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Prototype for my Ram Ball Mount. I have improvements planned.

A boat is required to have a paddle if you're on the water. Most folks carry one of those little emergency paddles that would take forever to get you back to the ramp. I plan to leave my oars on board for such an emergency. Here is how I'll keep them out of the bottom of the boat and out from under my feet.

I designed and printed these new risers for my Sun Dolphin Kayak in order to get the Craftsman Versastack tool box under the seat. The original ones were a little more than 2 inches too short. These should be plenty strong as I used PLA +. I also made the back risers open ended so you can remove the seat without a lot of trouble. I will need to use bungie straps to hold them down in the case of a tip over, but everything needs to be done that way anyway.

Bought 33 acres in 2019. This was part of that property. I own the half on the left side of the video. Another fellow owns the other side. He was supposed to sell it to me. Priced it and had a gentleman's agreement. However, he changed his mind. Oh well. I've fished this lake about a dozen times and have yet to catch anything. Don't think there are any fish in it. LOL

Wasn't the best day I've had, but wasn't the worst either. Picked up some high value items, but nothing to write home about.

It was Creality day at the Bin Store. I made out like a bandit. Biggest score to date.

Found some treasures at the bin store this weekend. All were $7.

Went to two different Bin Stores today. One in the town I live in and the other about 30 miles south of me. The one where I live restocked today so it was $10 day there. The Second one I went to I learned of from a lady I talk to at the first store. It was $3 day there. I found a few 3D Printer items there and some others I can repurpose for the hobby.

Today, I'm upgrading one of my Dell Wyse Thin Clients to 120 GB SSD and 8GB Ram from 2GB of each. Total cost is less than the current price of a Raspberry Pi. I plan to use Tom Beckendorf's ISO to install both Mint Linux and OctoPrint at the same time. Tom, the administrator over at 3D Rescue!, found some Wise Thin Clients on Ebay for $18. He then proceeded to install Linux and OctorPrint on it as a replacement for a Raspberry Pi. He has an ISO file on the Facebook group 3D Rescue! that you can download and install on one of these thin clients. Important Links: 3D Rescue! Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3dp.rescue Ebay listing for the Thin Client: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334367376399 3D Rescue is the only beginner friendly 3D printing group on Facebook that I have found. The Administrators are top of the heap in this hobby and can answer most questions. Those who've been lurking for a few months can also help with most issues. We have a lot of fun over there and no one ever tells you to just Google it.

My 4th of July score at the Bin Store. This weeks finds Creality. Among other items.

Using Pot racks, dish racks and LP racks to organize build plates of different types. Keeps everything together and easy to find.

This was an interesting test. I modified a $10 food dehydrator that I found at a bin store to dry filament. The mod is detailed in an earlier video. Very simple. The food dehydrator performed on par with the Sunlu S2 and surpassed the S1. The details are in the video.

I dried a roll of glow in the dark PLA for 10 hours using the Sunlu S1 FilaDryer. It has been the only way I have had for the couple of months I've been printing to dry my filament.

Showing the first of a series of ways to dry your filament. No actual filament is dried in this video. I'm only showing the modified food dehydrator used.

Found some BigTreeTech Love today. Some 3D Printer main boards that I may use to replace the one in my Ender 5 Plus. Found a few things this week. I'm set on flash drives after this weekend.

Found some items at the local bin store today. This hotend direct drive unit may go on one of my machines. What do you think?