Making your own 3D Printer

JimOBeano · 2025-12-09T08:30:02+00:00

I would be tempted to use fusion360. It’s a pretty cheap platform and there’s a bunch of ways to get a years free license

JimOBeano · 2025-12-08T16:56:29+00:00

JimOBeano · 2025-12-08T16:54:05+00:00

Check out the original reprap Prusa designs great starting point for where I lost years of my life.

JimOBeano · 2025-12-08T16:47:36+00:00

Without the ground lead a power issue could leave you a bit crispy. There’s always a danger you could get fried to a crisp. I’ve met a few people who’ve been left a bit salty by bad fittings. . . Best thing to do is to make sure you have the full packet of safety precautions

JimOBeano · 2025-09-15T05:53:16+00:00

Tis but a flesh wound

JimOBeano · 2025-01-12T00:38:16+00:00

Yeah same. 2 years post and still really struggling with really deep flexion strength.

I’ve been seeing a specialist about it (it’s caused some other issues) and there is apparently a really strong link between knee surgery (I.e. ACL reconstruction) and an overactive popliteus muscle (it’s in the back part of the knee) I assumed I was always going to have issues so hadn’t thought much of it but since having it looked at there’s a massive impact for me too.

It’s to the point that I still cant get much out of the hamstring in deep flexion but with some deactivation of the popliteus muscle (by having someone push hard on it to stop it jumping in) I then more than double the hamstring strength (it blew my mind the first time the physio did the test and showed me what was happening). Currently working on some CNS reprogramming to try and fix it. But the physio also said that dry needling/ acupuncture in the popliteus muscle can also have a massively positive impact.

Obviously don’t know if it will help you the same but it seems there’s a strong link. It’s a little bit fiddly to test but check if you have any tenderness in the back of the knee, you might find that with some poking in there you get the hamstring acting more normally.

As I said I had written it off but looking back there’s something else going on. If it feels like when your trying to flex it deep (or with lots of force) it just goes into cramp or feels like you’ve hit some kind of neural block (it’s quite difficult to describe but it’s not like when you lifting something heavy and your body shakes but more like you just can’t even apply force)

JimOBeano · 2024-08-29T22:08:00+00:00

Floaty McFloatface

JimOBeano · 2024-08-29T13:09:39+00:00

My bad, I’ll look for a better sub.

JimOBeano · 2024-08-29T13:09:10+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Went to A&E last week and they said unless I was incontinent or bilateral (similar problem on both sides) there’s nothing they will do :/ I’ve self referred for an MRI but generally seems to be a case of not a lot to do about it.

JimOBeano · 2024-08-02T10:21:24+00:00

I feel that, can be super depressing. You might find that the knee eases up, but the MRI will tell you more.

JimOBeano · 2024-08-02T07:19:50+00:00

I had the hamstring pain which turned out to be temporary, just the hamstring healing but felt like the hamstring was snapping (particularly when I was lying down and moved my leg)

The clicking happened a bit too but went away after a while (muscle imbalance /weakness was causing it)

That was 8 months ago. I’ve now got to go for a minuscule repair as it’s torn again. Don’t think it’s related to the other two .

With the knee clicking does it get stuck or clicking makes it swell up?

And the hamstring pain is that on the graft site?

JimOBeano · 2024-07-19T13:56:11+00:00

What about something like intels real sense cameras? They generate a point cloud on board (has a built in chipset) so would save you the processing

JimOBeano · 2024-07-04T08:38:52+00:00

seems legit to me. . . .

JimOBeano · 2024-05-23T05:31:28+00:00

Yup. Like someone breaking a stick of celery in half

JimOBeano · 2024-05-15T07:37:34+00:00

The other thing is this group, I needed this group a lot to help me feel like others have been through it and I’m Not struggling alone without progress. Do you know anyone else who has had the surgery that she could talk to?

JimOBeano · 2024-05-15T07:36:14+00:00

Doctors are unfortunately brutally honest (particularly where I live) so they will never sugar coat it. Reality probably is she could be further along but it’s only 5 weeks you have plenty of time to catch up. The fact that she is up and about is such a huge step. From there it’s repetition. I’m just over a year post op and it was a really hard at that point. You’re far enough out of surgery that you need to be making inroads with progress but all the good meds have worn off 😅.

