Geek nirvana

Yesterday I was on Facebook marketplace when an interesting listing popped into my face, a used Bambu Lab X1C printer. Until a few months ago this was the top of the line printer that Bambu produced. A lot of them have been for sale because people are wanting to buy the newer and bigger H2D model. I have been looking to snag one of these deals and last night I did.

I told the guy I really needed to do the transaction last night as tonight I will be busy prepping for my road trip. He was very agreeable and said he needed time to clean the printer up for me. He asked if 10PM was ok. I never have done a transaction at 10PM but I said sure, why not.

I pulled up a little early and got a tour of his 3D printing operation. It was a geek heaven with printers in not one but two rooms. He prints and sells some of his stuff on Etsy. It was such a cool set up which gave me immediate envy, and ideas that I could possibly utilize myself. He was very generous with his time and was happy to tell me about various parts of his process. The printer I was buying looks great. He also threw in a bunch of accessories and spare parts in the deal which I appreciated.

The cherry on top came when he opened his garage door after seeing my Tesla, revealing his Cybertruck. As if we didn’t already have enough stuff to geek out about, we then talked Tesla for quite awhile. It was really a cool experience. Unfortunately I will have no time to dig into the printer until I return next week so it will have to just reside on my Workmate table for now. I am going to have to do some significant reorganizing in my office to come up with a workable lay out.

As mentioned tonight I have to prep for my road trip to Texas. I would like to have things all ready to roll as my plan is to depart very early Thursday morning to try to get a jump on some traffic. I have reenabled FSD on my Tesla which will make the many, many miles much easier to deal with. It’s been two years since I have seen my sister and my family so it will be good to see them. It’s going to be a very brief visit but surely packed with all sorts of memories along the way.