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 @1875e69c I often find myself having "3d printer brain" where the only solution I can think of is to print something, and also find myself in the opposite mindset, where I take forever messing with random parts to make something work when I could have designed and printed something simple instead. 
 @1ab62fff I do that sometimes too. Either it's enthusiasm for making some kind of fancy thing that will have "infinite re-use,” or it's because I have some idea that if I do it with computers then other people that don't have as extensive of a personal maker space will be able to copy what I've done. But all I really needed to do was grab a scrap of 2x4 and go drill a few holes in it which would take 5 minutes.

I once found myself trying to design washers "that could be any size or thickness!”