I didn’t plan my little “sawhorse launch” very well. My simple order form croaked and I had to go old-school. (Order at https://adaptivecurmudgeon.com/sawhorses/.)
Then, for a brief period of time, I was getting orders faster than I could scrounge the filament. I placed a huge order for more filament than I’ll ever need but there’s a delay in shipment. Then, to ease my fretting, I ordered a bit more filament on Amazon (which came sooner).
In the meantime, I started printing in different materials (colors) based on what I had in hand. That did a lot of good.
I also had a design issue. I thought it was perfect. Just turns out I’m “gentle with equipment”. Mrs. Curmudgeon is now my parts tester! I went through several design improvements (a couple burned well over 10 hours print time!). I finally hit on the solution and it’s proof that I’m a rookie. The solution is stupidly simple and very strong. It just took me a while to get to the place an experienced pro would’ve gone first. (I’ll put up details and photos in due time).
The upshot of this is that I’ve got the design nailed down, all the filament a guy could want, and the ability to ship however many prints I can jam out at 7 1/2 hours a pop. Ideally I can run the printer 24/7… in fact that’s the best way to use it!
Anyway, I just wanted y’all to know I’ve been having a blast. I was happily gluing tiny magnets in rigs today. It feels good organizing piles of “rig parts” into “shippable rigs”. In theory, my first real “out the door” shipment will hit USPS tomorrow. (I’ve got email addresses for most orders. When I ship yours I’ll mail tracking information.)
I’ve had more fun this “cyber Monday” than most years; probably because I was messing around with glue and magnets. Who doesn’t like a little “arts and crafts” break?
Happy post-Thanksgiving y’all!