mk e wrote:
...next up will be building an engineering group to design 3D printers for medical prosthetic devices and perhaps 3D imaging to allow the patent to see how they will look with the prosthetic...
Very cool. The world needs these things and needs people like you. Thank you for suffering through all the red tape and headaches to get this stuff done. It is important.
... although the story might have been more interesting if your day job actually WAS mad genius hospice nurse (mad genius patent clerk job was filled a long time ago).
mk e wrote:
...I was talking to another engineer a few months back about the frankenFerrari and he wanted to know why, just WHY? The answer really is ... it just needs to make me smile thinking about it.
Although my automotive exploits are kindergarten activity for you, I do it for the same reasons. It is a good escape from the day job. I am very proud that I have successfully changed my own timing belts, have diagnosed and repaired a major ignition stumble, etc. You are right: It is fun because I am accountable only to myself.