June 05, 2021
Resin de' etre
Been toying with the idea of adding a resin printer to my arsenal. I don't know why, since I've only really been interested in practical prints with my FDM printer. The one time I tried printing the Liru figure I found on Thingiverse, the results were disappointing.
A brief search last night turned up an article about the 11 best low cost resin printers. And nearest the cheap end were two I was slightly familiar with, the ELEGOO Mars, and Creality LD-002H. At the time the list was made, the Mars was slightly cheaper, and on Amazon it was $239 with a $35 coupon. But then I went to Creality, and the LD-002H was on sale for $189. Moving it up on the list, but then I checked the ELEGOO site, and my choice was made, because the base Mars model was on sale for $149.99! Also, although most of it was sold out, the Resin was cheaper there than on Amazon as well, ($19.99 for 500 g vs $21.99) (They don't include a sample with the machine). So the total was $169.98 for the printer and resin, and the shipping was free (they also didn't charge me tax, which Creality did on my Ender 3. Very naughty. :-)
Getting back to Thingiverse, I put up my first thing back on Monday. However, for some reason, even though I did hit Publish, it is not showing up in my profile. I was able to add it to one of my collections. And my Analytics shows that scrapers, I assume, immediately downloaded it 464 times in the first hour, and nothing since. I'd heard the site is kinda broken and running on autopilot, but I had no idea it was that bad. Support has been unresponsive.
It's a sleeve to protect a notepad in my pocket, if you're curious. You can't find it in the Search engine either.
(update: corrected URL)
It's a sleeve to protect a notepad in my pocket, if you're curious. You can't find it in the Search engine either.
(update: corrected URL)
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May 18, 2021
Super Cub
So I've just started watching this, and I have to say, it's really beautifully animated. Especially the subtle shifts of the color when she first gets on the bike.
I was left with two questions: What happened to her bicycle? And did she remember to turn the fuel petcock back to ON when the filled the tank? If she didn't, she's going to be in for a worse surprise.
I was left with two questions: What happened to her bicycle? And did she remember to turn the fuel petcock back to ON when the filled the tank? If she didn't, she's going to be in for a worse surprise.
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May 16, 2021
Pan Piano
I'll do something later about the Gamma Crash issue, but I had to share this amazingly talented Cosplayer/Pianist.
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April 11, 2021
Spring Season
Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! is funny, two episodes in.
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord is back for another season. Need to check that out.
Odd Taxi Is definitely Odd. Aside from the strange background style, and the childish anthro characters, there seems to be a serious mystery about a missing girl going on.
Odd Taxi Is definitely Odd. Aside from the strange background style, and the childish anthro characters, there seems to be a serious mystery about a missing girl going on.
Not really sure about anything else. I'm open to suggestions.
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March 31, 2021
Digging
So I went into one of the lesser-accessed labels in my archives, "Batch" and grabbed Yozakura Quartet. Apparently it came out in 2014, and I got the batch in 2018, and I can't seem to recall why. Someone suggested it? So far it's just okay, but at least it doesn't take place in a high school.
(I don't go through the batches as much because it's harder to keep my place within them. As opposed to changing the label on each episode to "Watched".)
(I don't go through the batches as much because it's harder to keep my place within them. As opposed to changing the label on each episode to "Watched".)
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March 06, 2021
Free fun fuse
So my first spool (or is it reel, or roll?) of black SunLu PLA came with a coupon that said join the FB group, and get a $5/20% off coupon for Amazon. So what the heck, I did. Of course, the coupon code is actually a pretty narrow offer, and as a result it knocked about $8.40 off the cost of a spindle (or is it spool, or reel?) of their other brand, JAYO's Black PLA, which suits me fine. Amazon seems to have adjusted the price in the interim, so it's hard to say. It was supposed to get me down to $13, but it was more like $15. Of course, to get free Amazon shipping, I had to buy something else, so I got some Red PLA.
But when I joined the FB group, I also discovered there was a giveaway going on, and I got on the tail end of it. So while I was chatting with the SunLu/JAYO rep, I got in on the deal for a couple free reels (or is it roll, or spindle?) of black ABS, which should be a challenge to print, from what I've heard.
But when I joined the FB group, I also discovered there was a giveaway going on, and I got on the tail end of it. So while I was chatting with the SunLu/JAYO rep, I got in on the deal for a couple free reels (or is it roll, or spindle?) of black ABS, which should be a challenge to print, from what I've heard.
