Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT 3rd time's a charm with a 3 car workshop

[loganb]

Logan, that looks awfully familiar. I replaced the water pump on my '87 Corvette and I swear there's one in there somewhere.

I had to go back in a few years later and replace the temperature sensor and connector. I'm looking forward to replacing the thermostat one of these days.

That looks equally "unfun" but I'm at least slightly more aware of where things are on a SBC than I am on this "short six" as they call it! Reminds me to be cautious about speaking up too loudly about my father in-law's sister who has (2) 'Vette's in her garage that haven't run in 6-ish years as they were her now past husband's and she can't bring herself to part with them(or even get them serviced) although everyone in her family and the 'Vette club they were in are trying to get her to let us at least service them

Logan,
I’m sure you’ve checked the list for all the recommended replacement parts but I would check to see if the crank pulley is recommended for replacement. A late 90’s 2.5 Subie I had specified replacement at a certain mileage due to its 2 piece bonded design. How did I find out? Apparently PO didn’t follow the required replacement and it failed on me, after I tightened a loose belt, while running. Caused the timing belt to jump as it jammed the motor at an instant stop at failure. Jumped 2 teeth. 3 teeth would have spelled complete disaster as the 2.5 of this period was an interference motor. Did the timing belt, tensioners, idlers, etc. and she was good to go until the head gaskets failed….

I was actually worried about getting into the timing belt as I've never done one and was relieved to find out(as I'd never checked) that this engine has a chain vs belt so should be someone else's ride long before that needs replaced. I was spending a lot of time on the service manual and recommended maintenance to hopefully make this a "1 and done" event and not an ongoing saga giving me the chance for speed trials into the depths of driver's side of this engine bay

Damn, that is my new reason for not wanting a Volvo.
Just changed a couple pulleys on my K3500 and was amazed at how simple it was. Removing the belt is literally a 3/8 drive ratchet. My jeep has a nasty tensioner that I despise, and the Mini takes some fancy floorjack work, but the GMC....man thats nice. That Volvo looks miserable. Oh, and you're allowed to ***** here, thats another reason forums exist: so people can ***** about their problems to others.

Kinda nice to see some auto work in the garage though, IMHO.

For many years when I was in Iowa my daily was a '90 Chevy 1500 my grandpa bought new...regular cab, 2 wheel drive...8' bed....350 and the automatic...had all the power windows/locks/cruise though so not the "ideal" GJ truck but dang was it nice to work on. Giant engine bay, tons of space, parts at every damn parts store plus half the neighbors....just a dream. Sold it when I moved to Chicago....sometimes I miss it...with that light rear end and 350 it would light up the rear tires and if you weren't careful would be past 80 mph much faster than was recommended....picture below in all it's glory of the 1990 silver paint job that peeled due to a change to an "enviromentally friendly" makeup that didn't work worth a damn. There were 3 or 4 trucks in the area growing up that all had the same "egged" look. Dad actually owned an S-10 with the same issue but it failed faster(under warranty) and got repainted for free...no such luck on this one



And it's a nice feeling to be doing some wrench work on stuff, I won't lie. Haven't had a ton of time with the kids but the little one is getting older and easier for 1 person to manage solo for spurts on the weekend and a laundry list of "stuff" the dealer says the wife's ride needs helps give "outside" support for why I need to work on it and why she should watch the kids after nap. After this Volvo is done(or maybe before) I've got a lawnmower needing serviced then need to do a 100k mile service on my truck (2014 Silverado) so will have more stuff running thru for wrench time in the near future

Did get the water pump and the seal kit for the vacuum pump ordered last night and the shipping notification this AM from RockAuto(nobody had either in stock locally) and supposed to be here Thursday....see what the weekend holds and if it gets tackled or not.

