BEHIND THE POCKET PROTECTOR: NIC DANEMAN
Nic Daneman, because he never gets bored with design, accepted a challenge from Collin Wheeler to replicate a vintage wooden model of a vertical turning lathe made in 1986. Armed with an Ender 3 V2 printer, Nic recreated the intricate machinery, discovering the complexities of keeping the print structurally sound while printing it all as one piece. For him, 3D printing is a learning process, highlighting the gap between what should work in the design phase vs. how it turns out. While printing spinning gears, he learned that rather than just creating a seemingly functional…
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