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Son Back In School

Posted on August 17, 2025 by larry

Dropped off my son to college today, he is in a much nicer place now than last year. I was thinking, hmm, maybe he could use a mini rack to show off while at school. Anyway, gonna be weird without … Continue reading →

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Demo Rack Done

Posted on August 16, 2025 by larry

Spent couple hours trying to ctach up with my rack, unfortunately it was a late build. Went to RePc to show the manager there and found out he was out. Also found out they are short on 1L servers. Anyway … Continue reading →

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Bambu Broke

Posted on August 15, 2025 by larry

Filament got stuck in the extruder, had problems getting the filament out of it. Took a while but I finally got the stuck filament out. Needless to say, I am not gonna be able to bring a demo set to … Continue reading →

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Cost of Building a Rack

Posted on August 14, 2025 by larry

I did an analysis today on how much it costs to build the rack , the screws are significant in the price because the plastic material was so cheap. Here is the breakdown. Here is what it is but does … Continue reading →

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Handyman Me

Posted on August 13, 2025 by larry

Sink broke today, didn’t feel like fixing it myself and thought about hiring someone to do it. Instead, I did look at it and was able to figure out what to do. Was messing, and I burned about 3 hours, … Continue reading →

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Hot Day, Good Day To Print

Posted on August 12, 2025 by larry

I am terribly uncomfortable because it is hot. In fact there is a heat advisory in the area. With that said, it is a good day to print. The heat will help with adhesion. So my prints have been good. … Continue reading →

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Printing a Lot of Stuff

Posted on August 11, 2025 by larry

All related to the 3d Printed 10″ rack. I got it kinda put together with some of the older bad printed parts. I am going through reprinting the top and base (it is actually done but wanted sevral copies) But … Continue reading →

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Second 3D Printed Rack Started

Posted on August 10, 2025 by larry

Started the second 3D printed rack it is based on this from Natalie T Modular 10 Inch Server Rack – Reworked by Natalie T | Download free STL model | Printables.com AS of my post I have 3 of the … Continue reading →

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First 3D Printed Rack Done

Posted on August 9, 2025 by larry

Finally got it done, the first one, functional, but meh No where near as nice as the prebuilt, also not sure on the BOM, purchased screws today that were crazy expensive from McClendon Hardware, cheaper at Lowes, even cheaper at … Continue reading →

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Yesterday Fitbit

Posted on August 8, 2025 by larry

Yesterday I marked my fitbit goals as complete, I wasn’t paying attention and as midnight rolled along I realized I was 45 steps short of 10k. I was pretty sad about it. So today in addition to my swim, I … Continue reading →

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