Was supposed to have today off work but ended up working enough(work from home isn't all sunshine and roses) I'm probably only logging as a half day but the main goal was accomplished so not all bad

Yesterday while wife was watching kids I got the yard dethatched for the first time ever. Borrowed the neighbors electric unit in exchange for me serving as Uber for Trucks helping him pick up a sheet of melamine. Was impressed it really did pull a lot up and greened up the yard with the removal of dead stuff....may have to buy one myself...but the little exercise machine in the backyard:



Then today's goal was to get overseeding, the overseeding safe pre-emerge fertilizer and what may be a "gotcha" money wasted soil amendment our of the garage and onto the yard

The loot:



The soil amendment...essentially pelleted organic matter but there is about 2"-3" of topsoil then clay in our area so some help in breaking up compaction and improving soil organic matter can't hurt that much. I should have been more "controlled" in my experiment and bought less and or only applied heavily to parts of the yard to see if we could tell a difference in a month or two....alas maybe that can be next year's experiment






In good news it's down, decent chance of rain tonight and tomorrow and it's no longer stacked up in the garage next to my CNC project so 1 less thing limiting progress on that project!

 

[loganb]

Quick update

Rockauto delivered(via DHL who I didn't even realize still did pure domestic delivery) ahead of schedule so nothing but my motivation appears to be stopping me from tearing into the Volvo this weekend. Well that motivation and a visit from my inlaws to surprise the wife for her bday but I think that'll actually help vs hinder ability to get into that project Friday night

Did get my 3D printer working again after it did some odd things and necessity hadn't forced my hand to get back to it yet. Spent some time in the last couple days resetting calibration and doing some test prints and seems like things are somewhat behaving again....going to run some additional prints before I start the 12 hr print for spindle holder though

First up was a small block to hold (2) pieces of 1/2" EMT so that it can serve as the "carrier" for the X axis cable raceway. Due to the way this machine is built(right now) I can't mount a piece of sheet metal to the "backside" of the X axis to support the track as shown in the below image shamelessly stolen from Google



So after looking around the workshop realized that some 1/2" EMT would likely do the trick, lite and sturdy enough and added benefit of not making another flat surface for dust to catch on. So to the CAD machine and drew up this little mount to hold (2) pieces with (3) mounting points(but expecting to only use 2 of them but making it symmetric was easier)



New for my design was incorporating the built in "channel" for zip tie to hold down the EMT. This was something Prusa(maker of my 3D printer) uses a lot of in their machine design and I really liked but hadn't had a use for it yet so tried it here.

Picture below shows it "mid print" and you can see that channel there, fit was a bit tight and I had to push the zip tie thru a bit with pliers on a couple of them but otherwise seems to have worked well so will hope to use that again.



For the 3D printer afficionado's....filament was Prusa Galaxy Black PLA(which has some metallic flakes in it) as it was what was loaded up, .6mm nozzle, .3mm layer heights, 3 or 4 perimeters, 10% infill with Gyroid pattern, 90 minute print time for the pair.

 

[wreckdiver1321]

That's super cool. It's the little finishing bits like that that make the difference in projects, I've found. Details.

 

[loganb]

Well as I should've known....visitors don't generally make things simpler

It was wife's bday this weekend and her parents flew in from Vegas to surprise her(successful) but it threw off her minor level of planned activities(that I had intentionally not overbooked due to the pending visitors) but I somehow forgot how slow things are to happen around the household on weekends with visitors and not a rigid schedule. I probably should've just said that after 8:30 on Sat morning I'm no longer available for kid watching so ya'll figure it out...but I didn't so the stack of car parts is the same size. Did get out on Sat night for the first time in a long time and spend a couple hours with some good friends we hadn't seen in awhile and was a great time just taking a break from the kids at home and getting out of the collective houses

Did make a bit of progress on a few odd's and end's:

Too windy for spraying and pre-emerge hasn't taken hold yet so went to war with the dandy's for a bit when I needed out of the house




Wish this was the only bag I need to pull...probably only 1 more left though, yard is in better shape than last year...see if I can keep it up




Bit of time this afternoon on the CNC project and got the 3D printed mounted blocks up and mounted and the X axis cable carrier installed

Also an excuse to use the set of Lisle tap sockets I picked up a couple weeks ago...didn't have enough clearance to swing the tap wrench and the powered M12 seemed way more fun than a normal boring ratchet....



