I'm thinking about Enlisting

The idea of enlisting in the military has been floating around my head for the past few weeks. My grandpa served in the Marines during the Vietnam war, and my grand uncle served in the coast guard during a similar time. I never gave it much serious thought, but today…

I'm going to mod my Ender 3

I didn't get any testing done today, but I've decided to do what I can to upgrade and modify my Ender 3 to optimize prints. For starters, It needs a better location. The table it resides on is very shaky. I think I'm going…

The printer works great

Figuring out how to adjust the hot end and fixing the wobble has been the solution to every problem related to print quality we've had (so far). Be it the printer was already working pretty okay by itself, now it's working better. I'm trying…

I cleaned my Ender 3

Today I tore down and cleaned the hot end of my Ender 3 V3 SE. I should have done this a long time ago, considering our house feels like the dustiest house in the central valley. As expected, both cooling fans were full of dust, as well as just about…

I taught my younger siblings Loom

The 2E event has used Loom as it's main method of application for the entirety of its existence. I've used it the past 2 years, and this year my siblings are applying alongside me. Since I don't want them to have to learn the…

Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Today I finished Endurance by Alfred Lansing. Of all the books I've read, it's probably the most understandable and easy to consume. Not once did I have to go back or think hard about who a character was or something that had happened. It's…

My Ender 3 is failing again

My Ender 3 (yes, I know) is messing up prints again. I think the toolhead is damaged. The printer came with a replacement, but in the 2+ years we've had the printer it's gone missing. I'm going to study how to change the toolhead,…

Geocaching, day 2

Went looking for geocaches again, this time with my sister and dad as well as my brother. We hit 3, all along the same trail. The last 2 were in pretty exposed places so we had to move fast.…