The Model Engineering Learning Curve - A Short Essay

This episode on Blondihacks, I’m talking about the hobby! Exclusive videos, drawings, models & plans available on Patreon!   / quinndunki   Have questions? Try my FAQ! https://blondihacks.com/frequently-an... I would like to acknowledge that my shop sits on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of First Nations people. Here are links for many of the tools that you see me using: (I earn small commissions on these links) • Shrum Solutions face mill: https://www.shrumsolutions.com/shop?p... • 6mm CCMT Boring Bar | Shrum Solutions: https://www.shrumsolutions.com/produc... • Mill clamping set : https://amzn.to/2xc9vqr • Chamfering Tool : https://amzn.to/2IJsAUs • Zero Flute Chamfering Tool : https://amzn.to/3bmPLPe • NOGA Deburring set : https://amzn.to/2Jv3RlW • NOGA Reversible Deburring Tool : https://amzn.to/2X07WX1 • Knurling Tool : https://amzn.to/2FblXb1 • Tapered Reamer : https://amzn.to/2Gn0b3G • Chucking Reamer set : https://amzn.to/3odnVvh • Nicholson files : https://amzn.to/2VcHkls • Nicholson needle files : https://amzn.to/2BDt7ph • 1-2-3 Blocks : https://amzn.to/2EvAsGq • Dormer center drills : https://amzn.to/2X7U6ij • 6” Divider : https://amzn.to/2GTncM3 • NOGA arm with magnetic base : https://amzn.to/2U2bGTI • NOGA arm Big Boy : https://amzn.to/381acji • Collet Block set : https://amzn.to/2UkF1vZ • DeWalt drill and driver kit : https://amzn.to/2Gp6IeJ • DeWalt portable band saw : https://amzn.to/2U4Mhsw • DeWalt band saw blades : https://amzn.to/2H2J4X0 • High Speed Steel parting blade : https://amzn.to/2YcdYBv • High Speed Steel blade holder : https://amzn.to/2JgO0IK • High Speed Steel tool blanks : https://amzn.to/2H1qoqr • Grizzly Pre-ground tool bits : https://amzn.to/2H4yr5z • AXA tool holders : https://amzn.to/2V1gOHl • Quick Change Toolpost : https://amzn.to/310mshq • Norton oil stone kit : https://amzn.to/2EbLEH3 • Norton small sharpening stone: https://amzn.to/2PQwex9 • End mills : https://amzn.to/2U76Vsf • Milling machine starter pack : https://amzn.to/2tA2M4e • Forceps : https://amzn.to/2Ww5dFT • Mill Parallels : https://amzn.to/2lfW82i • GearWrench ratcheting tap & die set : https://amzn.to/2lMwZfV • Step bits : https://amzn.to/2q54yfJ • Starrett automatic center punch : https://amzn.to/2DCI7C9 • Budget transfer punch set : https://amzn.to/2yfDgHi • Precision shim stock : https://amzn.to/34lJlME • Jet 2-ton press : https://amzn.to/2SLas1s • Gear Wrench locking puller : https://amzn.to/2ubBV1W • Starrett tap wrenches : https://amzn.to/35jxM9e • Goldenrod oiler : https://amzn.to/2TTS0En • Acid brushes : https://amzn.to/36qWCo5 • Cratex (Bright Boy) block : https://amzn.to/38fNm72 • Scotchbrite deburring wheel : https://amzn.to/3ks0P2V • Fein Turbo I shop vac : https://amzn.to/2vXpech • Machinist’s scale : https://amzn.to/2Zk6oVj • Mixed metric/imperial dial caliper : https://amzn.to/2KKARYY • Mitutoyo dial caliper : https://amzn.to/2IMIxJE • Mitutoyo micrometer set : https://amzn.to/2GtICPx • Mitutoyo depth micrometer : https://amzn.to/33M8aSH • Mitutoyo edge finder : https://amzn.to/2G36omq • Mitutoyo dial indicator : https://amzn.to/2H09gBr • Mitutoyo dial test indicator : https://amzn.to/2E5lRQw • Coaxial indicator : https://amzn.to/3bbBEwE • Mitutoyo telescoping gauge set : https://amzn.to/2Z6houn • Fowler dial bore gauge : https://amzn.to/2KQJNf2 • Fowler inside micrometer : https://amzn.to/2TVm7Jo • Starrett 98-6 Level : https://amzn.to/38K7lMD • Grizzly Height Gage : https://amzn.to/2PDTr7i • Thread Checker : https://amzn.to/2CpvAUU • The Amateur’s Lathe book : https://amzn.to/3jIYlwe • Anchor Lube : https://amzn.to/2H9X6oQ • Boeshield T-9 : https://amzn.to/2TCE0wB • Brownell’s Oxpho Blue : https://amzn.to/2YhZTmR • JAX Metal Blackener : https://amzn.to/2MVe8wj • Dykem layout fluid : https://amzn.to/2U7KQts • Dykem dauber : https://amzn.to/2uoXtbm • Tap Magic cutting oil : https://amzn.to/3j8kNnR • WD-40 : https://amzn.to/2GYV8rY • Super 77 Spray Glue : https://amzn.to/2YScxZl • Loctite 603 : https://amzn.to/2EYsPbi • Loctite 242 : https://amzn.to/2RIt3sQ • Way oil : https://amzn.to/38Gl9qW • High pressure grease : https://amzn.to/2GloHTd • CMD Extreme Pressure lube : https://amzn.to/36JPNy9 • Dry graphite lube : https://amzn.to/2U0YEZH • 3-in-1 oil : https://amzn.to/36in43e • Kroil : https://amzn.to/2uCf1RL • Evaporust : https://amzn.to/36NSkII • Brasso : https://amzn.to/3buE6yL Commenting policy : https://blondihacks.com/commenting-po... As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.