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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58443545

"Upgraded" my mk3s again

I did a bear mod of my mk3s a while back and them came across a CoreXY conversion that uses a chunk of the original parts through ProosaXY. I swapped the axis steppers as I would have needed another z motor anyhow. Anything I had to cut down I bought new, but things like rods, bearings, power supply and bed are reused. I had a chunk of my mods done a few months back, just didn't have a chance to do assembly until the holidays.

Made some mods for my my setup, I like to try keeping similar parts & setups for my printers to make spares and servicing easier, so made a carriage that could accommodate a voron tap carriage w/ a canbus board on the extruder, lose a bit of print space but I'm fine with the tradeoff.

Also did up a tophat and panels, they're partly printed, partly cut from hdpe & wrapped with aluminum tape, was trying to vaguely emulate the look of my aluminum composite panels on my v2. I had space to add some basic insulation so did that. I did up a door using the frame from the mk3s as the front and hardware from the ClickyClack Door. I still need to tune it and setup slicer profiles, some of the panel clips are mismatched as I used what I had on hand, will swap for all black or orange ones later. Power supply needs a better mount, but will work for now.

Apologies as the pictures aren't great, took them last night when I was doing a (really rough) fast benchy as a first print.

I did a bear mod of my mk3s a while back and them came across a CoreXY conversion that uses a chunk of the original parts through ProosaXY. I swapped the axis steppers as I would have needed another z motor anyhow. Anything I had to cut down I bought new, but things like rods, bearings, power supply and bed are reused. I had a chunk of my mods done a few months back, just didn't have a chance to do assembly until the holidays.

Made some mods for my my setup, I like to try keeping similar parts & setups for my printers to make spares and servicing easier, so made a carriage that could accommodate a voron tap carriage w/ a canbus board on the extruder, lose a bit of print space but I'm fine with the tradeoff. Also made front idlers inspired by VoronBFI

Also did up a tophat and panels, they're partly printed, partly cut from hdpe & wrapped with aluminum tape, was trying to vaguely emulate the look of my aluminum composite panels on my v2. I had space to add some basic insulation so did that. I did up a door using the frame from the mk3s as the front and hardware from the ClickyClack Door. I still need to tune it and setup slicer profiles, some of the panel clips are mismatched as I used what I had on hand, will swap for all black or orange ones later. Power supply needs a better mount, but will work for now.

Apologies as the pictures aren't great, took them last night when I was doing a (really rough) fast benchy as a first print.

Experts say that Hudson's Bay had been in decline long before then, some tracing its issues back to its 2008 acquisition by the American investment firm NRDC Equity Partners, and saying that the company's new ownership prioritized its real estate over a cohesive retail strategy.

Emphasis mine.

I was joking about a Trudeau/Brazeau charity match against Trump/Musk the other day.

Figured I'd contribute with resources I've used and found really solid, not everything is made in Canada but all are Canadian businesses with fantastic customer service.

Filament

• Matter3D Langford BC based manufacturer, they make some solid quality filament and promote themselves as engineering grade material. Their abs has low odor, petg prints really well, haven't tried their nylon yet but I have a few spools to work with. Their prices are extremely reasonable and they have regular sales, my go to supplier

Parts, kits, etc.

• Spool3D Calgary AB based store, Canada wide through canpost for free over $140. I live in Ontario, but most of my purchases are from them, solid selection of material, parts and accessories. My voron was sourced with parts 90% from here, they also have solid filament, sell garolite sheets too for a build surface (trying to move away from using builtak, they're a solid product but I won't be buying American for the foreseeable future)
• 3d lab tech another in Calgary, the other 10% of my voron came from here. Lots of kits and high quality parts, highly recommend, extremely responsive too and they constantly have new, interesting stuff.
• Sparta 3D Brampton Ontario based, again, lots of kits and high quality parts, have quality filter carbon as well if you're looking for a good Canadian supplier of acid-free material. They have filament as well, haven't had an opportunity to use it yet however.
• Makerparts they're moving so unfortunately site looks to be closed for now, BC based, they're all sorts of maker related stuff, not just printing. I bought a bear mod kit for my prusa from them, again, solid product and great to work with.

The intent, Carney said during an interview on Rosemary Barton Live, is to invest in Canada's economy "at a time when we absolutely have to build as a country."

The taxpayer dollars would "catalyze many multiples of private dollars" to build homes, energy infrastructure, AI systems and trade corridors — "all of which are fundamentally necessary if we are going to grow this economy, irrespective of how President Trump is feeling on one day or another," Carney said.

Carney also said a federal government led by him would balance its operational spending — such as government-run programs, federal transfers to provinces and territories and debt service charges — over the course of the next three years.

Sounds like it's focused on internal trade and global investment, I know 30 days isn't a long time, but maybe we can be better prepared, reducing our reliance on the yanks certainly seems to have public support so there's that.

Because mandatory minimums work to deter crime and totally haven't been struck down in the past or anything right?

20mg - 15 years, 40mg is life and Pierre's mentioned using the notwithstanding clause to pass stuff like this in the past.

Paper mentioned in article can be found here.

Annealing prints has been something I've wanting to do more of, probably with proper temperature control as my experience has has more waste than I'd like, mainly warping.

Paper claims some pretty dramatic improvements to interlayer strength, they're running filament through a bath before entering the extruder, not sure how accessible the entire thing would be in a hobbyist environment (using chloroform and specialised microwave equipment). Makes me wonder however if carbon fibre filaments would be able to be processed similarly, how well it'd perform with stuff like abs or nylon and if you could achieve that with consumer microwaves.

Bandcamp Metallum

New album out, this album is stupidly catchy. It's a mix of medieval folk and black metal, it's cheesy and I've been loving it.

Bandcamp for the album, Metallum for the band I'm not usually the biggest modern tech death person, but there was just something about this album that did it for me. Entire album is just under 28 minutes, definitely recommend a listen.