Link for those who need more things on their Amazon wish list

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002SRFOE/?tag=atomicindus08-20

So with that got the X axis cable carrier mounted and started stringing wiring thru it...hope to get a bit more time out there tonight and make a bit more progress in which case I'll get some better pictures.

 

[loganb]

To get the cable chain out where I wanted it used EMT cut to the necessary length for a spacer with a bolt thru it...functional but not overly refined



Better shot of the X axis and how that worked out for the cable supports. I would have liked to have had the emt more centered but didn't work out that way and I am going to redo this axis substantially after it's running and I learn the software side so it should work for now.




And backside of the Z assembly. Mess of wires as I've kept cables long as I don't yet know final routing etc so have zip tied some up to keep the cords from dragging when I try to jog it around.

Minor accomplishment tonight was getting the z axis stepper rewired with that terminal strip mounted on the backside of the Z axis and the proper cable fished thru for it. I had been just using the 6-ish ft cord it came with but as I get things more permanently wired and the X axis cable carrier is on I could get that a bit more functional and not risk jerking wiring out if I sent it past the limits of the temporary wiring.



Next up is to figure out z axis cable carrier, get the spindle mount printed and then try to get the spindle installed, wired and the water cooling tubing fished thru. If I get tired of that I have limit switches to wire to the controller, the software to learn and a PC that needs setup to be dedicated to this

 

[loganb]

Not a ton of progress on anything in particular, the kids have kept us up this weekend far later than usual which when combined with busy work weeks has prevented much else from getting done.

Did try a different rib recipe on the smoker that I liked much better. Season as you like, then 200 degrees for about 3 hrs while keeping moist with apple juice, pull off and lather with BBQ sauce, wrap in foil and crank up to 325 for 45 minutes.





Strong reviews from the family so will probably do this one again

Hit a small kite festival a couple miles away this AM for a picnic lunch and something different for the toddler. Was about 10 degrees too cold or 10 mph too windy to be really comfortable but we had a good time and were on the clock anyway with nap time so never intended to stay long. With a 3.5 and almost 1 yr old...staying home is generally way easier but it was good to get out for something different even if it was for under 1.5 hrs total.



Did get "asked" by the wife to drill handle holes on a cabinet door for a client so got things all laid out and ready for reviewing for final approval pointed out this door profile wasn't the same as the one below it in the picture....oops. The others had a cove profile cut on the perimeter and this didn't so she has to work that out now with the cabinet shop...so I'm relieved for a week or two probably.



Have been doing some tool rearrangement between the toolboxes and culling of **** and never used items...if I get more time out there tonight may get some pictures up

 

[loganb]

The 11 month old is under the weather and my schedule is more flexible so I had him today and worked while he was napping and spent time with him and the docs office when he wasn't napping which meant I didn't feel overly productive so puttered around the garage a bit tonight.

While working on the Volvo I realized how horribly inefficient the tool storage setup I had concocted was and needed to make some changes. No great pictures but originally my 42" roller and a 24 or 28" wide Vidmar were within a couple feet of each other and hand tools were across both. Well they're now in opposite ends of the garage but no logic to the location of tools other than qty and drawer size...oops.

So in classic 5S mentality I started by Sorting and dumping a lot of **** that should've been thrown out long ago. Not done yet but made a good start. Busted screwdrivers, the cheap Allen keys with furniture....cheap and incomplete sets of this or that and those random pieces or trinkets that found a home in the toolbox but never a use....that opened up some space and at least made feel a bit accomplished....sorry didn't take pictures of the pile of **** that disappears tomorrow on trash day

Then it was trying to put tools close to point of use. The 42" box will be primarily mechanic hand tools and the Vidmar will be mostly fabrication stuff but will probably have some hand tool duplicates where it makes sense.