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February 16, 2021
Feh
Printing that Liru model was pretty disappointing. She's definitely meant for Resin. Tree supports ended up more like Kudzu. Only her ears were sticking out just about. And even with all that support, she had a lot of drooped fibers. Getting her out of it all was a PITA, and well, it just didn't look very good. Maybe with a really small nozzle and tight printing or Something. It was an 8-hour print at standard settings.
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January 30, 2021
Pizza!
I've been on a pizza making kick lately. I think I'm really getting the hang of it...
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January 18, 2021
Winter 2021 season
There's still a lot I haven't finished watching from last season, although I did watch all of Maho no Tabitabi, which should count as an endorsement. I've fallen behind on Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? especially after I learned there was a side series to watch.
There is a new season of Beastars, so that's definitely on the list.
And there's more Re:Zero, another series I've fallen behind on.
For total cheese, Hidden Dungeon. I expect I'll drop it.
I went on a NASA site and found some interesting .stl files. I'm currently printing out a Saturn V model. They thoughtfully broke up the First Stage into two parts, but the second stage I will have to break up and join myself, as it's too big for the Ender 3. Something is a bit off about the models, aside from Cura complaining they aren't Manifold. It's also hard to turn them on axis and actually have them perpendicular to the build plate. This cut second stage is going to be a challenge to put back together.
Of interest are the STL files for the lunar landscape of each mission's landing areas.
There is a new season of Beastars, so that's definitely on the list.
And there's more Re:Zero, another series I've fallen behind on.
For total cheese, Hidden Dungeon. I expect I'll drop it.
I went on a NASA site and found some interesting .stl files. I'm currently printing out a Saturn V model. They thoughtfully broke up the First Stage into two parts, but the second stage I will have to break up and join myself, as it's too big for the Ender 3. Something is a bit off about the models, aside from Cura complaining they aren't Manifold. It's also hard to turn them on axis and actually have them perpendicular to the build plate. This cut second stage is going to be a challenge to put back together.
Of interest are the STL files for the lunar landscape of each mission's landing areas.
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December 25, 2020
The Ender (3) of all things
I've been curious about 3D printing for a while, but it seemed awfully expensive for printing out various plastic gewgaws of no real utility. That attitude has been adjusted by my dealing the the 3D printing lab across the way at work, where they make handy bits of tooling and protective equipment for fragile parts. And I realized I might have some uses for the stuff as well.
Then last Saturday, a friend mentioned that he had just gotten a Creality Ender 3, and that they were on sale for a mere $160 (although shipping and tax added another 20 bucks or so). So I started looking into it, watching a LOT of YouTube videos, and I was sold. I ordered Sunday, and the kit arrived (checks watch) yesterday at around 5:00. In short order I had it assembled (between some of the videos and my own mechanical aptitude, it was trivial) and not much later I had the small sample of filament loaded up and attempted one of the test files. Right out of the box, with only slight adjustment to level the bed, it printed very well. Alas, the sample of filament wasn't quite enough to finish the sample print, the poor cartoon dog only made it up to his eyebrows. So I hied myself to Amazon and ordered a couple rolls - black and white, and the black had a $4 off coupon! Typically a Kilo of filament runs $20-$25. It won't arrive until Wednesday, alas.
In the meantime, I researched models for upgrades and accessories for the machine, and software for making said models. Alas, the makers of Fusion 360 have decided to end their hobbyist support - one can get a year free, but then you have to pay. But there is a mature, ten year old open source product out there called FreeCAD which can do almost the same thing (and the areas of lack are extremely esoteric). I watched a guy model a turbine blade in both programs [Scratch that, the other program was SolidWorks] and the results were identical, plus the process blew my mind.
There's also a free "Slicer" program that converts the model into G-Code for the printer, called Cura. There's another furnished by Creality, but everyone uses Cura because it's very capable. It lets you step through the print, and adds supports, manages the in-fill, and more tricks than I know what do to with. It's capable of directly driving the printer via USB, but if you have Windows 10, with its uncontrollable updates and reboots, the chance of it ruining a print is high, so you can also save the G-code to a mini-SD card, and have the printer run it from that.
Now I just need to figure out what to do with the inevitable plastic gewgaws....
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