I am a 3D print artist. A client wanted 4 keys 10 cm long 2.5 mm thick. That worked, but barely – at this size, they can’t be made any thinner and still be printable in the desired material.
Client: I want another set of keys in 1/6 scale.
Me: I can design that, but it won’t be printable.
Client: Ok, well design them anyway.
Later:
Client: Hey! These 1/6 scale keys won’t print. Make them printable.
Me: I told you that at 10 cm long they couldn’t be any thinner and still be printable. I can alter them to make them printable, but they’ll have to be thicker.
Client: Okay, do that.
Later:
Client: Hey, why are these keys so thick?
After about four more rounds of the keys have to be that thick to print, vs yes they aren’t perfectly 1/6 scale, I finally convinced her to print 5 cm, 2.5 mm keys.
Six months later, I got an email asking for printable 1/6 scale keys and the loop started over.
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10:15amJuly 7, 2018
