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My Thanksgiving Weekend
3D Printing frustrations and successes
We celebrated our Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. In addition to spending time with the family, I had some time to kill. A natural set of coincidences occurred leading to a weekend of frustrations, with some success.
Whoa, before you jump to conclusions, the frustrations had nothing to do with the family. My daughter visited and kids all got to spend some time together. My wife did her usual fabulous job in the kitchen (which she insists on, with me banished from the kitchen…). It was a good day with the family, and surprisingly no drama. So The family part was great.
No, the frustrations and coincidences were more technical in nature. Let me explain.
A number of years back I had some success with 3D Printing. But due to some non-technical circumstances, I moved away from 3D Printing and eventually sold my printer. Those non-technical circumstances resolved themselves a couple of years ago and I felt the urge to get back into 3D Printing, but only in a light way. So I bought a cheap Prusa I3 Mk2 knock off out of China. This model proved to have a number of issues, which was expected. However I did not expect the amount of effort to resolve those. And with all things difficult, other things quickly required my attention more than reviving an old hobby. The printer was moved to the…
