Quote from: RE on Dec 15, 2024, 07:07 PMCollapse will probably arrive here on the Last Great Frontier before I have my prototypes done.
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Said it before, say it again, and it'll be more right than all the claims of doom cycled though the collapse-o-sphere since peak oils and doom were being called in the last century.

Personal doom will happen for all us geriatrics here before it ever shows up to the point where amy of us can finally say "SEE!!!!! TOLD YOU SO!!!!!" as the hoardes of MZBs overrun the locks on doors and ransack the place.

I spoke too soon.    More failures.

After finishing the starter roll of filament with a couple of successful prints, I put in a new roll of PLA filament, and so far after half a dozen attempts have yet to get it to adhere to the build plate at all.  Not even getting a partial print.

Flashforge refused to exchange the printer for the A4P model, so I accepted their offer to send me a new nozzle with a .4mm stream, up from the current .25mm.  It will take a while to get here.  Meanwhile I will experiment with making some manual adjustments and see if there is another stickier adhesive available to try.

Collapse will probably arrive here on the Last Great Frontier before I have my prototypes done.

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Quote from: K-Dog on Dec 10, 2024, 11:04 AMPropaganda of the deed could easily be generated by pain. 

Use of the weed could easily have generated the deed.

Quote from: TDoS on Dec 15, 2024, 06:38 AMHow much basic market research have you done to see if these toys bump into some concept already out there that might cause a patent problem? Not the legal patent angle, just similarities. Just for the hell of it I did some googling for like building shapes with toys for kids, and while nothing looked exactly like yours, there are quite a few snap together parts/patterns/objects type things out there that appear similar, although none I could find that were exactly the same.

I used quite a few different building sets while teaching.  The Robotics classes which have developed over the last 20 years or so use them.  Every company that makes parts for Robot toys has some patented parts, as will I.  What is different with PolyPandora is that I am making it developmentally integrated.  It starts with basic shapes and sets that are geared for 3-5 year olds to play with experimenting, then moves up to more complex shapes and connections for 6-9 year olds and completes the developmental process with the age 10+ sets.  The beauty of this system is that the kits you buy for the kid to play with at age 3 still have useful parts you can put into models ypu build for a university level architecture course.  If A parent buys a kid a different kit each year growing up, by the time they get to college they'll have a full array of parts to build almost anything you can imagine.

Nobody else does anything like this.  Companies either make the Preschool level building blocks or the complex Robotics stuff.  Nothing is compatible with anything else, in general.  PolyPandora solves this problem and creates a whole new world for a child to grow in and with.  You can think of the PolyPandora world a little like the wotld of the Transformers films, which are based on the Hasbro Transformer toys.  You could make movies based on PolyPandora World also, if it ever got that popular.

Of course, it takes selling and marketing to get to a point like that, and the toy industry is very nasty for idea theft and big companies squashing small ones.  So there's a huge gulf between what I am currently doing and seeing any financial gain from it.  I'll do what I can to protect it as I go, but my funds are limited and Patents are expensive.  Just have to see how it goes, one step at a timer.

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Quote from: RE on Dec 14, 2024, 09:05 PMMy first 100% successful 3D print!

Good deal.

Quote from: RENow the negatives, which are minor.  The thing takes forever just to print one tiny part.

You have big social functions, dance parties and meetings with national political figures it will interfer with? Seems like what you've got is time.

Quote from: REBest use I think is if you have kids, you can make just about any kind of toy, and they can make stuff for themselves  too, if they are say 10 or so and like to tinker.  I would have been in heaven if I had one as a kid.  Not too bad now either, now that I got it working.
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How much basic market research have you done to see if these toys bump into some concept already out there that might cause a patent problem? Not the legal patent angle, just similarities. Just for the hell of it I did some googling for like building shapes with toys for kids, and while nothing looked exactly like yours, there are quite a few snap together parts/patterns/objects type things out there that appear similar, although none I could find that were exactly the same.

We have liftoff!

My first 100% successful 3D print!



The above is a hex connector for my PolyPandora Geodesic Domes.  Mini-domees are one of the things you can build with PolyPandora building sets you cannot do with LEGO or any other building toy on the market.  One of the nuumerous novel aspects of the system that allows the budding architects and engineers to build quality models at home of pretty much any real world structures.  Well, not everything, I haven't figured out everything I need for Suspension Bridges yet.  Those were a favorite of mine when I was teaching. having kids design and build model bridges.

Now the negatives, which are minor.  The thing takes forever just to print one tiny part.  The connector you see in the pic is about 2" in diameter at the very end of the spokes.  It took almost 1.5 hours to print.  A dome takes about 60 of these connectors, so just one demo model would take close to a week if I could keep the machine running 24/7. lol.  These connectors though are just one of numerous parts and pieces.  So you can pretty much forget about doing much bizness with a 3D printer.  Looking at all the parts for the Ghost Glock, one of those has to take a few days to print up for sure.   At least with guns though you have a big profit margin, you can sell it for say $500.
  Most things though you won't be able to sell for nearly that much.

However, while not good for any type of retail biz, it can be used to make custom parts for old stuff that would work if you just had this or that part that is no longer available.  Also good for making the molds to use with a roto or injection molding apparatus.

Best use I think is if you have kids, you can make just about any kind of toy, and they can make stuff for themselves  too, if they are say 10 or so and like to tinker.  I would have been in heaven if I had one as a kid.  Not too bad now either, now that I got it working.

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Quote from: K-Dog on Dec 14, 2024, 01:57 PMSanctions are violence.  Being out of sight and out of mind does not change reality.  If sanctions were lifted Cuba would be fine.

And someone begins shipping them oil again on the cheap. And then they'd be...Central/South American "fine". And we have a convicted criminal becoming President in a month or so because we all know how that turns out!

Sounds like a good muffler design.  You also need an attachment system to the gun.  I prefer the Bayonet style mounts to the screw mounts.  They're quicker to get on.

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Sanctions are violence.  Being out of sight and out of mind does not change reality.  If sanctions were lifted Cuba would be fine.