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Are you a printing daredevil?

I think I’m finding these Thingiverse poll questions to be funnier than perhaps they were intended to be.¹  The topic of the poll is essentially – how do you deal with print anxiety?²

I really don’t have print anxiety.  Give me a ridiculous 3D model as an STL and I’ll run it through Skeinforge and try to print it.  Overhangs?  Narrow gaps?  Thin walls?  Bring it.³

There’s almost no downside to trying – the plastic and time investments are so incredibly low there’s just no harm.  I can always stop the print early if it’s just not going well.  I say don’t procrastinate – pick something wacky from Thingiverse and give it a shot!

1. “Broad Flat Bottoms”?  Sign me up! [↩]
2. Photo courtesy of Travis Gray [↩]
3. And, I’m just using the stock Skeinforge settings that come with ReplicatorG! [↩]