Art and Fear -
A good book about the internal and external challenges to making art, along with the rewards.
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Monday, 27 August 2018
quote [ The story of the Curta Calculator, a stylish portable mechanical calculator that doesn’t use electricity and has a surprisingly dramatic origin story. ]
Such a cool calculator
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moriati said @ 10:38am GMT on 27th Aug
[Score:1 Good]
As seen in Pattern Recognition
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profetscott said @ 5:38pm GMT on 27th Aug
[Score:1 Underrated]
When I saw the post, I knew what they were talking about from reading Pattern Recognition.
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arrowhen said @ 6:57pm GMT on 27th Aug
Yup, same here.
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steele said @ 6:23pm GMT on 27th Aug
Huh? I don't remember that, I'm going to have to reread it. Darn! :P
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profetscott said @ 5:20am GMT on 28th Aug
It's worth re reading.
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SnappyNipples said @ 5:24am GMT on 27th Aug
I've seen the 3D printed STL file for one of these, I'd go insane trying to replicate that.
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stv179 said @ 8:04pm GMT on 27th Aug
Thinking of the required accuracy I strongly doubt that this would work (assuming the same scale as the original). Especially as many old mechanic calculator designs failed due to the accuracy of the parts not being sufficient at their time. Would be cool, though :-)
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steele said @ 8:18pm GMT on 27th Aug
[Score:2]
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SnappyNipples said @ 1:18am GMT on 28th Aug
[Score:1 Informative]
Like Adam's version made by his friend its a very large scale version made with a FDM printer. If you were to use an SLA printer you can print parts down to .01 microns in accuracy. Currently I do not have 4000 bucks for an entry level SLA machine. They are a toxic hazard and the prints need a lot of post cleaning. Really nasty stuff but the detail and accuracy is amazing.
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backSLIDER said @ 6:01am GMT on 27th Aug
I want one so bad.
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5th Earth said @ 11:24am GMT on 27th Aug
My grandfather had one, now in the hands of my dad. They are seriously sexy hardware.
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steele said @ 11:28am GMT on 27th Aug
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