That’s great! Thank you!

I am partial to Prusa printers, but if you want an easy out-of-the-box experience, the Bambu printers are hard to beat.

flyers in mailboxes

Regarding putting anything in mailboxes - it is actually a federal crime to put something in a mailbox unless it is properly addressed for delivery through the postal system, or you are a postal worker. I would refrain from doing that.

That’s great! Thank you!

To the org that provides support to those abducted by ICE. Each state or geographical area has a different org and number, so unless you print blank whistles, you need to ensure that you have the correct info.

You can check it out here: https://linktr.ee/wa.whistles

I apologize for not getting back sooner.

Start here: https://linktr.ee/wa.whistles

That is a great whistle, but way too much filament and print time compared to the ICE whistles that have been optimized for print speed, noise volume and size for easy carry.

The advantage of printed whistles is being able to put the phone number on the whistle. Trying to get a phone number on a bulk whistle is not easy.

Oh man, can you imagine like 50 of them at once? That would be nightmare fuel.

If this were ULPT, I would recommend the annoyatron. Hide it well and see how long it takes to break him. https://annoyatron.us/

But it is not, so I think others would have better solutions.

American here, currently sitting in the AFT cafeteria of a Norwegian cruise ship just off the coast of France. Saved for years to go on this once in a lifetime cruise.

I grew up on the edge of poor. Had basics and never went hungry, but our summer vacations were camping because it was cheap. Never went to Disneyland until I was in the Army and could afford it myself.

While I agree that going abroad is definitely eye opening, even traveling to other states increases your open-mindedness. I joined the Army and was stationed in Alabama, Georgia, Alaska and Washington. Going back home and reuniting with friends who never left the state or even left the general area was kind of shocking. Never being exposed to an even slightly different environment really showed in their attitude.

While I was in the Army, I was sent to Missouri and a couple of other states I can’t remember right now for a month or so for training or field problems, and short trips show how even though I was still in the same country, there were definitely societal, geographical and political differences in each place.

Expanding that to traveling other countries was also eye opening. The Army sent me to Thailand for a month. My current job sent me to Australia and S. Korea and a couple of other states for 2-3 weeks at a time. I liked hitting the tourist spots, but I really enjoyed just watching people wherever I am. Once you see that (for the most part) people are people, you start to get that just because someone’s idea is different than yours, doesn’t mean it’s wrong, it’s just different.

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**Edit: ** Found it. https://hackaday.com/2020/09/23/reforming-3d-prints-with-salt-and-heat/

There is an article out there somewhere in the ether where someone printed with 100% infill, then put the print in a glass container and packed it with salt that they had pulverized with a coffee grinder into a powder and re-melted / fused it. Their intent was for making clear parts since they were using transparent filament, but it should be great for increasing the adhesion of the layers as well. Ideally, it would become more of a monolithic plastic part than a bunch of layers.

If you are talking about the Core One, here is the connectivity of it from the Prusa website:

“Prusa CORE One is equipped with a LAN port and a detachable Wi-Fi module (Wi-Fi can be set up a with an NFC tap). It integrates seamlessly with both Prusa Connect and Prusa App, so you always have a complete overview of your printer. However, the printer can be operated in a full offline mode without any compromise. You can even flash the firmware from a USB drive.”

https://www.prusa3d.com/product/prusa-core-one/

I love my Prusa printers, but I am not a “fanboy” from the standpoint of shitting on any other printer that is not a Prusa. It’s just that I like them and keep buying them.

I think Bambu printers bring a lot of features to users at a really low price compared to any other manufacturer.

Love my Prusa XL. Bought the single head and have been having fun with it. Bought a second head for my Christmas present and have been playing with two color prints.

Printed some colorful lizards for my mom.

This advertisement for an awful commercial software package with a restrictive license in NO WAY helps the original poster learn FreeCAD.

I am not sure why you consider it an awful commercial software package, but I have found it to be quite nice to use for learning 3D design and improving my CAD skills.

The restrictive license is right out in the open and not hidden, so there is no surprise there. I have been using SolidWorks for 8 or so years, and for designing things for around the house for my use and whatever I put on Thinginverse and Printables it has been a great deal. I don’t use it for commercial work, partly because of the license restrictions but also I am not interested in performing CAD work on the side. I do the CAD work I do at home for my enjoyment instead of watching TV.

And as far as not being able to help OP - on more than one occasion, I have had someone tell me that they were using one of the FOSS CAD programs because they didn’t know about being able to get Solidworks for that price.

Everyone has their preference, and mine is Solidworks for playing around at home, so I let OP know about it.

Thanks for the info. I didn’t know about the Titans of CNC option. I can pass that along to people who are not able to get the Veteran deal.

I’m going to throw this copy/paste out again:

SOLIDWORKS MILITARY EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM SOLIDWORKS is a proud supporter of our active military and veterans, and thank them for their service. We are pleased to offer the SOLIDWORKS Student Edition at a discounted rate to military actively serving in the US or Canada and/or veterans.

It’s $20USD /$40CAD per year. I’m on my 8th year or so.

PDF link to info