[sdiy] I can print knobs!

[Andre Majorel]

On 2017-04-30 09:02 +0200, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:

> 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

Strange thing you did there. Technical drawings are pretty much
always in millimetres, as far as I can tell. Only areas in which
I've seen centimetres are buildings and DIY furniture. I'm not
surprised that the printer assumed mm.

Good story, though. :-)

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André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/