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I had a very full weekend. After getting up early to go for a walk on the beach Saturday morning I headed to the pickleball courts for my third play session of the week. I didn’t get there until after 9AM so the heat and humidity was already ramping up. I played 7 or 8 games back to back and was absolutely drenched by the end of it. I once again played pretty well. Not having the significant nagging pain in the right leg/hip definitely helps me play better.

Saturday afternoon I started and completed an unconventional construction project. I wanted to build a stand to put the A1 printer under the bench, making room for the PS1 up top. I took a couple measurements but as is almost always the case the plan for building the shelf was very much formed on the fly.

I utilized two 8 foot sections of 2″ x 12″ lumber for the build. I wound up using almost every inch of it to make the three foot long unit. I also was able to use some of the lumber that was left over from the fence work. The end result was a very heavy and sturdy shelf that could probably support 500 pounds easily. The weight is a good thing since the printer throws a lot of back and forth energy that would shake something thinner/lighter apart.

On Sunday the work continued. The A1 printer fit nicely on the new shelf, clearing a spot for me to put the new P1S. Bambu does an amazing job packaging their printers, utilizing space in a very smart way. Setting up the P1S was very straightforward. I had it up and printing in roughly 30 minutes. I did several prints on it during the day and they all turned out great. Later in the evening I had all three printers running at once. I was pleased with how it turned out.

I did a live stream Friday night where I unboxed the new V12S that was sent to me. The wheel has a lot of cool features along with a different modern look that I really like.

On Sunday I got out for my first ride on the wheel. Even though it is a 16 inch wheel it rides like something bigger due to the large size of the shell. I have a lot of testing to do on it with the video production that accompanies all of it.

By the time Sunday was winding down I was tired. I had documented and posted a ton of content about both the 3D printer work and the Inmotion V12S. When I make content it doesn’t necessarily just go to YouTube, many times it also needs to be curated for Tik Tok, Instagram and/or Facebook. Even on YouTube it goes to multiple channels as I have my main one and then sub-channels that deal only with certain aspects like 3D printing and PEVs. It was all part of my plan to make content creation a viable side gig. Things haven’t gone quite as planned although I do make enough to pay for my monthly Dunkin Donuts bill.