2025 Coffee Chat - Share what fun projects you are working on?

[LePaul]

Let's start a casual thread

What fun things are you working on?

I've actually taken a bit of a break from 3D printing this month. Sometimes you need a break to recharge your creativity.

Also - adjusting to a new job has been a challenge. I lost my job of 5 years when the funding expired. I had been working with the large scale 3D printing and also ran the small scale 3D print lab in that role. I enjoyed it for the most part. It was nice to rebuild after a devastating fire a few weeks into that job destroyed the small scale lab. I rebuilt it with 7 Ultimaker S5's, full safey enclosure systems with fire detection/suppression and filtering for VOC/UFPs. Those machines are really great work horses. The only drawback is you couldn't go beyond 0.8 nozzle and the heater cartridges in the cores are a bit weak, so you really couldn't cranked the speed and flow. But, it was great to introduce the student workers to 3D printing with the Cura and Ultimaker pathway.

Now I am doing lots of electronics trainings for industrial robotics. Amazing stuff, just trying to learn a lot - I wish i had the neurons of a 30 year old!

[Lez0]

Good to hear you got a new job so quickly Paul. You're never too old to learn, take your time and enjoy the journey.
I recently bought an Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus as my previous FDM gave up the ghost a year ago.
My old printer was bought years ago and I'm surprised how they have moved on in such a short time, the quality of prints are amazing.
The Neptune is almost plug and play, once I had levelled the bed, and I like the magnetic top, although most of the time once the print has cooled it lift off easily.
I've just designed and printed a utensil basket for my sister in law as the old one broke.
It's been fun doing something that's not for work.
Lez

[LePaul]

Just got back from a 10 day vacation to the Philippines. Wow, so much fun. But that high heat and humidity - wooo - took me a few days to adjust to that!

How's your summer going?

[Lez0]

Just re-arranging the garage as the wife wanted the large table I was using.
I'm putting kitchen worktop and shelves up, it's killing my back............
Hot here as well, high 30's C at times
Lez

[Roberts_Clif]

Good morning all.

Just doing lots of work around home, an it appears its going to be around about 106 degrees here in Washington state..

[LePaul]

We are going through a bit of our annual heat wave here in Maine. 89-92 the past few days

[Roberts_Clif]

Yesterday I stayed inside as much as possible as the temperature hit 106.

Not doing bad though we have had less than a half dozen days this year above 100 degrees.
Though remembering back when I was younger there were more days each year over 100 degrees than this.