DEVLOG #5: writing this as i stare at my not-working 3D printer in pure devastation

(a broken heart, torn wires, and my lament on the sorrows of lost internet at the end of a vital project)

wassup hackers!!! the internet wires in my house broke, so guess what? i can’t quite print the last part of my ULTIMATE WRITER’S GUIDE prototype 1… so now, we wait. and stare at the sad lonely STL files.

and maybe do the first ship.

on the bright side, we’ve gotten a lot done since the ID holder.

i started off by making a 3-part spinner with two sides: one to roll nonfiction genres and another to roll fiction genres! to flip sides, you just remove the spin indicator from the stand, and flip the wheel.

this piece took a TON (when i say ton, i mean a crap ton) of trial-and-error. first, the wheel was too heavy. then too small. then not small enough. text alignment for even weight distribution was the hardest part! but it ended up OK in the final print.

then i made the pen holder. it was initially supposed to look like an inkwell, but after many redesigns, i went for something that was supposed to look like an ancient battleground / battle ring / temple. :>

the quote at its base is one of my own!!!! can’t wait to show y’all. PLEASE check the README once I’ve shipped

my biggest struggle with this piece was actually learning how to use rectangular alignment in Fusion, but it ended up working out? i should have enabled supports though :( I ended up with a stringy print instead, with drooping filament… ouch.

now, for my grandest tragedy.

i couldn’t print the coaster, when it was one of the most detail-heavy parts. my printer won’t be back up for several days, so i’ll add the STL file to the repo and ship it off. i’ll print the official coaster and add it to the README once i have internet again. but that will take a long, long time…

i’ll be back (soon) for my last devlog (before my first ship) in a century (in like 20 minutes after finishing the README). you guys will see the official printed models then!

goodbye, hackers!