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Physicist 3D-printed a Lamborghini because his son liked one (2019)
- heckerhut 6y agoHe...downloaded a car?
- himujjal 6y agowhat a father!
- switchstance 6y agoAgreed! Mine was too busy abusing drugs and alcohol.
- high_byte 6y agolike a true lamborghini driver
- switchstance 6y agoNah, more like the kind that spends his money on drugs and alcohol rather than providing the essentials for his family.
- marcodiego 6y agoThis really illustrates the difference between stealing and reproducing. I wouldn't steal a car, but sure I'd download and 3d print it.
- capableweb 6y agoBut then you get to enjoy it without paying anything to Lamborghini. Is that fair to them? Not that I care whats fair to them, just interesting to compare it to the argument for/against free media sharing.
- musingsole 6y agoYeah, really illustrates how Lamborghini lost a sale on this one! If they'd better protected their IP behind mirror boxes that tracked watching eyes with facial recognition and only revealed the car and therefore its design when everyone within line of sight has subscribed to Lamborghini+ and are up to date on payments -- then this guy totally would have not still built this awesome project for fun. He would have bought it on credit like a good wageslave.
- high_byte 6y agohow fun it must be in the US where you can customize and pretty much do whatever to your car
- zokier 6y agoHow fun it must be to have twice the amount of car fatalities (per capita compared to EU).
- carlmr 6y agoPer km would be a more fair comparison, since Europeans drive a lot less. Yes, the per km numbers are worse than say in Germany, but similar to e.g. Belgium, which is a first world nation with high standards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
- emteycz 6y agoInterestingly, Germany is also known for its unusual (within EU) acceptance of modified cars and high speeds... Where else can you expect a heavily modded Volkswagen Golf from the 90's to overtake you at 220 km/h on your way to work?
- carlmr 6y agoModifications are actually strictly controlled, compared to the US, also your vehicle has to pass a mandatory safety check every two years. The high speeds are a point of controversy. The pro high speed people say we have a low death rate, the pro speed limit people say all the studies indicate it could be way lower with more sane limits. Your example is actually somewhat common and it can be surprising how a car that isn't in view on your first mirror check can be next to you on your next mirror check, when you're driving 120kph.
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- IgorPartola 6y agoHell yes. I mean it is super cliche but I hope that when my kids are older that I can restore a vintage car with them so we can do Sunday drives. This kicks it up several orders of magnitude. As an off topic aside, I find working on vehicles highly therapeutic. I finally got into motorcycles several years ago and learned that motorcycle mechanics, compared to car mechanics, are few and far between are usually very busy. If you buy a used bike and don’t want to take it to the dealer for service, you better learn to wrench. Let me tell you, it has been a hugely empowering experience. Unlike modern cars, even modern bikes are relatively easy to work on. I got ones with carburetors, so the most sophisticated computer on them is the LCD clock/trip meter. My second bike came to me not running for $1300 plus a bit for delivery. I still can’t believe that with some hand tools, time, and a shop manual I not only got it working, but improved its performance. I didn’t grow up around any kind of vehicles so learning to do this is a personal achievement for me. Yesterday evening I went for a long random ride and it was really something when the machine you had on the floor of your garage in pieces not that long ago now runs just right as you literally drive into the sunset. Motorcycles really helped me deal with the weight of the past year and just the weight of life in general. They aren’t cheaper than therapy but they definitely are more fun.
- michaelgrafl 6y agoI spent about 2000 Euros on therapy last year. And I'm only going every other week. I might get a motorcycle this year instead to save some money.
- cheeko1234 6y agoI got a used 2016 Kawasaki Vulcan from craigslist in March of last year, instead of therapy. One of the best decisions I've made.
- IgorPartola 6y agoBoth is good. When your bike breaks down and can't be fixed for a month because a mechanic that can rebuild the engine isn't available or the repair is too costly, that can be a real hit to your mental state (trust me, I know). That stuff doesn't usually happen to a therapist. But also a therapist won't make you happy, just less unhappy. A bike will put a smile on your face.
- jcims 6y agoSide note, as someone who's last child is ready to leave the nest, I'm finding myself in a bit of a depressive state, sometimes deeply so, because of all the cool shit that people are doing with their kids that I essentially no longer have the opportunity to do. Objectively we did quite a bit over the years, and doing all the things is obviously unrealistic, but I look back frequently these days and think about the time squandered focusing on providing vs being present, or nights spent on the computer trying to learn things myself rather than sharing what I already know with my kids. It always felt like I had plenty of time. So my advice for anyone reading this is that, if you have kids this age, think about all of the things you dream of doing with them, pick one and DO IT. I mean really lean into it, plan what you want to do and execute like it's a mission if you have to. It doesn't have to be this kind of a high-end project, just little things that really pin memories. Sometimes you just don't have an option to work less or be around more, and that is what it is, but man there is some time that I would spend differently looking back. Now I'm just hoping (to myself) that at some point in the future there are grandkids that will give me a chance to apply some of this hindsight.
