Sorry, Too Much Candy

Sorry?  Well… maybe Not Sorry! <grin>

As I scan my previous posts here and on KautzCraft Studio, I realized many of them are about re-starting my lost wax casting (LWC) efforts. 

I am a bit sorry I keep posting the same promise to myself. But I am never sorry to go back. 

I throughly enjoy the complexity of LWC. As I have said now many times, it is the process that I enjoy. The finished item is just the reward. 

I have let the lure of 3D (plastic) printing take my available time. I love the CAD process of design. But the “making” is all automatic. Set 50 variables, upload the drawing file, and let the machine do all the tangible work. 

I do the same thing when I use CAD and CNC machine tools to carve a wax master. But that automatic machine carving is only one small segment of the entire LWC process. There is a lot of “hand-crafting” required to get the finished cast metal piece. 

3D printing can directly replace just the CAD/CNC operation within the LWC process. I have tried that many times. Results have been mixed, with some good results. That use of 3D printing is why I got involved with it.

My only remorse is that I enjoyed the 3D print process so much, I let it replace the time needed for doing LWC.  I made some plastic parts that could have been cast in metal. But also a LOT of nice plastic JUNQUE that could never be cast.

One person just doesn’t have the time to do everything at once. I am like a kid in a candy store that is free to sample everything. Hard to settle on one flavor. 

Not Sorry, because I do enjoy the variety. Just sorry that I can’t be 100% in every one of my many enjoyments. 

OH! I think I now see the light. It’s not starting and stopping at all! Just one continuous flow. I own the candy store. I just love tasting all the different flavors. I can sample what I want, when I want. Never being sorry I can’t eat them all at one time. What a stomach ache that would be!!!  <grin>

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