I switched from FFX to Chrome back in the day because Chrome tabs were all independent processes in task manager, and one crappy website wouldn’t kill my whole browser.

When Google started their war on addons, I switched back to Firefox.

Being next to the sink, might be a good idea to drill drain holes into the bins so water doesn’t get trapped in the bottom. Otherwise pretty cool! Next gridfinity step would be making some kind of purpose built holder for the flosser picks and the toothbrush head.

Dang this is seriously cool. I wonder how much space the whole workflow will take up on a workbench, and of course how dusty the room it’s in will become.

How many layers of green did you use?

Or aluminum cans! Those are very recyclable as well.

We’re streets ahead.

Truly the best solution!

I actually have a “resin mixing” gcode file that just raises and lowers the build plate a bunch while I’m warming up the shed my resin machine lives in. That mixes it up really nicely!

As for leaving resin in the vat, thank you for the advice, however I’ve been printing with this machine since 2020 and never empty the vat unless I’m changing resins or using a water washable (which I moved away from as the detail wasn’t as crisp, and it’s just as problematic as regular resin). I do run a clean cycle after a print, peel the sheet up, cure it and toss it. Never had to replace the FEP, never had any leakage issues

Sounds like the consensus. I also have a dye sublimation printer for photos (Canon Selphy) and it never fails. We’ve used it as a “near instant photobooth” at weddings, put probably a thousand photos through it, and photos today looks as great as the day we bought it.

Interesting. Does it have to be “on” or just plugged in? I don’t have a permanent space for a paper printer so it stays in the closet until we need it.

My kids love to doodle on the computer and print the drawings out so color is a must. Thank you!

Yes, but where the carbon comes from does matter. Burning fossil fuels is bad because it reintroduces previously sequestered carbon back into the atmosphere. If we can shorten the carbon cycle and simultaneously reduce the total amount of free carbon in the atmosphere, it’s still a net positive, even though we would still be burning hydrocarbons.

Of course the less we burn, the better, and I’m sure the water resources used to make the “renewable” fuel are just as problematic and wasteful.

Aww this makes me sad, my camera literally bricked itself halfway through the tour and corrupted the SD card in the process. My cell phone camera was really crappy at the time, and all my surviving photos turned out really bad. I hope my wife and I get back to NZ one day to recreate the photos!

Do you crave the strength and certainty of steel?

I second Micro Center’s house brand, it’s been really reliable in my Ender 3.

I disagree with that as a blanket statement. Humans have always used tools to augment our artistic capabilities, and AI is just the newest, shiniest tool. The fact that corps want to replace human artists with machines for cost cutting does not invalidate use cases like an independent singer-wongwriter from generating an album cover for themselves based on their lyrics.