I’m still trying to dial in my printing setup (Ender 3 V2 with various small upgrades such as Z probe) to print ABS properly for this specific reason… PLA is really easy to print but really can’t handle a minute in the sun, ABS discolors with UV, PETG is messy to print and requires a lot of post-processing to look presentable… wish there were a miracle material that did it all.
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It’s just a little wavey, it’s still good it’s still good! 
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I’m a bit concerned what’s going to happen to those electrolytics when you plug it in.
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Did I mention I’m working on some voltage-controlled pyrotechnics?
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There is ASA, a lot of people are starting to use it instead of PETG. I have yet to try it.
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I just discovered that I installed my protection diodes in the less documented, and less commonly used “Explosion Only” operation mode.
After figuring out that problem, I realized that I designed my entire layout around the less documented, and less commonly used “Ignition” mode of my op-amp.
Just speedrunning through every stupid mistake you’re supposed to make at least once 
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Oh, don’t worry. we all make them much more than once.
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Decided I’d do my soldering outside today. In the sun with in a very well ventilated area… just enjoying the day.
Now I look like a strawberry and vanilla ice cream box. (I never seem to tan so much so no Neapolitan)
XD
And as an added bonus I didn’t order enough female headers… I thought 4 strips of 1x40 would be enough. Oh how wrong I was haha!
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As it happens, a 555 chip has the same size as a TL072.
Only difference, the 555 smokes nicely when used instead of the TL072. 
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Should some idiot have acquired a surprisingly inexpensive bag of 100nf capacitors, rated for a voltage more than sufficient for synthesizers, and it turns out, when the voltage is 310v the caps are those big chonky bois, what should the hypothetical idiot do with them?
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Use them anyway… The leads seem pretty long, just squeeze them in.
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Build a 300 V synthesizer.
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O yeah, patching a 300V synth…
Bzzzz first jack is plugged… Bzzzzzz second jack is plugged…
Bzzzz ouch !!! Never touch the unconnected end of a patch cable 
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The plan is to make a synth I can take on the stage, eventually. Looks like I also have the DIY smoke machine arranged.
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That’s what roadies are for.
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hey watch it , some of us are smarter than that …
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Make a macro sized Atari punk console
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Who’s the utter moron who sent these boards, plural, out for fabrication without updating fills and doing DRC?
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