Sorting thru the combination wrenches and trying to get them all in 1 drawer for now. I've tried a variety of storage methods and racks, long term I want to do foam but for now will likely be a basic 3d printed holder keeping them vertical and pretty tightly stacked for the best density. Hoping to get the complete full set of up to 1-1/8 or its foreign born cousin, plus a couple smaller sets of ratcheting in both Imperial and Metric into a single drawer...right now its across 2 of them as I didn't realize how dense I could get them if they were completely vertical.




Consolidated screwdrivers down as well to the large set of Tekton, plus probably the Whia insulated and maybe a Klein 10 in 1 for this box....before there was at least 4 sets plus singles rolling around with no organization...ugh. Again planning to 3d print a holder to lay flat and hold the shanks about as shown here. Allen key sets, probably scraper and pick set and some other stuff will end up here as well. Would like to put the nut driver sets here as well but don't have room. The Vidmar will get 1 or 2 smaller scrwdriver sets, plus the metric and standard sets of screwdriver handled ball end drivers.


See how tomorrow goes with the son, may make progress here... may not.... see how things go.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Logan, tool storage and location is one of those ever evolving creatures. Looks like you're off to a good start on this round!

Hope your little one gets to feeling better!

 

[loganb]

Even baby steps forward is progress!

Found out my Brother label maker can print heat shrink tubing....super excited about that


2 different sizes there, smaller is pretty tight on that 2 wire limit switch cable without any heat, but very happy with the print quality and cost isn't bad(25 bucks for a 3 pack, each cartridge has 5' of tubing)


Tried to cheat on wrench racks and find a close enough module online....that didn't work





Looks like on the back half of it the printer did a z axis shift and was printing 1 layer higher than it should have...no idea why but will probably try again tonight and see what happens

Good news is I can get some rest tomorrow at work with both kids back in daycare....yay!

 

[loganb]

Well yesterday's print failure gave more time to model my own wrench rack with some inspiration from Google...

Looking good...




Until this screen in the midst of the print with an error....


Grrrr....

Attempted to run the same file again, a Bed temp error occurred almost immediately so to troubleshooting I go. Looks like the wiring lead for the thermistor controlling bed temp is bad, replacement assy is cheap at 6 bucks from the manufacturer but have to wait till end of next week likely to get it. Tried to find a faster domestic source but they were enough more money and not that much faster so I ordered 2 of them and a roll of filament I had been wanting to try anyway so more time for other stuff and CAD time and hopefully fixes the issues I had been seeing

In other news, new battery for lawnmower(only 2 yrs old grrr) after it wouldn't take a charge helped get it to the garage for a spring service. spark plugs are dirty but show no wear



so it'll be oil & filter changes, hydraulic fluid top off(zero turn) and blade sharpening then hopefully into service. Wanting to block off the side discharge but that may wait a bit as the grass is getting long and a wet couple days forecasted

 

[loganb]

Anyone want some landscaping practice?



10 ish yr old landscape bed, don't agree with really any of the decisions on what they put in it or the design but it's what I got to start with. It's on a corner and there was a small tree and a bush blocking sight line for cars so I removed those last year but past due time for a new retaining rock perimeter to hold mulch back, then new landscape fabric and some new plants...if I'm lucky I get fabric down and plants in today. Don't have the rock for perimeter or the mulch yet.

 

[OutlawDrifter]

Yard work day south of you as well. Sprayed last night and mowed the rough areas and helped the wife with her flower beds today.

 

[jbrentd]

Definitely a good idea to help people see better at the intersection.

 

[loganb]

Yard work day south of you as well. Sprayed last night and mowed the rough areas and helped the wife with her flower beds today.

Hope you got it all done before the heat hit you today and most of the rest of the week! I wish I could say I got more done than the picture above....but yeah that didn't happen. Almost took the toddler out to stick him on a blanket in the shade while I worked on it but didn't....hoping bed time routine goes well tomorrow night and I can get an hour or so out there and the landscape fabric down.

Definitely a good idea to help people see better at the intersection.

Agreed...I'm honestly surprised the landscapers put what they did so close to the corner....i mean the corner street sign is literally in the bed....but whatever. If I had more time I'd honestly rip out half of it and put it back to grass....but I don't so I'll slowly make do with we've got.

