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Mike Hankey27-Nov-19 6:04
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W Balboos, GHB2-Dec-19 7:38
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Thinking differently - probably a parallel route of thinking came from the combination of machine shop and drafting courses required in my high school (even for college prep).

Drafting gave you the view of items and what's in front vs. what's behind. In layers.
Machine shop gave you the perspective that you don't request what were (then) impossible things, such as drilling a 1/2" hole and the requesting a 1" hole be drill internally with the hole that is 1" wide. Now, using a cutting laser, this is doable. Then, however, you could not put 1" drill down a 1/2" hole, nor even it were a partial wing-shaped cutter, swing it to that 1" dimension.

Oddly not wasted - even for chemistry grad school: When I needed a piece of equipment made, the machinist ("instrument maker" level) always appreciated my diagrams and design plans with the only complaint being that I was taught the European convention for the top view.

Most people, as you infer, never had to think in layers - and even with what I already have it's still going to be quite different. Also, we did our drafting with pencils and paper.

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