Hell ya!

Could add a third circle for radio djs. Pushing that same classic rock night after night.

I also do that as a smoker! I doubt I’m very intimidating tho, so it’s just to make sure I’m not bothering people with my smoke. Bonus if it makes them more comfortable for other reasons.

Been working on a multi-player version of tetris for the PC using Godot. Was able to play a match with a couple friends and they seemed pretty excited.

Still have some work to do polishing the game play and adding modes but it’s been fun playing something with friends that I made!

We need another bell lab

TIL, thanks jupiter!

Of course duh, I shoulda looked at the picture

Does jupiter stop asteroids for us?

Make sure you tell her!

Sounds like you’ve got some stuff figured out and you should be proud of that! It sucks when friends drift apart, maybe you could initiate some hangouts if you haven’t tried that already. Not just ‘we should hang out some time’ but something like ‘hey want to to get together this weekend and see a movie’.

As for feeling lost and bored, I can relate. I still don’t really know how to handle that, I try to lose myself in a hobby, or deep dive into something that interests me. Doesn’t make it stop but it helps forget about it for a while.

Stay real friend <3

That’s sounds rad! You should post some pics on here if you do end up doing it! Totally understandable if you didn’t want the trouble tho!

The picture is of the ‘finished’ pin, I’d still like to refine the process a bit.

The general process I follow is:

• print the pin
• use a casting sand like petrobond and fill a metal container
• talcum power the printed pin
• press the pin into the casting sand to make the void for casting
• heat up the bismuth until it is liquid
• heat up the actual pin (looks like a thumbtack)
• pour the molten bismuth into the void, and quickly put the actual pin piece in the molten bismuth, if it’s not hot enough the bismuth will cool and the pin won’t sink in
• wait for it to cool (about a minute) then pull the pin out with some pliers (it’s still hot so you don’t want to touch it at that point)
• take a dremel to any flashing that occurred
• paint as required (I’m just using nail polish right now since it’s pretty durable)

Hopefully that helps! If you have any other questions I’d be happy to answer them :)

I’ve been using bismuth because of the low melting point (no need for a furnace) . I just picked up some used kitchenware so I could melt it on the stove top.

Pewter apparently has a pretty low melting point too, so that could be an option as well.

That looks awesome, way to go! I just want to squish them, they look so soft!

I’ve been designing and printing ‘enameled’ pins on my 3d printer for a bit and recently picked up the stuff to actually cast them out of metal. So far I’ve casted one, and it actually turned out, so I’ll probably be making some more this week!

Thanks for taking us along on that nostalgia ride, you did an amazing job of painting the picture of the setting to the point I was feeling a lot of the same emotions you described.

Thanks for sharing :)

Stories like these are why I love the internet. Just a wholesome little memory, made me smile thanks for sharing :)

I wish my friends would tell me about the little things. It actually helps me deal with things as well, since odds are its something we all struggle with one way or another and talking through it with them helps me sort it out too.

Too bad we are all so worried about making things other people’s problems when we could tackle this stuff together

Damn that’s wild, what type of bed is it?

That’s fair, there is a bit of information overload online when looking into it.

If you want my two cents, find the cheapest print with auto bed levelling (mingda magicians are good and cheap) and just start playing around.You don’t need to know much to start, and you learn what you need to as you encounter problems.

That’s how I got into at least, and now been printing for like 5+ years.