I will admit, Amazon has ruined my expectations for shipping. The 3D printer is a Prusa which is made in the Czech Republic and everything ships out of there, Thursday I got the FedEx notification my package to hopefully fix it's errant bed temp sensor was on they way...only to be let down until this morning that it was still "Pending Shipment" as FedEx hadn't received it yet....how dare they get me excited without cause! In good news it's on it's way and has left Paris on an airplane assumingly headed towards Memphis and I should be amazed and at awe that I ordered something on Wednesday and should have it by the end of this week and it shipped from Europe and I paid 15 bucks in shipping fees....instead I'm annoyed they told me they generated the shipping label prior to actually having it boxed and ready to ship....1st world problems for sure but they're what I'm dealing with(and extremely fortunate I am)

While waiting on that, been trying to clean up tool organization and starting with wrenches. I've tried most every wrench rack out there and while browsing Thingiverse I found this one:



Located here and liked the compactness of it but knew I'd have to redraw it as I wanted it for the standard combination wrenches not a double open end. I'm not a daily wrencher and may put a set hanging on hooks over the box anyway, but wanted a more compact method so I could try and get all combo wrenches...having them be closer together and taking slightly more time to grab the desired one is acceptable. Also a good reason to be playing with my new-ish CAD package Alibre Atom so I can try and better learn where they blatantly copied SolidWorks and where they did things a bit different....but this should hold my Standard(Imperial) set of Snappy combination wrenches...haven't measured but hoping the set of Wright wrenches have similar widths cause that would get me thru all the combo sets and just leave ratcheting sets remaining. Print time on the model below is about 8 hours




Another CAD familiarization and organization project was a holder for a set of pin punches that magically showed up thanks to the Amazon Warehouse thread here....I really should stop checking that!

5" wide, 2" deep, has a taper on the back so it can angle a bit away from the wall to hopefully aid in grabbing that back row. Going at a workbench where I have the 3D printer in the basement mechanical room that has Wall Control metal pegboard on it so have embedded some pockets for magnets on the back and going to try that for keeping this where I want it. It'll also have (2) small dowel pins sticking out of the back to aid in keeping it from slipping down/side to side so the magnets job will be fighting gravity while allowing easy removal and repositioning




Still haven't gotten the ambition or time to tackle the pile of parts for the Volvo...but still on the radar...along with thirty dozen lawn projects and a bunch of others for me....and the angled back dresser I have mostly designed for a closet and the plywood bought....lol....keeps me out of trouble though(well mostly!)

 

[loganb]

And thanks to the great brake fluid flush write up by @Denwood, a Speedibleed with the necessary adapters for the Chevy and Volvo is ordered. Gonna need to look up normal rates for brake fluid flushes so when the wife does the credit card statement for the month I can justify it!

 

[Denwood]

Logan, I think you’ll find that setup very useful
If you see any bubbles from the bleeder in use, check the fluid pickup tube inside the bottle. It will come out with the brake fluid “exit” fitting on the bottle. Unscrew that fitting and check the hose. Mine had a tiny split in the hose (where it attaches to the fitting inside the bottle) so I just reversed it. That split will let air into the process while pressure bleeding which you don’t want. I think that pickup tube plastic line is a bit rigid and may crack in freezing temps.

If you see clear brake fluid in the line while pressure bleeding you are ok

 

[loganb]

Shared the file for the wrench rack with my brother and he tried it overnight on one of his work printers. Holds the Craftsman wrenches which are a bit thicker than the Snap-On it was sized for a bit tight but not bad and leads hope it may work without revision for the Snappys and maybe the Wrights

 

[wreckdiver1321]

That wrench rack is slick, I like it!

 

[gearhead1960]

Shared the file for the wrench rack with my brother and he tried it overnight on one of his work printers. Holds the Craftsman wrenches which are a bit thicker than the Snap-On it was sized for a bit tight but not bad and leads hope it may work without revision for the Snappys and maybe the Wrights

You taking orders yet?

