Yep, commute time is work time. Unpaid usually but you can find jobs that include commute time. Usually the ones where you service a different customer every day.

I think it’s ridiculous that commute time is private time, meaning it’s ideal to live close to your employer but no employer pays enough to live nearby. The house market is cooked here.

Next time try microwaving a fish meal. Your colleagues will surely appreciate the aroma.

And if you want to play well you have to memorize the abilities of IIRC 180 champions and how they interact with each other.

It’s an extremely complicated game and apparently LoL is considered casual.

Have you considered lasercutting or CNC milling as well? And what about lithophanes?

3D printers are highly accessible to people, even people with no technical knowledge can just buy one, download models and have it print successfully. Selling 3D printed parts pretty much only works if you do design as well and not many people request something like that. I don’t think you can make a feasible business out of 3D printing alone.

And there is mechanical design and aesthetic design, which both are completely different practices. I mean things like making a TV mount or a tube holder vs making a detailed Warhammer 40K model. You need different software and skills for both of them and it consumes a lot of time to do well.

CNC milling and lasercutting is not as wide spread as 3D printing is so you could still end up finding people interested in objects made this way.

Time to clean your keyboard.

I think a dual nozzle system is already good enough for most users. Especially when your print area is large enough to make it feasible.

WAF had me laugh out loud.

Not worth the microplastic. Just put a sticker over it.

It wasn’t worth it back then never mind now. It’s as generic as it gets and the only thing it has going for it is additional FF7 lore.

Frakking toasters.

Hmm. I have a 12 channel peristaltic pump at the moment that is meant for watering plants. Meaning they have a lot of downtime so the tubes are compressed for quite some time at the same spot.

Ignore the yellow rollers in the image below, that was experimental. The final version has 3 all metal rollers so the tube is always compressed at one point. Over the tubes are U shaped bracket is mounted for compression.

It’s an entirely custom design from scratch and haven’t uploaded the model to a 3D printing website yet but plan on doing so.

Hmm… I use cheapass silicone tubing, 5mm ID 7mm OD and wear hasn’t been an issue. Perhaps you compress the tube too much. The tube should be held shut so that no liquid flows backwards but also not compressed so much that it wears the tubing out. Your pump should have a variable tensioner on it.

Perhaps also you don’t have enough rollers. At least one roller needs to be in full contact with the tubing (compressing) so that there is no backflow.

I have experience with peristaltic pumps. What issues do you mean?

I would not bet on 3D printing alone. Perhaps consider CNC engraving or lasercutting to go with it. The techniques are all very similar and you can appeal to a wider customer base.

Perhaps with 3D printing it’s worth making lithophanes for people and an engraver to make a nice frame out of wood. I’m considering doing this.

I meant plant pots not pot plants!

It’s still the main power drain in a grow room. I use custom LED strips designed to minimize power waste and for 8 plant pots i have to use at least 250W of power just on the lighting.

Ha ha I’m in danger!

I have a hydroponics setup that would make pot growers jealous but I grow chili’s and tomatoes in it.

It’s also nuts how much difference eccentric nuts can make.

But… you’d need to do several test prints with the suspects 3D printer to get a matching profile right? It doesn’t seem practical but indeed every 3D printer has it’s own fingerprint.

Overhangs are always difficult in 3D printing and your part cooling fan makes a huge difference in this. Also your print speed and temperature are factors.

This model however can also be printed sideways, you’ll have lower bed adhesion but it won’t have any overhangs this way.