This morning I feel like posting random photos from my workshop. (If you’re interested in ordering a 3d printed sawhorse gadget or jig please go to https://adaptivecurmudgeon.com/sawhorses/.)
A “rig” in translucent blue:
The “rigs” have magnets. Screw up the polarity and many little parts that “want to come together as a sawhorse” turn into “misdirected bits that repel the thing they most need”. (Why does that sound like an analogy for current society?)
I printed red and blue “magnet dispensers” to keep track of polarity. Also they help with handling the tiny 6mm x 2mm magnets. (The dispensers aren’t my design, I just downloaded it.) I don’t know if anyone cares about 3d printed magnet esoterica but here it is:
I accidentally put reverse polarity magnets into this piece. I discovered it when it absolutely refused to go together with the other pieces. Since then I’ve assembled every “rig” to prove I got it right.
In case you’re wondering, it’s impossible to pull the magnets out once they’re glued & inserted. I could have made an entire “reverse polarity” rig but I decided not to. It was worth “the loss” to just toss the single part rather than creating the possibility of warring of polarities in different object sets.
My dog wants to know why I’m making coffee in the workshop instead of the kitchen?
Percolated coffee really is the best possible coffee. I like my coffee maker but it can’t compare with a plain old percolator. Pay no attention to the Predator 212 clamped to the bench, that’s a topic for a different day.
House grouse. Don’t blame me, he’s the one that sucks at flying.
Finished projects en route to the Post Office. Ain’t that awesome! Some orders were larger and went in newly purchased (larger) boxes. Other smaller orders fit in recycled boxes. I had a plan to recycle everything into filament spool / refill boxes from Bambulab. I think those boxes are a pleasing size and they’re very well built. (I thought using the filament box to mail a finished project would also have a nice symmetry to it.) Alas, this project’s dimensions were determined by a 2″x4″ and it just didn’t happen that way.
A Versatile Geezer© deserves a better chair. How can you be expected to thoroughly ponder the manifold difficulties inflicted upon a thinking man, in that folding camping chair? Reeks of impermanence, improper haste, and discomfort. A clever old grump might invent 3D printed sockets such that one merely clamps/screws/nails/lashes/glues them onto pre-cut lengths of whatever non-stove or not-job-related lumber one may capture/scrounge/liberate/filch/borrow/steal. If you had such a chair, you could then invent it.
Stefan v.
Funny you should mention the chair. I was reading Christopher Schwarz emoting about gorgeous chair woodwork and pondering (see: https://christophermschwarz.com/). His stuff is too complex for me but 3d jigs for a simple design might just be super fun. I’m sure Mr. Schwarz would be appalled at PETG gadgetry instead of classic hand tools but that wouldn’t stop me. 🙂
Liar! Liar!
Pants on fire!!!
We know very well that is your WIFE’s dog!
Oh my! You’re right, that’s my wife’s dog. The dog and Mrs. Curmudgeon are two peas in a pod. To the dog I’m just a guy who hangs around sometimes.
“Reeks of impermanence, improper haste, and discomfort.”
Nay, it speaks of portability, expedience, and, um, sloth. And it doesn’t need to be painted or oiled. And errant wildlife probably won’t chew on it like the salty ends of my wheelbarrow’s handles.
I was thinking of woodworking a nicer chair but I think I’ll embrace sloth for a while longer.