3D Printing Forum

Let's start a casual thread

What fun things are you working on?

I've actually taken a bit of a break from 3D printing this month. Sometimes you need a break to recharge your creativity.

Also - adjusting to a new job has been a challenge. I lost my job of 5 years when the funding expired. I had been working with the large scale 3D printing and also ran the small scale 3D print lab in that role. I enjoyed it for the most part. It was nice to rebuild after a devastating fire a few weeks into that job destroyed the small scale lab. I rebuilt it with 7 Ultimaker S5's, full safey enclosure systems with fire detection/suppression and filtering for VOC/UFPs. Those machines are really great work horses. The only drawback is you couldn't go beyond 0.8 nozzle and the heater cartridges in the cores are a bit weak, so you really couldn't cranked the speed and flow. But, it was great to introduce the student workers to 3D printing with the Cura and Ultimaker pathway.

Now I am doing lots of electronics trainings for industrial robotics. Amazing stuff, just trying to learn a lot - I wish i had the neurons of a 30 year old!

Good to hear you got a new job so quickly Paul. You're never too old to learn, take your time and enjoy the journey.
I recently bought an Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus as my previous FDM gave up the ghost a year ago.
My old printer was bought years ago and I'm surprised how they have moved on in such a short time, the quality of prints are amazing.
The Neptune is almost plug and play, once I had levelled the bed, and I like the magnetic top, although most of the time once the print has cooled it lift off easily.
I've just designed and printed a utensil basket for my sister in law as the old one broke.
It's been fun doing something that's not for work.
Lez

Just got back from a 10 day vacation to the Philippines. Wow, so much fun. But that high heat and humidity - wooo - took me a few days to adjust to that!

How's your summer going?

Just re-arranging the garage as the wife wanted the large table I was using.
I'm putting kitchen worktop and shelves up, it's killing my back............
Hot here as well, high 30's C at times
Lez

Good morning all.

Just doing lots of work around home, an it appears its going to be around about 106 degrees here in Washington state..

We are going through a bit of our annual heat wave here in Maine. 89-92 the past few days

Yesterday I stayed inside as much as possible as the temperature hit 106.

Not doing bad though we have had less than a half dozen days this year above 100 degrees.
Though remembering back when I was younger there were more days each year over 100 degrees than this.

Zyltech just sent me some samples of some new filaments they will be producing soon

What did they send you!

A small sample of CF PETG