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If my parents had bought me a $30k laser cutter I would be too. But I can't even afford the garage. If you want to worship a DIY-god then look up Jerry Ellswor
by tsss 3y ago
If my parents had bought me a $30k laser cutter I would be too. But I can't even afford the garage.
If you want to worship a DIY-god then look up Jerry Ellsworth. She's the real deal, unlike this guy, and makes chips with her own dumpster-dived repaired machinery, not with contacts to the local University's million dollar research lab.
- elteto 3y agoWhat a negative and off-putting comment. You are dunking on the work of a teenager putting in time and effort to do something incredible by any measure. You need to take a deep, hard look inside of you, what’s spilling out is not nice. Why do we have to pick between one or the other? I celebrate the work of both of them. And with your attitude, no, most likely you wouldn’t have built anything with a $30k laser cutter.
- 93po 3y agoHe makes a point but it's better described as "it's awesome that this young man has had the drive and curiosity to do so well with the abilities and resources he's been gifted"
- rfrey 3y agoI suspect that if you had access to a $30k laser cutter you'd be saying you could be awesome too, if you only had a $250k metal printer.
- ALittleLight 3y agoThe article mentions she was an inspiration for the 22 year old and that she says of him he has taken her work to the next level. I'm curious, what work were you doing that was stymied by your parents lack of funding?