What I've Been Up To Lately

This year has been fairly eventful so far, though some of the global events are probably best left to a separate post. In this one, I'll be talking about my goings-on. New Hobby! I acquired a 3D printer in January, and I've been digging into that realm quite a bit. I've learned all about slicing with OrcaSlicer, gotten a start on learning FreeCAD, and had plenty of successes and failures with my Creality Ender 3 V2. If you get a chance to pick up one of these 3D printers, I can't fully recommend it. It requires a lot of tinkering to get the tolerances and other aspects of it working smoothly, and even then it can result in a degree of anxiety around prints that is a bit silly. You would be better-served by a newer solution. There's been a lot of talk lately about Bambu's legal attacks on the 3D printing community, so you might want to steer clear of them for philosophical reasons. Prusa, I've heard, is a bit less antagonistic in this regard. My favourite print so far has been a…