- Causality1 6y agoI hope it isn't too long before you get to start doing those things with your grandchildren.
- polishdude20 6y agoThis is a really good viewpoint that I've been wondering about myself. I'm fairly young and without kids right now but I've always been thinking about what sort of career I want to have when I do have kids. I'm currently teaching at a university and the pay is average but it's low stress and I get lots of time off in the summer. I'm currently in this constant battle between wanting to leave and get into software to make more money or stay and keep my free time and low stress job in order to be benefit any future children I might have. What would you do in this case? I'd love to know.
- yummypaint 6y agoYou already have a good setup. As they say the only thing you can't buy is time. As long as everyone's core needs are met making more money won't make anyone happier. Even if you don't have kids it's a mental health plus to have some energy to put toward things that aren't work.
- l33tman 6y agoI get a umatrix block just by even trying to click on this. It redirects to advertising.com?
- Phelinofist 6y agoCrazy cookie dialog, unusable without JS, insta close
- Turing_Machine 6y agoThe builder's YouTube channel has much more recent videos than the 2019-vintage ones in this report. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8YYptrlqdUN9GsIFsT6Mwg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8YYptrlqdUN9GsIFsT6Mwg
- hi5eyes 6y ago*3d printed some panels off an aventador the physicists channel https://www.youtube.com/user/lasersterling https://www.youtube.com/user/lasersterling
- dehrmann 6y agoI see people pushing 3d printing pretty far, but the progress I've seen in the past decade has been more "because we can" and not in the direction of seriously replacing traditional manufacturing. At best, it's gotten to the point that it makes sense for low-volume runs of simple parts and low-volume runs of complex, expensive parts.
- jcims 6y agoIt democratizes manufacturing in a way. I'm midway through a two axis satellite tracker build that involves quite a few parts. The ability for me to go into Fusion 360, create a part, virtually test fit it in an assembly then print it out and put it directly to use is pretty amazing and liberating. If you poke around youtube and look at the hobbyist robotics channels you'll see endless 3d printing...nothing else comes close. Once products start to pivot to personalized fitment we'll likely see quite a bit more 3d printing in manufacturing. Until then it's mostly going to be what you said, low volume/prototype runs and complex parts that aren't possible with other fabrication approaches.
- jstanley 6y ago> it's gotten to the point that it makes sense for low-volume runs of simple parts and low-volume runs of complex, expensive parts. Yep! And you can get this today, from a machine that costs less than a smartphone, and it's clean, it's quiet, it doesn't make swarf, or dust, or smoke, and it fits on your desk! It turns your CAD models into parts in a matter of hours out of material of almost-negligible cost. We are truly living in the future. If you don't want to make low-volume runs of custom parts, then 3d printing is utterly useless to you. But it is absolutely game-changing for people who do.
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- dylan604 6y agoI kind of like his house's floor plan where the bottom floor of the house if essentially all garage. Makes working on projects like this much more feasible.
- IncRnd 6y agoLoading the page without JS, it said, "You must have JavaScript enabled to experience the new Autoblog. Please follow the instructions below to enable JavaScript in your browser." Instead I removed the elements with fixed, sticky styles, and the page worked perfectly. One more page that requires JS without needing or using it. Once I finished with that, the page is super!
- zoomablemind 6y ago> ... the build has a budget of about $20,000. Oh, well, one can certainly buy a real (not 3D printed) car at this price tag. Even a cheaper old car to rebuild together is a great old-school learning-and-bonding project. Though Lambo is a Lambo, it surely trumps a Corvette. Hope the kid got to drive that beauty at his tender 11-years of age.
- daniel-thompson 6y agoThat budget notably doesn't include the time commitment, although the article does mention: > The front brake air intake alone is said to have taken 52 hours to complete. I wonder how that extrapolates to the whole project. Maybe that part took a long time and everything else was quick. But I kinda doubt it. On the other other hand, spending quality time with your kids is good, and hopefully the kid was patient enough to learn that making really cool stuff sometimes take a long time.
- avip3d 6y agovery frank title
- moralsupply 6y agoShould have bought some Bitcoin, waited a couple years, then lambo