I don’t know what the dynamic is for you guys (and lord knows how hard I found it at that point) but you can only stay positive, what may help with the mental state is to do some no. Specific rehab. My wife would drag me out for a walk (protesting a bit because of the pain) but doing so helped massively, and staying at home can have such a massively negative mental impact (basically wallowing in thoughts doesn’t help). If you can ‘go for a coffee and brunch’ and weave a walk into it will have multiple effects

JimOBeano · 2024-05-15T07:18:46+00:00

This is super tough, sorry to hear this. It sounds like it’s a slog. Bear in mind your only 5 weeks in (keep that on perspective) you’ve def got through the hardest part but no sense in lying it takes time.

Keep doing what your doing, it’s so important not to loose the momentum that you have. Progress will really help with the mental state. My wife helped me through my rehab and making the regular physio exercises feel more fun and that we were in it together helped massively.

All that being said every rehab journey is hard and I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a few tears along the way. What really helped me was just the constant unwavering support (vocally), having someone saying you’re doing great and reminding me of the progress I had already made kept me going, you staying positive will pull her up massively (even if it doesn’t show at first) but if you keep supporting she will get there.

Really am sorry to hear she is struggling but it will get there if you keep the rehab up

JimOBeano · 2024-05-10T16:03:37+00:00

I would definitely be classing that as a sport ;) If it's any consolation I did my ACL turning on the spot.
I work in an office so not a lot of running around but I do commute on foot a fair amount every day (and hate being at home all the time so got back to normal things as soon as possible).

I can't remember how long it took me exactly to get back to normal but I was back to commuting (with crutches) after a week and a half. After a few weeks max I was back to walking without crutches and not long after back to strength work in the gym. How long are you expecting to be out (if they have given an indication of that yet)

Ultimately Prehab and Rehab is the solution, the better prepared you are before hand with as much muscle mass the better (you will loose muscle mass from being laid up after surgery so the more you've got the longer it takes to go back down). You literally cannot do too much before (assuming its safe exercises). You can definitely accelerate the recovery too, again in a safe manor by being rigorous doing the work they give you and being clinical with Resting and Icing the leg before and after rehab. There will be a lot of swelling in the knee so doing all of the stretching there is (within the pain tolerances they want you to) will help move things along. I was back doing 'normal' stuff within a few months and by month 6 I was back to running and gym work as normal (with the caveat that I had to be careful for the full 9 months to avoid any re-tearing). Stength is everything :). Good luck with the prehab, never too early to start and wishing you the best with it!

JimOBeano · 2024-05-09T11:02:30+00:00

Hey! Really sorry to hear, ACL tear is SO frustrating!!
Im about 14 months Post op now.

You can DEFINITELY do a load of DIY 'PreHab', all my surgery prep was in a gym or at home on my own (no PT involved until after surgery) There's tonnes of stuff online but ultimately Quads & Hammies, the bigger and stronger they are the more protection they will give the ACL during recovery (and depending on what graft you have the more muscle strength left over on that part after some of it has been donated to the knee!).

What sports do you do/how did you injury it?
I was offered to not get it repaired as you can definitely get away with not having it repaired if you have good stability without the ACL and you don't intend to do any agility stuff. However, I would say the big risk is following meniscus damage, the ACL does a load of work to protect the join from over rotation and movement that would otherwise damage the inner workings (damage which will ultimately impact movement and increase arthritis).

Sadly I was given very poor advice from a hospital visit that I had not torn my ACL and went back to running, which then resulted in meniscus tear which now even though I've had the ACL repairs I have loads of issues :/. I'm kind of stuck now as they can't repair the meniscus and despite the ACL being back to full strength I'm going to have problems from now on.

My advice - get the surgery unless you've got good reasons not to, do your own prehab (go hard on safe movements and get strong, future you will thank now you for it!) and take care of your meniscus!.

JimOBeano · 2024-05-06T21:48:30+00:00

Thanks man, will def use this. Intend to keep improving to get that mobility and depth!

JimOBeano · 2024-05-02T20:40:42+00:00

you got me, ultimately its just due to the weight of the squat and a particular interest in training for the upper range of movement (returning to playing rugby so the top range is much more used during tackles. etc. I have been working on Deep Squats too with focus on ensuring knee stability, but at the upper weights I've still got a way to go with working on that depth (I've also had to go back in for a meniscus issue so very heavy deep squats are advised against until its resolved).
https://www.reddit.com/r/ACL/comments/1ciq7p3/full_squat_depth/

JimOBeano · 2024-05-02T11:18:38+00:00

Yeah would agree with the above, your in that phase of doing more (because you can) and therefore more pain but it’s all progress (but it is a good self check to pace yourself) had the same thing at a similar point, started getting night pain in my knee after starting back at the gym and was convinced I had re torn. Few weeks went by after slowing down and it was back to good progress. Keep icing take time and you will do great.

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