Your newest purchase

[mat the expat]

Hungover purchase - not my normal Japanese style:

[BnM]

Exciting times. Only £18 (there's a 40% off voucher) so why not. Also got a tyre sensor learning do dah which worked really well.

[laurent]

[Enzedder]

Sold my first born

[fishfoodie]

I went a bit mad .....



I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up

[Sandstorm]

I went a bit mad .....



I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up

Is it for fishing?

[fishfoodie]

Well I can now 3D print lures

https://www.prusaprinters.org/

[Sandstorm]

Well I can now 3D print lures

https://www.prusaprinters.org/

Ooh. I get it now

[Bullet]

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KW coilovers

[Bullet]

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[Torquemada 1420]

For the wife... Finally relented and got her the compact SUV she's been wanting.

[ASMO]

An LG G1 75 inch TV, well not yet, the wife would cut my bollocks off if i spent 5k on a TV, will await the price drop

[inactionman]

I went a bit mad .....



I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up

Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.

[Sandstorm]

An LG G1 75 inch TV, well not yet, the wife would cut my bollocks off if i spent 5k on a TV, will await the price drop

Oh, that's how we are playing this thread now?

McLaren 765LT. Any day now.....

[sorCrer]

[fishfoodie]

I went a bit mad .....



I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up

Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.

One of the attractions of this printer, to me; is; that it's sensors stop you from damaging it.

It's very well thought out; & the assembly instructions are excellent. I had two problems along the way; the self-test after assembly, complained about the Y-Axis length; but looking thru the help, I found I needed to adjust the tension on the belt; & then calibration, as you say.

Again with the calibration, I just looked thru the troubleshooting guide, & realized that I'd goofed when I set the Z-Height of the extruder, & was too high; & after trying a few iterations, I got a satisfactory setup, & now I'm printing some test pieces, to see if I need to tweak anything else.

It's not a cheap printer; but it seems to be a very well evolved design; & the documentation, & support is great, when you're like me, & this is your first printer. I spent about 8 hours in total building it, & maybe another 4 fixing the issues, & tweaking the calibration.

[inactionman]

I went a bit mad .....



I got the self assembly kit, & saved myself a few quid; & I have to say, the manual & online content from Prusa is superb !

I had the same gripe as a lot of people; the controller box, is too small, & so wire management is a pain in the hole. Apart from that, it was good fun building & setting it up

Can I ask how easy you're finding it to use? I bought a reprap Huxley - almost the exact model that came out of the original PhD research - and, as you'd expect, it was by nature quite Heath Robinson and it took longer to calibrate and finesse than it did to create. It was also easy to damage it if you did the calibrations in wrong order, or a sensor failed to register excessive movement etc. I eventually lost patience but keen to try a more 'proofed' model.

I'm happy to build it, but once built just using.

One of the attractions of this printer, to me; is; that it's sensors stop you from damaging it.

It's very well thought out; & the assembly instructions are excellent. I had two problems along the way; the self-test after assembly, complained about the Y-Axis length; but looking thru the help, I found I needed to adjust the tension on the belt; & then calibration, as you say.

Again with the calibration, I just looked thru the troubleshooting guide, & realized that I'd goofed when I set the Z-Height of the extruder, & was too high; & after trying a few iterations, I got a satisfactory setup, & now I'm printing some test pieces, to see if I need to tweak anything else.

It's not a cheap printer; but it seems to be a very well evolved design; & the documentation, & support is great, when you're like me, & this is your first printer. I spent about 8 hours in total building it, & maybe another 4 fixing the issues, & tweaking the calibration.

Ta mate, I'm sorely tempted by the mini simply as can't really justify outlay - it's less than £300, although will need to check what its limitations are compared to fullsize. The Huxley wasn't that big a print bed in any case.

The Huxley was good fun but very tricky to set up, had to use slip gauges, micrometers, multimetrers and all sorts, and requires a fair bit of fettling to get right. It was more the ongoing problems like the material failing to adhere to the bed, blocked nozzles, tangled filament and general drift, it felt like the first job was to get it working before building anything which dampens enthusiasm. There's also issues of damaging itself, for example its' possible to burn stepper controllers if you don't shut it down correctly (which would require a new Arduino board) and also of physical damage if an end travel sensor misregisters or shorts. It'd be good for print farms as it's great when running but for once a week uses it's a little bit too much work.

Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.

[fishfoodie]

Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.

Yeah, Prusa has it's own open source slicer, but I need to work out what CAD I'll use; I'm trying out the free version of Fusion360 at the moment

[Insane_Homer]

For the wife... Finally relented and got her the compact SUV she's been wanting.

I passed on your message to the wife, her response was to "tell him to fuck off, I like it"

[inactionman]

Out of interest, does it come with any software, or do you have to get your own CAD and conversion (e.g. slicr)? I had access to a student versions of AutoCAD and SolidEdge but that's now gone, so back to FreeCAD that isn't quite intuitive to me.

Yeah, Prusa has it's own open source slicer, but I need to work out what CAD I'll use; I'm trying out the free version of Fusion360 at the moment

Fusion360 looks pretty handy, I wasn't aware a free hobbyist licence was offered so ta for heads-up. I've generally found Autodesk a bit easier to use than Dassault or Siemens stuff (Catia/Solidedge - although I used AutoCAD and some of the associated tooling, not Fusion360). I gather the underpinnings of Catia etc are more sophisticated - which is significant for somebody doing structural or computational fluid dynamics etc on an aircraft wing but is utterly irrelevant for us hobbyists!

