Always tooting for th'antihero @Momentrabbit@awoo.space

I always get a giggle out of seeing authorfriends 'Playing Scrivener' on Discord. The multi-author online chat must be a thing. "500 word bonus!" "Spy sapping my novella!" "Dammit, c'mon, move the manuscript!" "MORE ELLIPSES! MORE ELLIPSES!"

@literorrery The 'boot camp' is an interesting method to clear blocks and force change. If it doesn't mesh with you at this time, it is perhaps useful to consider that it is not the only method available. That said, I hope the experience is enriching.

http://geargenerator.com/

Oooooh. Minor cognitohazards for the cog-n-gear crowd.

@Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town @kel@witches.town @Alyx You've got a lot of gallium.

@Alyx @kel@witches.town @Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town *bows before his better* n.n

@Oneironott Surprisingly hard to find info on! But it's out there. http://www.rawr.community/

@Ulfra_Wolfe@witches.town @Alyx You can lead an h 2 so4, but only when they're on acid.

According to the printer, I've extruded about 913m of filament since I started exploring this tech in December. I'm simultaneously surprised it's so short, and yet... a *kilometer* of plastic output. Wow. o.O

@literorrery Huh. They must have a XXL printbed... n.n

That's a heck of a pose. Thanks for sharing, I *like* big buns and I cannot lie.

@mawr Asleep, and yet, so cute. n.n

@literorrery I wish you much success, and will keep a luck generator ticking over in your general thought-vicinity.

@IrisKalmia Grey. It's so versatile.

@Mycroft I'm finding "Anything I haven't touched in a year should get tossed" a useful metric.

@literorrery It must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays. *hug*

@Mycroft Sounds like you've really earned the break. Count away, good bun. n.n

@mawr I'm modestly functional at 3D modelling - in software I can't even remotely afford to use outside of an academic setting. *shakes paw ruefully at Solidworks Corp* So I'm teaching myself a hodgepodge of Ways To Get Things Done in OpenSCAD and Meshmixer and Blender and whatever else gets the job done, for whatever job's grabbed my attention at the moment. This approach seems surprisingly well suited to an ADD attentional variability.

The brace itself is from Thingiverse, credit for design goes to Leo Nutz - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1852358

Here's the brace installed, viewed from above. It's screwed into the threaded rods that form the base of the printer, braces the Y-axis stepper against the middle strut. https://awoo.space/media/4S9yj9pV2SHi7nhrkAA

Next step: print the more-complicated _front_ brace. Perhaps tomorrow. n.n

@mawr The great taste of drgn, in a bttl!

Here's a closeup of the part that fared worst on last-night's print: as you can see, the texture's glossier and the structure itself has bulged out and sagged a bit. That's thermal load at work: small parts tend to need slower printing or active cooling, allowing heat to dissipate adequately before the next layer goes down, or they stay too soft and warp.

Fortunately, there's a setting to compensate for that in my slicer.

https://awoo.space/media/H9NpBAYWN5e9DQELcl0