BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01880 I finally finished the 3D Printed ABD Logo. I was able to get the full version of the Shaper3D program. With that program I was able to export the full high quality version of the file. Now with the new filament I have been able to print some very high quality logos. I’ll be painting them so that I can give them to the staff at ABD as Christmas ornaments.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01879 I took Andy for an eye doctor’s appointment today. Andy’s eyes are in good shape. Andy has glasses but the prescription is weak. Andy doesn’t necessarily need the glasses to see in school but enjoys how they look on their face. It find it funny that Andy is out of focus in this photo and I did not intend it to be that way.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01878 Well, looks like I spoke much too soon regarding printing the Iron Man arm blaster. It even looks like the moment after I took yesterday’s photo the print failed and it failed hard. The printer continued to print all night long and made a giant spagetti ball. I’ve been having lots of trouble lately with the printer. I am not sure if it was the spool of filament of things have been set improperly. In the afternoon I finished out the roll of filament. I then factory reset the printer and loaded some new filament. That seemed to do the trick and it made things work much better for the printer. The new filament seems so much better. It was probably for the best that the print failed because it was too small to fit my hand inside. I’m going to have to split the print in half and make it larger in order to make it something I could actually get on my hand. Hopefully I can make that work.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01877 I found something that I’ve wanted to start printing,an Iron Man arm blaster. This would be a 26 hour print and I’d have to change out the filament at some time during the print. Once printed this should be large enough for me to fit my hand inside. It should look cool once it is painted.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01876 Andy asked me to make a few more fidget blocks for their friends at school but I’m having some major difficulty with the black filament. It seems more brittle than other filaments and these fidgets are not printing properly. This one is not complete. There was a piece that did not print properly so it will not make a proper rectangle. However, it still can be used as a fidget device. Maybe Andy will still be able to use it for one of their friends.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01875 Eva’s cat, James is her constant companion when she is home. When she’s hanging out in her room James will plop right down on to her lap no matter how much room is available. Allison finds James outside Eva’s room all the time during the night protecting her door. He does love being with her so much and she loves him so much, too.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01874 Eva had me 3D Print this knife for her cosplay costume. I haven’t printed much else this week except for the logo for Americas Best Defense which I gave to Sensei Howard because he got me the logo file and I’ve been talking about it non stop each time I come in for classes. Vacation week has come to an end and it is back to school for everyone next week. We kept it very low key around here this week.