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minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoLathes are expensive, but you can build a shitty one and use it to make a better one, and so on (if you have that kind of time and dedication).
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoSomething about this feels right. Like buying a cheap 3d printer and building your way up to a quality, printed 3d printer.
minus-squareHorsecook@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoThere’s a series of books written in the 1980s by David Gingery about how to manufacture your own machine tools, starting with a charcoal foundry.
Lathes are expensive, but you can build a shitty one and use it to make a better one, and so on (if you have that kind of time and dedication).
Something about this feels right. Like buying a cheap 3d printer and building your way up to a quality, printed 3d printer.
There’s a series of books written in the 1980s by David Gingery about how to manufacture your own machine tools, starting with a charcoal foundry.