#hackandtellplus

Hack and Tell 42 had an extension. Our member Kęstutis invited some of his friends and colleagues to tell us some interesting thing. There were as much as 5 presentations, whew!

Intro into 18th "Hack and Tell" started off with a long-awaited presentation by Vaidas, about a 13-month project that virtually everyone in Makerspace saw Vaidas sweating at - a wooden chess board with 3-D printed chess pieces. A project of untold complexity and labor, a never-ending fight with wood instability, and hundreds, if not thousands of hours of sanding...

Next, Dalius gave us insight into his job - an 8-month project of designing and constructing an automated industrial welding machine to make parts for cargo containers. Not often do we have an opportunity to glimpse into what it takes to develop a project of this scale with sufficient accuracy, reliability, and ease of assembly.

Next presentation took this Hack and Tell to a rather unusual direction - Žilvinas, a professional rally co-driver, told us the intricacies of his profession, both from the psychological perspective of a unique mental connection between the driver and the co-driver, as well as the technical one - he brought us several pieces from the automobiles he raced on, and explained why they are so difficult and expensive to make to the high standard that this sport requires.