George Bryant @gbrnt@mastodon.technology

The octagon is a pad to spread out the force from a motorcycle kickstand, to make sure it doesn't sink into soft ground and fall over.

Flipped my 3D printer's build plate over to use the smooth side instead of the textured side. I really like it!

The only reason it's not as smooth as glass is because of the hairspray I sprayed on before printing to make sure it stuck.

Booked 4 days off in the last week of May, so I have 9 days for a trip down to the Southwest of England. Route/destination planning has begun!

Just about managed to get both sides designed and printed in one evening (had to stay up late, though)! Better hope it fits tomorrow, because I don't have much time for a redesign!

#3Dprinting #design

I've done an initial design of the bag mounts with a channel for the strap of the velcro section. Hopefully it'll work, because I only have one more evening to get this working.

I'm riding my motorbike over to the other side of London this weekend, and I'll have a bit more stuff than I'm comfortable carrying in a backpack. I have a big waterproof bag that's designed to go on a bike, but my seat is too small to fit both of its velcro mounts.

So I'm designing some little plastic adapters to attach the other mount on the metal rack at the back of the bike.

It was a lovely day today, so I gave my bike a proper clean for the first time since autumn! Also mounted a new pannier rack to it, so I can give my sister hers back.

I spent the weekend tearing my 3D printer down and reassembling it, following a guide that had a few alignment checks that I missed when putting it together the first time.

Will it work better? Probably not, but it was fun to do.

@piggo Pig in a paddling pool! https://i.imgur.com/LfrIEzv.mp4

It was a lovely day today, so I went for my first motorbike ride in a while. With no plan for where to go, I ended up just doing the route I cycle to work! Much better traffic on a Saturday though. A couple of times I had to remind myself not to ride in the cycle lane.

I put an LED strip on my bed - I think it's pretty cool! Now I just need a good way to control it to avoid having full brightness LEDs first thing in the morning.