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Over the holidays, thanks to the new printer, I managed to finally finish printing the various individual pieces for the Watch Tower project. The last big piece was the roof tile – all one single piece and a rather long print. With my old printer, I just didn’t trust it enough to risk that length of a job. Fortunately, with the Prusa, the print was no issue at all, and the final result is rather nice and detailed. My next steps will be to paint it, and then likely glue all the components together into a solid block for each…
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New printer, new projects. The first such major effort is a re-attempt at printing custom miniatures for our gaming group’s Pathfinder stories (and potentially others). With the old printer, this was not a practical option – the resolution was simply not there, and it was far too unreliable. With a Prusa i3 MK3s however, it is very much a workable option. This is printed at a 0.1 mm layer height, and only basic cleanup, in PLA (Prusa Galaxy Silver). I am also going to try to rotate to minimize the supports, and print in a 0.05 mm layer height, before…
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Over the holidays, I managed to acquire some more silicon mold making material, so my plans to craft chocolate dice are back on the schedule. Using my prior setup, I mixed and pouring the components, and managed to successfully remove the mold itself. Once I got started, I did notice that I was overly generous with my spacing – I could easily have packed in the dice forms much closer, and used quite a bit less silicon. This should not really impact the final results, but it is a note for my future efforts and the efficiency. Unfortunately, silicon is…
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Taking a week or two off of work (hopefully), and likely will be a bit more spotty for updates over the next week or two, due to the holidays. Whatever festivals you celebrate, enjoy the holiday season and time with the family. Stay safe, and best wishes.
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As part of the holidays this year, I am upgrading my 3d printer to a new Prusa I3 MK3S, which is expected to arrive some time today. I opted for the kit version, which will give me a project to work on while I am off of work for a bit. However, this leaves my old printer as no longer necessary, so I am looking to sell it off to someone who wants to get into the hobby. It is a Monoprice Maker Select Plus, to which I have added a number of miscellaneous upgrades – it has a 3…
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Going to try out a different format for our video sessions for the gaming – the level of engagement on each one is almost non-existent. Honestly, I didn’t expect anything else – it is a long dry session of watching other people play a game. But after some prompting, it was suggested that one issue is the length of each video. Perhaps if I break the 2 hours into multiple 15-20 videos, it will be slightly more appealing. Not sure I expect any drastic difference, but it is easy enough to separate into multiple parts. This of course changes my…
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Trying a new strategy this year, since the kids are old enough to start taking responsibility for presents. For each of them, I gave them a task of making a list of presents they wanted to find for other people – parents, relatives, each other, etc. For both, I gave them a basic price range, so they hopefully don’t go to extreme. Yesterday, I went out with my oldest, and today I am going out with the younger one, to try to obtain whatever it is on their lists. I haven’t seen either list at the time I am writing…
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Seems at this point, at least for the holidays, I am abandoning the plans to mold chocolate dice. Although I still have my template ready, once I found that the silicon had expired, I simply have not found an economical replacement option. Most suppliers are fairly expensive, especially for the volume I will need for the large mold. This would be in comparison to an Etsy or similar product, which honestly would likely be a bit more professional than something I can create. I can certainly order a mold, which would work, but with other projects and timelines for the…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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