Oddbean new post about login | logout Perfect size, holes line up exactly where they are supposed to. https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/068/651/852/731/original/3a1f9f0d2e2ff504.jpeg https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/068/791/878/614/original/f3ab788b4f939adc.jpeg https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/068/977/279/185/original/b2508889ce2835a2.jpeg
The reason I decided to make this little mounting frame was because it took three hours to print the case half and I got the post positions wrong. Instead of re-printing the entire thing I thought I could do a fix that would print fast. Of course it still took an hour. And after I cut the posts off I realized I could have just glued posts in place instead of an entire frame. #3DPrinting https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/079/318/209/057/original/b1646fe6b07b74ae.jpeg https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/079/465/411/432/original/8931712fc1c74a50.jpeg https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/079/668/075/063/original/4cc3feb300b3e3cf.jpeg https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/139/079/876/806/872/original/a043b4950a079bb8.jpeg
@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!”
