Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20160112054727/@comment-27425734-20160112060841

I personally like the traditional concept of a person forging each individual piece by hand, carefully crafting each one, and fitting the weapon together using only limited machinery. There's a certain magic in watching the process of a skilled weaponsmith make a truly unique, yet deadly tool for spreading death to one's foes. Plus, the 3D printer/self-contained foundry is another instance of letting machines build what we should, and can, do ourselves. Not saying not to use conventional equipment for polishing, and casting molds for the more complex parts, I just find it rather degrading to the art of smithery to just design a weapon with a computer then send it to a printer like you're sending a fax. Even if takes more time, the end result is worth far more then a printed set of connectable blocks.