'm getting a steady flow of requests for objects by my granddaughter
11-12 3:48:25	DAZed	getting things etched is becoming a thing of the past
11-12 3:48:18	stonysmith	that'd be a trick
11-12 3:47:51	DAZed	the next big hurdle for model railroading is being able to print see-thru roofwalks that equal etched metal.
11-12 3:46:13	DAZed	lol, of course
11-12 3:46:04	stonysmith	no, but I always seem to figure out stuff about 1cm wider than my printer can handle
11-12 3:46:01	DAZed	but I'm guessing that wouldn't keep the lights on for a printer that large
11-12 3:45:43	DAZed	you could print modules that way
11-12 3:45:29	DAZed	what would you print? Do you have requests for stuff like that?
11-12 3:43:57	stonysmith	they have a printer that can do SIX FEET !!
11-12 3:43:33	stonysmith	what I'd like to get to is one from a company named Dowell
11-12 3:43:20	DAZed	"I would like the 16 crayon version please"
11-12 3:42:51	DAZed	it's like 80s color monitors all over again
11-12 3:42:29	stonysmith	one company just came out with an EIGHT color printer
11-12 3:42:11	DAZed	$impler
11-12 3:42:08	stonysmith	but they tend to be 4x the cost
11-12 3:41:56	stonysmith	it'd be much simpler if I had just bought a multi-color printer
11-12 3:41:28	DAZed	well, I'm sure you'll find the right combination. You always seem to.
11-12 3:41:09	stonysmith	Ive been doing a fair amount of "parts" on my FDM.. so that i can get different colors
11-12 3:39:46	DAZed	could you do sub-assemblies to minimize the shatter aspect? Dunno, just spitballing. That sort of defeats the purpose of 3D printing, at least a little.
11-12 3:37:41	DAZed	Stony, seems like it would be troubling your customer....lol.
11-12 3:37:13	DAZed	bye Mike
11-12 3:36:59	GNFan	Well, gents, time for me to pack it in. ZU next time.
11-12 3:36:52	stonysmith	its the tradeoff of detail vs strength vs cost that's troubling me
11-12 3:36:11	stonysmith	I can design the bridge easily enough..
11-12 3:35:39	DAZed	or hop in a raft
11-12 3:35:23	DAZed	looks like you would need to know somebody.
11-12 3:35:07	DAZed	nope
11-12 3:34:55	stonysmith	I don't think there are any roads thru that area
11-12 3:34:36	DAZed	there does appear to be a neat bridge on the other side of I-44 though. Jerome, MO might have to be a stop for sure.
11-12 3:34:32	GNFan	Yup. The Titanic was described as "practically unsinkable". Yet nature and human nature conspired to find a way.
11-12 3:33:42	DAZed	Stony, I would offer to try and photograph your bridge the next time I travel through there, but it doesn't look particularly accessible.
11-12 3:32:10	GNFan	(too light on the 'w' key)
11-12 3:32:10	DAZed	That concept of engineering hubris was well covered at the Titanic exhibit we went to a few months ago
11-12 3:31:59	GNFan	Narrows
11-12 3:31:38	DAZed	Mike, yes. Very true.
11-12 3:31:29	GNFan	I do what I can.
11-12 3:31:10	GNFan	Titanic/Tacoma Narros = examples of engineering hubris
11-12 3:30:49	DAZed	Mike, bringing it back to trains. Jim would be so proud.
11-12 3:29:51	GNFan	There's a railroad double mainline that runs along the Tacoma shore (to maintain the illusion of railroads as our subject).
11-12 3:28:52	stonysmith	I certainly don't remember it
11-12 3:28:07	DAZed	but nobody remembers the 1940s, well most people. Historians and model railroaders are all over it
11-12 3:26:39	DAZed	that is so cliche, so 1990's.
11-12 3:25:54	DAZed	meh, beats referring to it as the Titanic.
11-12 3:25:30	DAZed	gotcha
11-12 3:25:28	GNFan	An awkward metaphor!

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