Some solid lessons learned yesterday as I fought with the PLA filaments. It just didn't want to play nice until I finally figured out to slow the flow rate of it and kick the nozzle temp way up. I screwed up doubly by resizing the model which borked the fit of the pieces. I'll be retrying again today with the new info. These 2 Dummy 13 fiugures came out quite nice though. We now have "patchy freezing fog and mostly cloudy" as far as the weather forecast shows... Thank GOD I have my daily Vit D powder bolus. #homesteading #3dprinting #learnbymistake #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Sunshine, Filament Fights, Kraken Krush, Matrix, Dummy 13s, Lessons - Saturday | PeakD

Our day of sunshine yesterday morning started nicely. It

Oooo, yay. An hour of snow yesterday that did more harm to the roads than benefit to the ground. The dose of snow that fell mid day ended up leading to crazy black ice in town and led to numerous accidents at the commute time. Stupid warm winter refuses to actually freeze like it's supposed to. Thanks Pacific Ocean. Wrestling practice starts next week and he is excited for it. I'm happy to see he has kept the stoke for the sport and it is a super good way for him to focus the hyper energy. #homesteading #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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The Snowening, Extinguishers, Whistle Prints, Azure, Local Legend, Wrestling - Friday | PeakD

There was the talk of snow happening yesterday but when I got up in the morning the doppler showed nothing nearby. Every... by flemingfarm

It's not the prettiest rubix cube but it did manage to come off the printer and go together correctly. Took a couple tries to set the supports right, I'm still figuring some of the proper setting, techniques, and methods out. Have to find the sticker set to print out on the Cricut now. The whistles I printed proved their power, I got over 110 db on each! #homesteading #3dprinting #diy #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Sunrise, Models, Sound Testing, Apocalypse, Kraken Karnage, 3d Printed Rubix Cube - Thursday | PeakD

I got a sliver of sunrise yesterday morning as I was dropping the boys at school. We were saddled with the clouds and fo... by flemingfarm

Mornin #Nostr Finally we have some snow. Only a few inches and it began melting pretty fast, but it snowed. Spent the day watching LA Apocalypse Porn as the basin burned. We always said this would happen, even back in the 80s/90s we knew this was an inevitable outcome of millions of people living in a fire zone. Wild it burned to the ocean in Malibu. #homesteading #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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SNOW, LA Apocalypse, Whistles, 3d Printing, Liv - Tot, Cat- Wednesday | PeakD

Well, that was a surprise yesterday morning. I was up at 3:45 for a bit and looked out to see it straight dumping snow. ... by flemingfarm

Can't help but watch the LA news about the firestorm. Crazy apocalypse going on

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Snowy Morning #Nostr Yesterday was a busy one but productive in that I got new tires on my truck and managed to get to the store in time to snag a case of ammo for WAY cheap. The adde looked like it HAD to be a misprint of 100 box max per customer... But it was true and for $9/bx. Apparently there were lines waiting for them to open an hour earlier than I was there. North 40 is a great company. Got 3" of snow this morning in a fast moving storm that is already well past us into Idaho. Not sure if I am going to go ski today or not... #homesteading #pewpew #gunstr #diy #hive #peakd #dailyblog #3dprinting

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Truck

Quite the whirlwind of a day yesterday. After getting the boys to school I headed straight into town and to Tirerama to ... by flemingfarm

$9/box sale for Norma Safeguard 9mm JHP?! Why yes I'll take a case! Thank you very much and I got lucky to get them as the pallet was nearly gone within the hour and a half they had been open. #gunstr #pewpew #stockingup

Morning #Nostr Sometimes we do a thing with little expectations but get surprising results. Such was my casual check of the sound level of my S19 yesterday. It's obvious the thing is loud but I didn't think it would be anywhere near this high. This was right at the fans exhaust but still... 92db is crazy. The shots from my 10-22 only peaked at 116db at 2ft... #homesteading #diy #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Chiro, Meter Case, Sound Levels, Practice, Tires, Krash, Cat, 3D Printing, Hive Rise - Monday | PeakD

I was not in as dire need of the chiro yesterday morning as other times but it still was good to get the adjustments. It... by flemingfarm

Another predawn grain run yesterday morning and the sheep and birds are very happy to have the munchables. I'm slowly getting the garden coated in the grain and will have it more than covered by the time tilling season hits... Though it is tillable now since we have no snow or frozen ground... I'd like for it to actually turn to winter at some point, this rain and mud is just annoying given it's January. #homesteading #diy #farming #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Rain, Predawn Grain Run, Utd, Hive, Meter, Gliders, Drinks, Rank, Cat - Sunday | PeakD

