Aug 23, 2023
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Happy lunar New Year
Learning to 3D Print - Part 2
There have been ups and downs this week. I started by printing a few utilities, such as a tool tray. I also printed a few personalized flexi-cat keychains for family going on a trip, as well as a very long print-in-place rattlesnake model.
I've also continued to try and print my D&D figurine, trying to figure out how to work with supports.
From left to right we have default grid supports (unremovable), first attempt at tree supports (model tore in half when attempting to remove) and "organic" tree supports (mostly successful, broke one of its arms when trying to remove).
Unfortunately that's where my good news ends. I finally got my new Micro Swiss hotend, started stripping the toolhead to install it aaaaand.....
That is a stripped/rounded hex screw. Worse, it's a stripped/rounded 1.5mm hex screw which is IMPOSSIBLE to remove. That hotend isn't going anywhere soon.
After panicking and looking at all sorts of solutions, from superglue to special screw-removal drill bits, a helpful discord friend suggested I just take out the heatsink it's screwed into, which is pretty cheap to replace. So now I'm waiting for the new heatsink to arrive, and in the meantime I went back to trying the D&D minis. With some help from another discord friend who suggested tweaking the support settings (modifying the distance between the tree supports and the model to .24 "bottom Z distance"), I finally had a proper success both printing and removing the supports from it.
Setting the tree supports to "organic" and "supports on build plate only" also helped.
I have also ordered some new tools, including a handheld electric screwdriver to help with all the dis-and-re-assembling of the toolhead every time I have to replace a part or clear a filament jam.
Next week the academic year starts so I'll be much busy, but I hope to try my hand at much larger prints and maybe even helmets!
I’m feeling nostalgic tonight.
This is one of my favorite fights of all time. The HUGE favorite Yuta Kubo who KO'd his opponents to the final met his match against Tetsuya Yamato who just wasn't having it.The way Yamato slid those punches in round three was a thing of beauty.
The K-1 Max 63kg tournament as a whole was unforgettable.
2010-07-05
K-1 World Max Final Thailand 2014 Teaser Ep.1 1 October 2014
Masato aka The Silver Wolf won the K1 MAX tournament twice and was a national celebrity during his prime time as a K1 fighter. Masato was known for his boxing but he was also well versed as a complete striker with excellent speed and timing.
During his early career, Masato stormed through to the top of the national K1 ranks and soon after winning the K1 MAX 2003 title. However the competition only sky rocketed when arch rivals, particularly Baukaw Por Pramuk who entered the tournament and gave the reigning champion a rude awakening by defeating him in dominant fashion in K1 MAX 2004. This only led Masato to raise his game and becoming a better fighter.