it be COLD

YEP IT COLD

But it’s also dry and exceptionally clear. The low “overnight” was like at 10:30AM which is kinda nuts, at roughly -9°C, which is not as bad as they got on the other side of the border but is still Cold Enough For Me, Thanks.

Mostly the last couple of days tho’ I’ve been at the 3D printer, because Anna got me a device called a BL-Touch, which is a sensor that lets the printer discover the print bed level – and any irregularities in it – by itself, using a little probe that goes around the print bed in a grid making measurements.. (BL-Touch = Bed Level by Touch, you see. I have to explain that because BL has rather different meanings in some places, particularly Japan I am just saying, and it’s always a little yikes to me as a result.)

I also replaced three failed bearing wheels that absolutely should not have failed but did, and in the unlikely event you’re one of the nontrivial number of people who downloaded my nozzle size dial, you’ll want to know that I had to make a new one that’s BL-Touch compatible. I found this out by not knowing my old design wasn’t BL-Touch compatible, turning the printer on, having it start a level pass, and then slamming the hot end continuously against the far left side of the hot end gantry in a way that sounded like a garbage disposal eating its own bearings until I could turn the stupid thing off.

So that was exciting.

The printer is fine, thankfully. The BL Touch is really nice and I’ve managed to improve the flatness of my printer bed using aluminium foil as a spacer, thanks to being able to see the irregularities. I was able to get it to 0.05mm, which I think is pretty good.

Anyway, I’ve got enough material for a few Fascism Watches, I’ll drop more soon. Also this is the first test of my edited “can we make Featured Images look less stupid on Dreamwidth?” functionality. Let’s see how it looks!

eta: TALL HOLY SHIT TALL let’s see if I can fix that lol

eta2: YAY I can! Okay, I think this’ll do. ^_^

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scenes from the murkworks: spelling is hard

Me: “I’m having one of those “taip” moments* again. With is w-i-t-h, right?”

Anna: “w-i-d-t-h”

Me: “no, with, like avec“

Anna: “oh! w-i-t-h. yes.”

I’m pretty amused I had to go to French to explain what with was lol

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* I once forgot how to spell “tape” for like… hours. “Taip? tayp? Taipe? Goddammit”

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