 

[jbrentd]

You taking orders yet?

What he said ^

 

[iced98lx]

Man I haven't caught up on this post in a while, you're making me really think I need a 3D printer!! All the projects look good!

 

[Trapps]

What he said ^

What they said...

 

[loganb]

What they said...

Appreciate the feedback Gents! I'm going to have to put a bit more priority on the improvements I've got in mind....will be posting updates here though! Playing with some concepts for easy size labels(likely via a separate piece to make things more modular) then once that's done a larger version to hold 2x of each size...

FedEx says that the printer parts should be in hand tomorrow so should be able to get it going shortly after that!

Man I haven't caught up on this post in a while, you're making me really think I need a 3D printer!! All the projects look good!

Yes, yes you do! Creality or Prusa would be my recommendations, lots of people using Ender machines as well(same company as Creality) but the Creality ones are basically Ender's with a lot of the upgrades already done and I've heard fewer issues with them. Prusa's are significantly more money but generally seem to have the fewest issues, this is the first hardware issue I've had on mine in 2 yrs and a significant amount of stuff printed. My next printer(addition, not replacement) will probably be a large format Creality(400mm or larger like the CR 6 Max or CR10), I have a preorder in for the Prusa XL but I'm struggling to justify that price point and the total spend with the CNC router project in the garage....so the preorder isn't cancelled yet...but probably will be.

 

[loganb]

Well Fedex got the printer parts here early...darn

Offender in question there in the circle...well the issue was actually the wiring lead but close enough



All sealed back up



And running again, about an hour in and no issues so far

 

[nicholam77]

The wrench holder looks good!

 

[loganb]

The wrench holder looks good!

Thx sir!

Timing worked out and I didn't have to stay up past my bedtime for the printer to finish the wrench rack



1/2" to 1-1/8", not sure where the smaller sizes are... may not have ever had them as this was a used set I got years ago



Height clearance is close, but there is also a 3/8" or so piece of foam raising things up, so without that probably do have clearance for a couple more sizes vertically



Fit is pretty good, the 15/16 needs opened up a bit but otherwise it seems to be a good midpoint between moving around and too hard to drop in. Also not hard to grab one out, but I didn't try with oily gloves on either



The slots are too narrow for the Wright and Craftsman sets I have, but all my Gearwrench ratcheting sets fit comparable to the Snap-On

Couple improvements are already done on the computer for .Rev1, will look closer at slot width in the morning and get another one going sometime tomorrow!

 

[bugnut]

I'm really liking the wrench rack I can see a couple of those rolling off the prusa! Great idea!

 

[loganb]

Couple minor updates

New fittings came in for the coolant lines for the spindle on the CNC project...wrong size threads...hum....

But the 3d printer is printing well enough I'm probably going to review my spindle holder model 1 more time then send it to the printer so I can get that step done


Did get a pin punch holder printed to hold a set that the Amazon warehouse deal thread forced me to buy...totally wasn't my fault. 4 magnets mounted to the back, supported with (2) dowel pins to catch a pair of the pegboard holes and keep it from slipping down while magnets keep it from falling off. Magnets alone will hold it up if you don't touch it, but when returning punches had a tendency to slide down



Finalized some tweaks(hopefully improvements) to the wrench rack and made one sized for my set of metric Wrights...should be done in the morning to see what the crowd thinks!

 

[loganb]

Success! Well mostly



Printed well and things fit as expected. Challenge being I wasn't paying enough attention when doing the model and missed that the "body" I had extruded to then make the slot cuts in wasn't wide enough and 2 of my slots were "cutting" air....oops. Means my 8 to 24mm set has a rack to hold 10 to 24mm...easy fix though in CAD and after about 10 minutes another version is running on the printer with slots to hold the full set

The little tray/apron on the front in the last image is for a yet to be finalized addition...

 

[nicholam77]

Looks good! Reading about how you designed it is enlightening and makes a lot of sense. I’ve started to grasp the basics of CAD but so far often struggle with the best way to approach a design and order of operations to do the least amount of work / keep changes easy and efficient.

