69 points by Sami_Lehtinen 5 hours ago | 8 comments
thrownawaysz 2 hours ago
> I have not yet printed and tested this exact model!

Sadly that sums up the 3D printable scene perfectly. So many times I’v seen someone creating X for Y but they don’t have Y to test it but “it should work”.

cluckindan 2 hours ago
It’s not far fetched though. With careful design, prints often do work on the first try.
bigiain 1 hour ago
Sure. And it's given away for free, so complaining feels wrong.

But is it _too_ much to ask that they print their tweaked version 2 and test it before publishing it?

:sigh:

voxadam 2 hours ago
Bill Hammack (engineerguy) has an excellent video on the IBM Selectric titled IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter.[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCNenhcvpw

hinkley 1 hour ago
Doing the devil's work.
fitsumbelay 3 hours ago
This is very cool

Had just recently looked up IBM Selectric typeballs and the possibility of 3D print custom ones but did not expect so many active projects around it.

Pretty nice time for nostalgic tinkerers to be alive ...

timeon 25 minutes ago
Is this still post-modern or is it post-irony already?
limbicsystem 2 hours ago
I'll see your comic sans and raise you nightmare fuel mouths: https://mastodon.social/@ancientjames/115018313759386816
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henry0119 1 hour ago
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