Been digging the 3d printer. Lots of tinkering and upgrading to the printer. Started off printing existing files and started learning how to use tinkercad to design my own stuff. Also learning all about the slicer programs used to slice the model and control the printer settings. I’ve made headphone stands, Star Wars blasters, mounts for the Christmas lights, tons of articulating sharks and whales and dragons etc, lots of the oversized sports chains (Lions, U of M, local high school teams, and my nieces soccer team) Lots of little trinkets. Not sure if it counts as a social hobby, but I enjoy giving out the various things I make and people like asking questions about the process. Maybe we will do a local craft show booth some time down the road. I’m not trying to monetize the hobby, but it could be done. The wife has also gotten into designing and printing stuff. Only real complaints about it are that’s it is sometimes a pain in the ass to get good prints and that the machine is sloooooow. Also looking at some of the prints out there it is hard to not want to upgrade to a machine that can do multiple colors in the same print. We will probably upgrade to a faster and easier to use unit down the road.
Which one did you get? My friend gave me his old Ender3, but I haven’t really dug in on it yet.
Of all the things that were magical and better about the two weeks you chose the porta potties.
It was just icing on the cake. When someone says “Dime fell asleep in a festival porta potty” I feel like everyone pictures it wrong. “Festival porta potty” conjures a certain visual that just wasn’t the case. Those units looked new. Spotless. All weekend. Whoever ran that show deserved an award. It was the only show I’ve been to where I still remark about everything they did well. They even fed everyone breakfast without a hitch. Every other show is remembered for the fuck ups lol.
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