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Whenever I think of experimenting with 3D printing I seem to get talked out of it.
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It's actually quite fun in a "learning to think differently" kind of way - and surprisingly handy. It does take up quite a bit of space though - my box around it is basically a 0.5m cube, to keep the noise down, provide ABS fume extraction, and most importantly keep the cat away from it ... 
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Thinking differently - probably a parallel route of thinking came from the combination of machine shop and drafting courses required in my high school (even for college prep).
Drafting gave you the view of items and what's in front vs. what's behind. In layers.
Machine shop gave you the perspective that you don't request what were (then) impossible things, such as drilling a 1/2" hole and the requesting a 1" hole be drill internally with the hole that is 1" wide. Now, using a cutting laser, this is doable. Then, however, you could not put 1" drill down a 1/2" hole, nor even it were a partial wing-shaped cutter, swing it to that 1" dimension.
Oddly not wasted - even for chemistry grad school: When I needed a piece of equipment made, the machinist ("instrument maker" level) always appreciated my diagrams and design plans with the only complaint being that I was taught the European convention for the top view.
Most people, as you infer, never had to think in layers - and even with what I already have it's still going to be quite different. Also, we did our drafting with pencils and paper.
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A nice bit of woodworking there, OG!
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Thanks!
The front is held on by magnets, but the whole thing lifts off the base to change filament, etc.
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just file them down and call it a day. 
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Quote: I'm an idiot.
Yes, but a 3D one!
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I used to read that when I was a kid! 
It's named "Flippie Flink" in Dutch.
Never seen it since, but I'm happy to see it now
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Is a drunk ursine unbearable?
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Can a bruin brew bearable beer?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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How much brew would a bruin brew if a bruin could brew brew?
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that's just getting unbearable
oh wait: How much bear beer brew would a bruin bear brew if a bruin bear could brew bear beer brew?
... guess it wasn't 'un-bear-able' after all
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Yes, but they have to drink a Padding-TON to get drunk. So it's uncommon.
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I have no proof, but den again, it's just a way of being cordial.
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The pun was okay. The responses have been downright grizzly!
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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Only when he can't hold his ursine.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Been a few years since dug into the details of putting together a new desktop rig, and thought to ask and share what some of the basic versions of components should be for 2019?
NVMe supported Motherboard
AMD Ryzon cpu over Intel something (price vs performance)
DDR4 - DDR5 is expected for 2020.
Graphics card still look to be easily swap-able regardless of motherboard
Any issues opting for a card with just HDMI ports?
Still drooling over 14TB hdd. But with NVMe as OS drive, any harm doing 2x HDD raid 1 (seperate dedicated nas for more long term storage, this just to boost internal storage with some level of backup. or is performance drain?
For use with gaming, light video editing, and software development.
Any other newish technologies in last 5 ish years, that should be looking out for?
USB-c ports - are these practical on a desktop?
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as long as you have an AMD's Threadripper 3970x, mounted on an ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme board, with an NZXT Kraken X62 fluid cooler and Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM.
or better buzzwords you should be ok... 
I'd rather be phishing!
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maze3 wrote: Graphics card still look to be easily swap-able regardless of motherboard
"Looks", yes; my previous new PC did not have the correct slots nor the required power to utilize a modern graphics card. As a result, I now have a work-PC and a dedicated games-machine.
maze3 wrote: For use with gaming, light video editing, and software development.
Choose your video-card first, then find a PC that can handle that 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Choose your video-card first, then find a PC that can handle that
That's pretty good advice. It's probably going to be the most expensive component and will largely dictate compatibility/choice of all other components.
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Built a new PC about 6 months ago. Total cost: ~£1200
Case £90.00 Cooler Master CM 590 III Case
PSU £120.00 Corsair 850 Watt RM850x Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Motherboard £160.00 Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO LGA 1151 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Processor £250.00 Intel Core i5 9600K 3.7 GHz Processor
Memory £90.00 HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 DIMM Memory Kit
Graphics £330.00 Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 WINDFORCE 6GB OC Graphics Card
Storage £110.00 Samsung 970 EVO Plus V-NAND M.2 500GB SSD
Network £20.00 TP-Link AC1300 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter
(Although I have added an extra 16 GB RAM since then)
Just in case it's any use for a starting point/idea of budget.
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musefan wrote: GeForce RTX
Lots of expensive silicon that's not being used.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Depends.... there's a lot of apps that aren't games but use your GPU extensively (World Creator, Gaea, game engines) and if you are into scripting/plugin development, you may want to test on the same machine.
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