We just can

GOBBLES #Nostr Tom #turkey #butcher day yesterday and It was good to get him in the freezer. He was the instigator of their escapades to the neighbor's so now the hens should all stay close by. Over 7 pounds of breast meat which got cut to steaks. Our youngest wanted to help and learn for the first time which was great that he lost the squeamishness. #homesteading #farming #diy #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Snow, Gliders, Turkey Butchering, Fungus, Trailer, Movies, Meter, Krash, Cat, Rain - Saturday | PeakD

The snow held on until after light yesterday but was melting already when I woke at 5am. There was a bit of the system h... by flemingfarm

This winter is garbage for snow. It'd be nice if it just fell and stayed a while instead of the instant melt offs. The rains aren't helping that cause much. What a #darts finals that was as Littler set records. Incredible what he did in 12 months. Today we are #butchering a #turkey finally, the tom goes, and his fat breasts will get busted down into nice steaks. #homesteading #diy #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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The Drenching, Sundial, Print Scaling, PDC Littler, Up in Smoke, SNOW, Cat - Friday | PeakD

This isn

99.9% gold capture rate from e-waste??? Wen home version? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55156-3

That was one massive wolf!

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#GM #Nostr I'd been forgetting to make a new batch of #Kahlua for far too long and yesterday I managed to get it done. Not sure why it took me so long, it's not a hard process. Make espresso, boil with sugar, cool, add vanilla beans and bourbon, cap, age, drink. So I have 2 bottles that need about a month before we should first break into them.... if we can wait... I'm really digging #Freecad and the vast differences between it and Autodesk. It feels a lot easier to learn and looks to be just as powerful. The workbenches are really cool and make the work flow pretty smoothly. Lots to learn with it but it's fun so enjoyable. #homesteading #3dprinting #diy #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Printing Drawers, Freezers, PDC, SNOW, Make Kahlua, FreeCad, Kraken - Thursday | PeakD

Yesterday morning I had the printer going first thing working on the drawers. The case had printed the prior evening but... by flemingfarm

#GM #Nostr New year's day #pewpew lessons for the boys yesterday after the snow eventually stopped falling in the afternoon. Started off with the bigger guns and will step back to the 22 lr now for refining and further learning. They are getting a bit later start on it than I did as a kid but things were different in the 80s and I was at the range most weekends then. #3dprinter lessons are thankfully easy ones and not big issues for me so it can keep brrrrrring away. Amazing how many settings are available and that just one can make or break a print. #homesteading #gunstr #diy #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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New Year

Well well well, would you look at that, we got New Year

Happy new year #Nostr Rather busy day yesterday for the last day of the year. Started before dawn and ended today. The animals are all super happy for the grain, the kitchen fan is back up, the printer was brrrring away all day, then I grilled our bison t-bone steaks for dinner. The boys had a blast with the fireworks all night and surprisingly I still have some left over. #homesteading #farming #diy #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Predawn Grain Run, NHL, Kitchen Fan Repair, 3D Printing, Pew Pew, Fire, Grilling, Fireworks, Movies, Games, NEW YEAR - Tuesday | PeakD

I slept like shit yesterday morning and ended up on the couch until I decided to get up around 4:30am. After getting mys... by flemingfarm

Happy end of year #Nostr Yesterday morning the boys had to go fetch our shithead turkeys who absconded to the neighbor's to raid their chicken feed. Took the boys 2 hours to get them home where they will once again be locked down. I'm having a world of tire troubles. My truck needs all 4 new, the spare I have on has a stick in the side that let's air leak as well as the valve stem, and the one trailer tire goes flat. The 4 tires for the truck are ordered so in the next days the work will get done. They managed to make the trip to town this morning for grain though. The boys were making dinner when all of a sudden the exhaust fan over the stove broke from the wall and fell on the stove. Scared the shit out of hte boys' who were making dinner. Thankfully the glass didn't break and I will get it remounted today. #homesteading #diy #farming #3dprinting #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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Y/E Goals Reached, PDC, Turkeys, S9, Utd Dead, 3D Printing, Trailer, Kitchen Crash - Monday | PeakD

I managed it on the last day of the year, the year end goals I set for Hive savings, HP, and posting streak have all bee... by flemingfarm

Lol, of COURSE #manutd are sucking slug dicks.

Soaked Morning #Nostr WEN WINTER? WEN SNOW? This is just a soggy ass end of the year for us. It just won't stop raining, or get cold enough to snow on the farm, so we are locked in a seemingly perpetual mud season. At least we get these 2 days of dry before the next system comes barreling in. Got the Christmas tree taken down, the living room cleaned, found my transplanted pepper plant has a pepper growing, and have a brewery returning so I have more grain to pickup. #homesteading #diy #hive #peakd #dailyblog

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The Drenching, PDC, Tree Down, Winter Pepper, R/C, Cleaning, Printing - Sunday | PeakD

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