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>