[Line6 HXFX]

Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

[Slick]

Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

Smashed in a car crash?

[inactionman]

Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

I bought a black SK007 a few years back, the thing is utterly bombproof. Loses perhaps 10 seconds a day, so could do with adjusting, but not enough to bother with.

[Line6 HXFX]

Bought a Seiko Baby Tuna watch as an early birthday present for myself.

No idea how I got it so damned cheap.

I bought a black SK007 a few years back, the thing is utterly bombproof. Loses perhaps 10 seconds a day, so could do with adjusting, but not enough to bother with.

The SKX007s are superb. Extremely modable. This thing I bought is solar quartz and loses plus or minus 15 seconds a month. I like the urban aesthetic of it.

[dkm57]

New bike, Merida eSilex 400, in a pathetic attempt to get fit(er) and lose weight.

Just finished fitting a good seat and computer might go out later in the day, everything is such a huge step up from the halfords horror I've been riding. Gears will take a bit of getting used to and the assistance will make the bigger hills less daunting once I get used to using it.

[sorCrer]

^
Great SUV Homer

They float

Ah pit diving. One of my favourite pass times

Nothing quite like a shorie to shake off a hangover although to be fair you don't need flippers for a wave that shallow.

[Sards]

I am looking for a decent pair for my eldest. His last pair tore just before winter arrived. He has this habit of standing on the tips to get height to look for wave. He also needs a new board too.

[Sards]

I am looking for a decent pair for my eldest. His last pair tore just before winter arrived. He has this habit of standing on the tips to get height to look for wave. He also needs a new board too.

Check out these 2 barrels just now at Teahupoo

[Insane_Homer]

[assfly]

[Globus]

A very expensive record deck My two Linn decks are OK but if needs must, the devil in me drives!

[inactionman]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

[Insane_Homer]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

If you buy it, know that you have become Jeremy Clarkson with the farm.

[inactionman]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

If you buy it, know that you have become Jeremy Clarkson with the farm.

I've recently bought some hedge trimmers. IT's started.

[SaintK]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

Buy it...........you just know you want to!!!

[Wylie Coyote]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

I have '99 TD5 90 and absolutely love it. Not my daily driver but I can't see myself ever letting it go. A good chassis is the main thing, replacing that (as I did with a galvanised one) is a killer but once you've done that (maybe the bulkhead too) you are set.

[fishfoodie]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

I have '99 TD5 90 and absolutely love it. Not my daily driver but I can't see myself ever letting it go. A good chassis is the main thing, replacing that (as I did with a galvanised one) is a killer but once you've done that (maybe the bulkhead too) you are set.

Then just convert it to a fuel source that isn't going to bankrupt you in five years time; just for owning it; & you're done ....

[Dinsdale Piranha]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

Do it! ( a friend just bought this)

[Wylie Coyote]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

I have '99 TD5 90 and absolutely love it. Not my daily driver but I can't see myself ever letting it go. A good chassis is the main thing, replacing that (as I did with a galvanised one) is a killer but once you've done that (maybe the bulkhead too) you are set.

Then just convert it to a fuel source that isn't going to bankrupt you in five years time; just for owning it; & you're done ....

There's already some folks who've done that, don't dismiss the ingenuity of the defender community! (5 years is a bit exaggerated too).

[Dogbert]

I am inches - inches -away from buying a knackered 1990s Land Rover Defender.

Please talk me out of this idiotic notion.

(I realise they're massively impractical unless you're a farmer, but I've always wanted one)

So either a late TDI 200 or early TDI300 - We currently have a 1992 TDi 200

If you do buy one , congratulations , you have just paid the Uni fees for the children of the owner of your local landy garage.
People always say chassis or bulkhead , and yeah that's important , but you need to consider a lot , lot more , what you are looking to buy is 30 years old

So what could go wrong , its just a ball hair away from a tractor - right , well that's true , its noisy , I mean really noisy , headache inducing noisy , and no matter what sound proofing , its still fucking noisy

The engines are actually pretty bulletproof , - if you change the oil every 6000m , and everyone does that

Front axles , rear axles could be shot , Transfer box , gearbox , diffs high pressure fuel valves - iIve replaced all of those
although the rear axle we got was off a Disco with disc brakes , but at least she stops pretty well
Steering box and dampers , fuel tanks, I could go on ( and on , and on )

It's a bit like painting the Forth road Bridge - you think nothing else will fail - until it does

Saying that we all love her , and shes a member of the family so will never get rid

Just prepare for the constant - and I do mean constant bills and large bills

Learn to weld

Learn that getting parts is not as easy as you think , often better to get what you have rebuilt ( like a high pressure fuel pump )

Get a decent pedal box ( and tracker ) because at some stage some bastard will try to steal it

One of the best things was to add a head unit with a rear view camera - which was dead easy , until you find out a previous owner had been buggering about with the wiring loom

Other than that go for it - for all the times you swear at it , you will still love it ( I'm mad - my other car is an Alfa !)

My next weekend is to repair the rotten door sills ( welding again ) assuming my tinnitus isn't too bad - did I mention they are fucking noisy

If you have any questions, other than the phone number of a good psychiatrist - just let me know