[sdiy] I can print knobs!

[Mattias Rickardsson]

Den 29 apr. 2017 7:02 em skrev "Elain Klopke" <functionofform at gmail.com>:

I've had a 3D printer for a while now.


Having your own 3D printer can - in unexpected ways - sometimes be better
than using a more advanced 3D printing service.

Recently we ordered some really nice prototype knobs and buttons to test a
new product design. We were in a hurry and wanted to see and feel the new
shapes and sizes on the product prototype before letting the plastic
company build the new expensive injection molding equipment.

The numbers in our 3D drawings were in centimeters. The 3D printing company
thought "Oh, is this millimeters? So tiny objects. No, must be inches!"

So now we have these huge and heavy knobs and buttons that could only fit a
stove or something like that. :-D

/mr
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