Grey
Sr Member
I've seen you post here for many years Birdie and I know you're a good guy, so I tried not to read any bias into your posts. That said, it's interesting to me that you use the words "selective blindness" because that's exactly what I was thinking as I read through this thread, only not in the way you probably intended. In my time on this forum i've seen countless threads where people have said how happy they were to pick up a warped cast or a bad pull and proceeded to put a bunch of work into fixing it up and making it presentable. Sometimes these pieces have provenance, pulls from an original mold for example, sometimes they don't. Surely if these items have a market, then a 3D print that needs a bit of work to get it where it needs to be has no less of a place here?
Is this really a problem? I've seen lots of projects posted here that I could be critical about if I wanted to be an ass. I'd imagine most people are just happy to see the influx of new members using modern tools to create something they otherwise might not have.
I've browsed the Junkyard for years and i've seen numerous posts where I thought to myself ... "they're really asking money for this?" and most of them didn't have any 3D printing. If there's a buyer for it, who am I to judge? I can't help but think that if this wasen't about 3D printing, (which some people seem to just love being condescending about) this subject wouldn't be brought up here.
What is worse is that members here will praise how great it is.
Is this really a problem? I've seen lots of projects posted here that I could be critical about if I wanted to be an ass. I'd imagine most people are just happy to see the influx of new members using modern tools to create something they otherwise might not have.
I've browsed the Junkyard for years and i've seen numerous posts where I thought to myself ... "they're really asking money for this?" and most of them didn't have any 3D printing. If there's a buyer for it, who am I to judge? I can't help but think that if this wasen't about 3D printing, (which some people seem to just love being condescending about) this subject wouldn't be brought up here.