True maturity: Shiny new 3D printing nozzle arrived in the mail. I hold it up to show my wife and for all our benefit say "I am not, under any circumstances, to try this out or in any other way disassemble the printer until I have made a proper home for this and the nozzles I already have."

The best analogy for the bulk of 3D printer owners is Ikea modders. Did I turn 4 Rast tables into 19" racks for audio gear? Of course I did! Thanks to my future wife for finishing them with a lovely walnut stain. Now we have a real house, a 3D printer, and kids too young for power tools.

If you play The Itsy Bitsy Spider in a minor key with that Howard Shore major IV chord it sounds like the drain pipe spiders are coming to the rescue and as someone with light arachnophobia I'm considering my chances rocking this solo, thank you.
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3D printing strategy of the day: You may have heard of The Gridfinity Infinite Storage Solution. It's like DIY horizontal pegboard for 3D printing geeks. Make the bins, boxes, and holders before you commit to building and installing the baseplates especially if you are adding hundreds of magnets!

Aluminum V Channel: magical, life changing, and delivered covered in razor sharp shrapnel. The experienced amongst you may laugh at my naïveté but the uninitiated really ought to be warned. Especially if you have carpet. These are the unexpected interactions between industrial goods and diy nerds.

Intuition is subconscious pattern recognition. However, it is intellect that must determine if the pattern in question is relevant to the current situation.