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Trying to design and print a clip for my crisper drawer, learning something new with every print.
Good thing they are only 5 grams of filament each…
The sv06 is a champ
That's called "prototyping", and it's an essential step! 🤩🙌🏽
There’s also the “I’m stuck so I need to rest my mind and design a desktop trebuchet” step that falls in there somewhere
Also, involving prototyping. 🤓
gotta to optimize it right?
Out of curiosity, what do you use for ammunition on your desktop treb? I go with dots- the candy. used to do gobstoppers but those hurt.... I've heard gummy bears too.
Ever since cutting my teeth back when on the Prusa, it's been Haribo all the way. Besides, picturing them less as ammo and more as brave soldiers "bouncing here and there and everywhere" is much more fun. 🤪
If you fail early and know what went wrong it's not failure its progress.
"Fail early, fail often"