Well, after close to a week of the printer doing its job making parts for me to test out my concepts, I can report both successes and failures.

The Geodesic Domes have seen several different versions of connectors while I worked out the best way to get them to securely snap together.  This won't be an issue for larger size domes bigger than around 4 feet, which will be joined with nuts and bolts at the node points.  However, for small toy domes to use either for doll houses, bird cages or mini-hydroponics kits, I want them to just snap together without hardware.  If I were to do it with nuts and bolts they would be tiny size ones which are a pain in the ass to work with.  I finally have a system which works pretty well I think though I have yet to print up a full dome's worth of parts.

My Developmental system has gone through a complete overhaul, and the cubes and tetrahedrons with the edge insets and holes are out, they just didn't work with the architectural models for the older kids.  However, I came up with a new, better concept for that which I have just begun designing the parts for.  There are a lot of different parts involved in the architecturla models, and making all the preschool shapes compatible and useful means they all have to be carefully dimensioned.  So this is going to take quite a bit of time.

As a result, I won't be looking for SUITS for a while, and my timeline of having products  ready for Xmas 2025 is out.  Everything is being pushed back a year.

The other reason I am delaying is the 3D Printer issues.  After about a week's worth of successful printing using the USB stick method a new problem has now cropped up, it's not loading the filament properly.  So it's once again offline and just a big paperweight cluttering my room.  I have about had it with this printer and am ready to write it off as a learning experience and buy a new one from another manufacturer.  I'm getting recommendations from one of the tech support guys for the CAD progtam I use to find one that they support.  If I can find one under $500, I'll buy it.  I'm offering the one I have for sale for $150, if any of you are interested.  There's a CNA here who's interested, so it may go soon.  I've been up front with him about the issues but he likes to tinker and the challenge.

Anyhow, it's still keeping me busy and occupied, but it's gonna be a while before I get rich. lol.

RE