Visiting the old steel mill museum in Pittsburgh, I saw they still use wooden patterns for some of their demonstration castings.

It got me thinking, is keeping those traditional patternmaking skills alive just for show, or is there still a real, practical reason to teach them alongside modern 3D printing methods?

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angela_knight2d ago

Honestly, I read that wooden patterns teach you the fundamentals better.

brians272d ago

Oh man, you are so right about that. I learned on the old wooden boards back in the day and it just forces you to pay attention to your feet. Everything plastic now is so forgiving, you can get away with being sloppy. It really does build a stronger base.