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Cake day: November 28th, 2023

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  • Curious what material you used.

    I made some similar items, and given the aggregation of exposure to the elements, constant daylight, and strength/the potential to shatter, I veered away from PLA and ABS into PETG (with TPU sleeves on sensitive bits), which I’ve found worked really well, but my parts don’t move as much as yours probably do.

    How have you found the results in these regards?

    Absolutely love being able to quickly mock up fit for purpose parts and deploy them immediately; great work!





  • Nearly 20 years ago, I was in a computer programming class surrounded by clunky towers and desktops.

    Suddenly, a loud popping, then one of the machines starts belching smoke like a budget fog machine. The kid using it is calmly moved to another station while the prof investigates.

    Fifteen minutes later - pop. Smoke again.

    Turns out the kid was jamming a paperclip into the power supply like he was playing Operation: Arson Edition.

    That was his last day.

    On the bright side, computers are a lot cheaper now - and kids are still dumb. So, maybe progress?