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As I have been getting further and further into 3d printing, I have been experimenting with a number of different colors and brands of filament. In general, I have not found much significant different in quality for PLA between options, but for consistency, I have been tending towards the same ones each time. If curious, here is the options I currently use or have used, and my thoughts.
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I have been tasked by the wife to build a coffee table/work station for the living room, to accommodate her various crafting efforts. Now that we no longer have a large Labrador, we have the space (and less loose hair), and she is ready to have a larger surface to work on projects. As a result, I drew up some sketches and basic plans tonight, with the intent of going to the big box store Wednesday or Thursday for lumber. Not exactly sure where I am going to construct this furniture, if it will turn out as envisioned, or if…
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Just a side note to help explain some of the links and ads on the page you may see at different times. Ultimately, this website may potentially pay for itself, though at this point that is not the case. However, if you spot links to items I either reference, review, or recommend, they will frequently take you to an Amazon page. If you are then interested in the item in question, and you purchase it thru the link, then I get a small amount to help with funding, and you see no increased cost. That being said, I have to…
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Ran into another problem with the printer over the weekend, when it started having challenges printing reliably. In each case, it would run for 15-30 minutes, and then jam, and stop extruding. After cancelling, I could clear the jam and get the extruder going again, but with the next attempt, the same would happen.
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Appears our challenges with our secondary campaign are continuing, as we had to cancel another game of Shadowrun. This time it was football again, they scheduled our games this week on Sundays, and there just was not enough availability on Friday or Saturday. Feedback is the campaign is enjoyable, and there continues to be interest, but I am struggling to validate that it is worth the effort. We have played a total of 2 game sessions in several months, so I am not sure if it is a viable schedule, at least for this time of year.
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Had a number of recent projects this week that have been working the printer quite a bit. Not only am I working on my first printing and painting video, but I have been collecting a number of time lapse videos for other projects. The wife also tasked me with me with making a Boy Scout gift/collectable, following our recent Court of Honor. This involved designing from scratch, printing numerous copies, and acquiring a new color for my filament collection. Hopefully, it will work out in time for the next meeting on October 3. While I wait for the filament to…
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After reviewing a number of tutorials on YouTube video creation, I ended up ordering an Amazon branded microphone stand, as an impromptu camera stand. This is a cheap option, and my concern was its ability to support and handle the weight of a camera. It arrived, and after some testing, I am rather happy with the results. By adding a couple of adapters, it holds both my phone as well as my much more bulky camcorder without issue, and without falling over. It is a bit shaky if it is touched, the thin pole tends to wave back and forth,…
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In our latest session, the group continued the mystery of the dwarven Vekker brothers, and what fate they found some 70 years prior in the mountains. Previously, they had discovered the lost mining base station, which was inhabited by ghosts and spirits, and had fallen into the hunting ground of a wendigo. This time, with some creative uses of spells, they managed to get enough information to track down the body of one of the brothers, upon the request of the spirit of the other brother. Long ago, the dwarves had given in to cannibalism, and had fell to the…
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