Six years ago, I had been avidly following progress in the 3d printing world for as long as there was a 3d printing world.
I was super keen to to dip my toes in, but the fact that I couldn’t draw with a computer, and electronics tech stuff was so far outside of my comfort zone and my brain’s capacity, that I couldn’t see the point. I really wasn’t comfortable with spending any money on something that would take a lot of time and frustration and at the end of the day would print a half-baked model elephant.
Somehow along the way I had stumbled across the MPCNC concept around the time Mr Prusa began selling the Mk3 - a machine which allowed me to assemble it from scratch - learning along the way and I realised that the LR2 would at least give me a project that could “justify” having a printer.
I lurked here for some time (years?) before taking the plunge. Determined to learn to use CAD before my 70th birthday - I blame @jeffeb3 for guiding me gently down the path to Onshape, which has been a revelation, and I owe everyone who was here then (as well as all who have followed) an enormous debt of gratitude.
I still don’t understand most of your silly acronyms, a tenth of what you are saying, or even what some of the stuff you make is intended to do, but I love you all, and thank you all for your patience as I steadily veer away from the subject of pretty much every thread I respond to!