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sorCrer wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:31 am
Line6 HXFX wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:09 am My old sekonda watch packed in, wanted to get something that reflected my sense of humour, fun and just general awesomeness.

Though it is slightly "Dorothy Daycare".


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You got a job? :thumbup:
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For the wife... Finally relented and got her the compact SUV she's been wanting.
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Exciting times. Only £18 (there's a 40% off voucher) so why not. Also got a tyre sensor learning do dah which worked really well.


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I went a bit mad .....

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I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up :grin:
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fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:12 pm I went a bit mad .....

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I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up :grin:
Is it for fishing?
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Well I can now 3D print lures :grin:

https://www.prusaprinters.org/
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fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:02 pm Well I can now 3D print lures :grin:

https://www.prusaprinters.org/
Ooh. I get it now :oops:
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Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:58 am For the wife... Finally relented and got her the compact SUV she's been wanting.
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An LG G1 75 inch TV, well not yet, the wife would cut my bollocks off if i spent 5k on a TV, will await the price drop
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fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:12 pm I went a bit mad .....

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I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up :grin:
Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.
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ASMO wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:14 am An LG G1 75 inch TV, well not yet, the wife would cut my bollocks off if i spent 5k on a TV, will await the price drop
Oh, that's how we are playing this thread now?

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inactionman wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:39 am
fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:12 pm I went a bit mad .....

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I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up :grin:
Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.
One of the attractions of this printer, to me; is; that it's sensors stop you from damaging it.

It's very well thought out; & the assembly instructions are excellent. I had two problems along the way; the self-test after assembly, complained about the Y-Axis length; but looking thru the help, I found I needed to adjust the tension on the belt; & then calibration, as you say.

Again with the calibration, I just looked thru the troubleshooting guide, & realized that I'd goofed when I set the Z-Height of the extruder, & was too high; & after trying a few iterations, I got a satisfactory setup, & now I'm printing some test pieces, to see if I need to tweak anything else.

It's not a cheap printer; but it seems to be a very well evolved design; & the documentation, & support is great, when you're like me, & this is your first printer. I spent about 8 hours in total building it, & maybe another 4 fixing the issues, & tweaking the calibration.
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:12 am
inactionman wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:39 am
fishfoodie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:12 pm I went a bit mad .....

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I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up :grin:
Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.
One of the attractions of this printer, to me; is; that it's sensors stop you from damaging it.

It's very well thought out; & the assembly instructions are excellent. I had two problems along the way; the self-test after assembly, complained about the Y-Axis length; but looking thru the help, I found I needed to adjust the tension on the belt; & then calibration, as you say.

Again with the calibration, I just looked thru the troubleshooting guide, & realized that I'd goofed when I set the Z-Height of the extruder, & was too high; & after trying a few iterations, I got a satisfactory setup, & now I'm printing some test pieces, to see if I need to tweak anything else.

It's not a cheap printer; but it seems to be a very well evolved design; & the documentation, & support is great, when you're like me, & this is your first printer. I spent about 8 hours in total building it, & maybe another 4 fixing the issues, & tweaking the calibration.
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Ta mate, I'm sorely tempted by the mini simply as can't really justify outlay - it's less than £300, although will need to check what its limitations are compared to fullsize. The Huxley wasn't that big a print bed in any case.

The Huxley was good fun but very tricky to set up, had to use slip gauges, micrometers, multimetrers and all sorts, and requires a fair bit of fettling to get right. It was more the ongoing problems like the material failing to adhere to the bed, blocked nozzles, tangled filament and general drift, it felt like the first job was to get it working before building anything which dampens enthusiasm. There's also issues of damaging itself, for example its' possible to burn stepper controllers if you don't shut it down correctly (which would require a new Arduino board) and also of physical damage if an end travel sensor misregisters or shorts. It'd be good for print farms as it's great when running but for once a week uses it's a little bit too much work.

Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.
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inactionman wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:02 pm Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.
Yeah, Prusa has it's own open source slicer, but I need to work out what CAD I'll use; I'm trying out the free version of Fusion360 at the moment
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:44 pm
Insane_Homer wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:58 am For the wife... Finally relented and got her the compact SUV she's been wanting.
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I passed on your message to the wife, her response was to "tell him to fuck off, I like it"
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fishfoodie wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 3:06 pm
inactionman wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 2:02 pm Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.
Yeah, Prusa has it's own open source slicer, but I need to work out what CAD I'll use; I'm trying out the free version of Fusion360 at the moment
Fusion360 looks pretty handy, I wasn't aware a free hobbyist licence was offered so ta for heads-up. I've generally found Autodesk a bit easier to use than Dassault or Siemens stuff (Catia/Solidedge - although I used AutoCAD and some of the associated tooling, not Fusion360). I gather the underpinnings of Catia etc are more sophisticated - which is significant for somebody doing structural or computational fluid dynamics etc on an aircraft wing but is utterly irrelevant for us hobbyists!
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Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

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Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:25 pm Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

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Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:25 pm Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

I bought a black SK007 a few years back, the thing is utterly bombproof. Loses perhaps 10 seconds a day, so could do with adjusting, but not enough to bother with.
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inactionman wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 6:42 pm
Line6 HXFX wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:25 pm Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

I bought a black SK007 a few years back, the thing is utterly bombproof. Loses perhaps 10 seconds a day, so could do with adjusting, but not enough to bother with.
The SKX007s are superb. Extremely modable. This thing I bought is solar quartz and loses plus or minus 15 seconds a month. I like the urban aesthetic of it.
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New bike, Merida eSilex 400, in a pathetic attempt to get fit(er) and lose weight.

Just finished fitting a good seat and computer might go out later in the day, everything is such a huge step up from the halfords horror I've been riding. Gears will take a bit of getting used to and the assistance will make the bigger hills less daunting once I get used to using it.
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Marylandolorian wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:25 pm ^
Great SUV Homer :clap:
sorCrer wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:02 am
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Ah pit diving. One of my favourite pass times :thumbup:

Nothing quite like a shorie to shake off a hangover although to be fair you don't need flippers for a wave that shallow.
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I am looking for a decent pair for my eldest. His last pair tore just before winter arrived. He has this habit of standing on the tips to get height to look for wave. He also needs a new board too.
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I am looking for a decent pair for my eldest. His last pair tore just before winter arrived. He has this habit of standing on the tips to get height to look for wave. He also needs a new board too.
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I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)
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inactionman wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:08 pm I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)
If you buy it, know that you have become Jeremy Clarkson with the farm.
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Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:26 pm
inactionman wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:08 pm I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)
If you buy it, know that you have become Jeremy Clarkson with the farm.
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inactionman wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:08 pm I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)
Buy it...........you just know you want to!!!
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inactionman wrote: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:08 pm I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)
I have '99 TD5 90 and absolutely love it. Not my daily driver but I can't see myself ever letting it go. A good chassis is the main thing, replacing that (as I did with a galvanised one) is a killer but once you've done that (maybe the bulkhead too) you are set.
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