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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I took apart a broken Ryobi leaf blower (RY40402) to see if it would be cheaper to fix it rather than buy a new one. Easier to disassemble than I was expecting. At least until I got to the actual problem, the burned out motor. The motor was fused to the housing assembly, requiring the replacement of the housing assembly, motor, and blower fan. In the end it would cost the same to replace the leaf blower with a newer, more powerful version as to repair the broken one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Tried to read and write more. Recently tried to open up my notebooks “rules” to use one book for multiple free purposes and it makes it so much more enjoyable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I like to cook and I'm making some duck pho right now. Well, it's simmering away. Going to be delicious!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I bought an audio interface to start recording music

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This came out pretty good in resin, even captured some of the small antenna details. I think it'll look great once it's painted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that... Is that a Homeworld mothership?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this is from the remastered version. It's on thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3344242

I think this is just the asset from the game files, but the uploader also included a cut version for FDM printing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nothing, just sleeping. 31th did nothing and first just tried to sleep more and watch YouTube and p*rn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I did a bit of reading and writing for a short story idea I have. Other than that, learning about things via Youtube, and playing video games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Been sick with the flu 🤒

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's rough. Hope you feel better soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I'll push through