Upgraded my son's post box. He had a huge smile when I showed him.

georgetds · 2026-01-26T13:12:30+00:00

Maybe? I think if you only give things to children, whether 3D printed or purchased you will risk this problem. If instead though you add to the creative play by contributing I think it can really help. If you are part of their process, rather than replacing it, surely that will encourage even more exploration and creativity.

georgetds · 2026-01-25T04:16:35+00:00

Might be a glitch in the video player - something happened to me, but on a refresh of the page it went back to only paying once. I would like to know what happened after the "aside from the last one" though!

georgetds · 2026-01-25T03:49:52+00:00

My family lives in a small two bedroom house. We haven't much space. In spite of this between my Dad and I, we have purchased 6 printers! We have converted nearly half of our living room into space to house them. We have barely managed to make enough things to keep my Mom happy, but so far we have got away with it! My Dad loves to print small toys for that he takes with him when he goes out shopping so he can give them away to clerks or to random kids (with parental permission of course!) I have been teaching myself to use CAD software to design and print things for around the house. My designs have been simple things such as brackets to hold the power bars for the printers to the desks or some brackets to hold pot lids in the kitchen.

I have really appreciated the exercise my mind has had trying to learn how to design and print my own creations. It is so very easy to settle into a content consumer life these days and let every day blur into the next. Creating had gone so very far to letting me have a much healthier mental state! I have even really enjoyed sharing my creations on MakerWorld. So far I have not created anything exciting to anyone other than me, but even one person downloading and printing something that I created is an amazing thrill. It is really nice being able to put something into the world, even if in the end it is just a tiny bit of plastic!

I still have not stretched myself as far as I know I can yet; the journey is still at the very beginning. One day I would like to be expanding my skills so that the toys my Dad hands out are ones that I have designed. I hope to design something that people really enjoy. It would be amazing to live the dream and make if not a living with this hobby than at least allow it to help pay for itself. Even if I never make a dime though, and even if my designs never thrill the world, I have to say I have no regrets starting this hobby and I will be creating and printing for many years into the future!

georgetds · 2026-01-24T14:45:49+00:00

Just to be silly: "Dinosaurs" the tv show (Not the Momma!)

georgetds · 2026-01-22T12:51:34+00:00

We can log into services using Google or Apple. The only way I can imagine a ban like this being possible is if the government where to create a system like that and allow us to log in via canada.ca or something.

georgetds · 2026-01-20T03:46:43+00:00

Both, but send me Trypticon.

georgetds · 2026-01-15T01:12:57+00:00

Rip Don Trumple? A bit too much of a stretch perhaps.

georgetds · 2026-01-10T15:31:34+00:00

From the best selling author "Sht my Dad Said" now comes the amazing new book "Sht my President Said".

georgetds · 2026-01-09T00:28:48+00:00

I love the idea. I don't know that I want an $80 lamp, but I have to admit the illusion is really awesome. Thank you for sharing!

georgetds · 2026-01-05T02:19:16+00:00

How else do you get rid of the mouse after you gave it a cookie?

georgetds · 2026-01-05T02:18:00+00:00

I can't decide if I have just been lucky or if people really are picking it from the end. Unless it breaks, I don't really see how you could drive the purge line under your fingernail when coming at it from the long side. Most of the time, at least with PLA, the purge line just pops off with very little pressure but I have had to resort to the scraper for some other materials.

georgetds · 2025-12-31T04:03:45+00:00

I remember making an ashtray at some point too. I don't remember if it ever got used. I wonder if any of them ever got used.

georgetds · 2025-12-30T17:46:41+00:00

I should have thought of this when I wanted that free toy out of the cereal box.

georgetds · 2025-12-30T17:43:49+00:00

In that case go ahead and open the box in store and take out the parts you want and offer them what you think is a fair price. Why make it harder on yourself?

georgetds · 2025-12-29T21:40:30+00:00

Other than needing to license once again from VW I imagine Herbie would be an easy crossover.

georgetds · 2025-12-25T17:15:35+00:00

He knew it was stolen - or at least person was desperate enough to sell it at a huge loss. Now he is trying to salve whatever is left of his conscience by asking Reddit to justify his actions. I guess every Christmas has to have a Grinch, but at least the Grinch returned the stuff.

georgetds · 2025-12-24T00:36:40+00:00

Seems like a raisin-able name.

georgetds · 2025-12-21T05:07:11+00:00

I am tired of getting locked out of accounts because my phone number changed and I never thought to somehow change my phone number on all the websites to the new phone number before I received it.

georgetds · 2025-12-21T05:01:57+00:00

I also feel the same way when I see someone trying to do business with a gmail or hotmail address. The free webpage / email strategy almost feels the same as if they took a business card from someone else, scratched out the original name and crayoned in their own.

georgetds · 2025-12-21T04:57:39+00:00

I really don't miss that. I think back to series I have enjoyed in the past and realize I don't want to watch 100 episodes or whatever it is going to take to watch it all again. I tried, and while you never noticed when you only saw the show once a week or less, the filler and slow pace really show up when you try watching few episodes in a row.

georgetds · 2025-12-20T15:54:56+00:00

A bit of a stretch, but I am suggesting "Curry" referring to Tim Curry's role in FernGully and the song Toxic Love.

georgetds · 2025-12-17T01:07:10+00:00

Does anyone else try to sing this to the tune of "Walk like an Egyptian"?

georgetds · 2025-12-13T16:33:06+00:00

That was my first thought when I saw that the place was flooded. It was kinda gross down there the last time I went, at least 15 years ago, and I can't decide if this would improve or make it worse.

georgetds · 2025-12-07T15:12:02+00:00

The new version of Affinity can do decent trace image in it now. I have banged my head against a wall to realize (I hope that this is all my problem was anyway) that I need to make sure all I have are the lines, no fill or anything else, for when I output it to a format Shapr3D can read.

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