Curious to see what the tray is for!

 

[Boostingaz]

Success! Well mostly



Printed well and things fit as expected. Challenge being I wasn't paying enough attention when doing the model and missed that the "body" I had extruded to then make the slot cuts in wasn't wide enough and 2 of my slots were "cutting" air....oops. Means my 8 to 24mm set has a rack to hold 10 to 24mm...easy fix though in CAD and after about 10 minutes another version is running on the printer with slots to hold the full set

The little tray/apron on the front in the last image is for a yet to be finalized addition...

Very nice!! I need this kind of organization capability in my life haha

 

[loganb]

Well as I'm able to type this update, it means today was a successful day as I tempted fate and not only escaped alive to fight another day but I was victorious in battle

No, didn't fight the ridiculous 4 hr serpentine belt change in the Volvo...that foe is still out there...today was a much more dangerous and unpredictable battle

I made the bold(and likely reckless) decision to cut my 3 yr old daughters hair without the wife's approval or even presence...then got a begrudging acknowledgement it turned out pretty well! Victory!

Ok, in less dramatic but still honest fashion, she's 3.5 and hasn't had anything off the back of her hair in I think 2 yrs and it was getting down to mid or lower back and causing significant headaches in the morning getting ready for school(daycare) routine...plus its warming up and that had to be hot. It had been discussed that she needed a cut for the last 2 months and the wife would(and did) the bangs....but wouldn't do the back??? Don't get it but whatever. The feet dragging for getting a haircut appt was obvious, so I decided it was going to have to be me driving this bus and I wasnt paying $20 or 30 to someone else unless i tried and failed first! She didn't fuss after nap time and mom was working so we did it, chopped 4" off or so and Victory was achieved! Wish the kid hadn't told mom what happened within 2 minutes of her getting home and had to realize it on her own, but I'll take my win and be happy

No pictures of hair pile... bad post I know

Got the model fixed and reprinted with all the slots for 8 to 24mm. Extra length required it to be printed on its back across the diagonal



The somewhat limited bed size of the Prusa is my biggest complaint with it. For the price it's a significant premium in terms of cost for the print volume, but it also just works(except when bed thermistor needs replaced apparently) so I don't complain but will likely drive to buying a larger bed Creality machine soon

But turned out well and the daughter approved that the "wrench family" was together again



2 more major features to work thru adding, along with figuring out sizing(narrow and wide slot option) and metric vs imperial but liking how things are turning out so far

Also got landscape fabric down and the wife spotted plants where she wanted them and I got the first 3 in. Still have to get the perimeter rock, install said rock and then mulch.... but progress.

 

[bugnut]

mind sharing the file for the wrench rack? Thats so sweet!

 

[OutlawDrifter]

You are a brave man, or foolishly reckless !

Glad the haircut turned out mom/wife approved. My wife asked me to trim a couple of inches off her hair 2 weeks ago, I smiled and politely declined.

Your wrench storage endeavor has me wanting to sort through all my boxes again, thanks for the push!

 

[loganb]

Looks good! Reading about how you designed it is enlightening and makes a lot of sense. I’ve started to grasp the basics of CAD but so far often struggle with the best way to approach a design and order of operations to do the least amount of work / keep changes easy and efficient.

Curious to see what the tray is for!

I'll try and post a quick run down of the step by step in the sequence I used. I'm sure there are smarter/faster ways to do it and I'll call out what I would do different. I'm trying to get better at using constraints where possible so that things dynamically update better vs fixed dimensions that may be less flexible

mind sharing the file for the wrench rack? Thats so sweet!

When I get "done" I will probably share here as well as offer printed ones for a marginal fee plus shipping. More to come there

You are a brave man, or foolishly reckless !

Glad the haircut turned out mom/wife approved. My wife asked me to trim a couple of inches off her hair 2 weeks ago, I smiled and politely declined.

Your wrench storage endeavor has me wanting to sort through all my boxes again, thanks for the push!

Yeah....that is one of those no wins...you do it well and get stuck doing it...or don't meet expectations and never hear the end. I don't say a thing about my wife's haircuts and she doesn't mock mine that comes with something on the rocks

I will admit I forget how much I like decluttering stuff I haven't used and gaining that free space. I'm looking hard at some tools I just don't use(Matco/Witte Nutdriver set I mean you) and struggling with do I rehome them or not....the orphan and **** tools it's an easier mental battle...the good tools I haven't used in a long time....thats tougher but the extra space in the box is so nice!

 

[tj675]

You are a brave man, or foolishly reckless !

Glad the haircut turned out mom/wife approved. My wife asked me to trim a couple of inches off her hair 2 weeks ago, I smiled and politely declined.

You just need to turn it into a shop project.

 

[loganb]

So today included picking up this



And this from the "rock store"


Then starting to lay them out as edging here:



Trying to play off the limited edging on the house that used this same combo of red bluff and limestone

Than then caused me to stare more at this:


Which is the rest of the landscape bed with a faux creekbed of river rock(no water) down the middle. I don't like the looks even if it don't need a bunch of work, but mulch is thin, the edging is coming out and just not digging it at all. So I stewed on the scope creep I was looking at...


And said why not



Plan for now is just take the rock out, pull all the old mulch, weed fabric and edging out, tillup and add some dirt for slope and mulch the whole thing and let wife add plants where she wants. And continue on the new edging stone of course

At least the old mulch and stone seem to be coming out pretty well as the fabric was doubled up and can use it to help pile material to minimize shoveling

Not pictured: mulch in the corner around the edging stone that got set cause I was impatient and got 10 bags at big orange box so I could see how it looked

 

[Atlascycle]

Logan,
My kids are 29, 28, and 22 and the telling mom right away does not seem to get better.....


Wrench rack looks great.

Jason

 

[nicholam77]

I made the bold(and likely reckless) decision to cut my 3 yr old daughters hair without the wife's approval or even presence...then got a begrudging acknowledgement it turned out pretty well! Victory!

Yeah, I don't think I'd trust myself with that, so good job! We're usually the opposite... I want to keep my daughter's hair long and my wife trims it sneakily behind my back lol.

But turned out well and the daughter approved that the "wrench family" was together again

Thank goodness they are back together

I have a strong visualization of this. "Awww, look at the cute little baby wrench! And it's cute little baby sister wrench, awww. And this one is the mama wrench!"

I'll try and post a quick run down of the step by step in the sequence I used. I'm sure there are smarter/faster ways to do it and I'll call out what I would do different. I'm trying to get better at using constraints where possible so that things dynamically update better vs fixed dimensions that may be less flexible

Not sure if this has a broad audience (I'd suspect most readers on here are either in the camp of knowing CAD proficiently / using it for work, or not knowing CAD and aren't trying to learn). But personally I'd find it interesting and useful. Fortunate to live in an age when so much is Googleable and YouTubeable, but with professional software sometimes Google can only get you so far.

I've been using parameters a lot, but still trying to figure out how and why the model adjusts the way it does when they are changed. I assume it has a lot to do with constraints, maybe the original "direction" of extrudes, etc. Sometimes it works great, other times I get an unpredictable result or broken model and unsure why.

 

[Bob Heine]

I made the bold(and likely reckless) decision to cut my 3 yr old daughters hair without the wife's approval or even presence...then got a begrudging acknowledgement it turned out pretty well! Victory!

Logan, my grandfather wanted to surprise my mother by trimming my hair when I was 4 or 5. I loved my grandfather so when he started cutting with his manual clippers I thought it would be quick. I also thought it would be painless but didn't make a peep when some of the hair pulled out rather than being cut.

He probably only spent an hour but it seemed like a whole day to me. Apparently the hard part was getting it even so the short hair part of my cut ended up on top of my head. My mother, who also loved my grandfather, praised his attempt and proceeded to finish the job with scissors. Rather than make my grandfather sad or embarrassed, my brother and I wore our hair that way for a decade (short in the back, party up front). We also wore grandpa style pants.