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So back on the 12th July I was complaining about the heat . But on the 20th, just 8 days later it was 40C and that was most uncomfortable.

Currently is seems to be hovering around 23-24C. This is only bearable with a fan on almost constantly.

After the

Dragon head dice holder

I wanted to do some more D&D 3D printing, so I designed a dice tower.

One of the regulars had a wooden dice tower that was basically a square wooden box with a ramp inside and an exit slot at the bottom.

I could do better than that...?

I wanted a literal dice tower so I blendered one :D

A cylinder with an array of cubes.

Base step shape sculpted to look worn and promote gravity on dice.

Cylinder with inserted faces extruded, partially sculpted. Doorway and exit-only chest added. Center pole and ramparts.

The chest stops the dice from getting stuck behind the stairway.

Looking at the path the dice will take.

Before exporting as a .STL for printing I tried to fix every little error the 3D Print Toolbox showed up. This was a bad move and I lost a couple of days to fixing A and making B worse, fixing B and making A worse.

Prusa Slicer took the model flaws and all without breaking a sweat.

At this point I should have noticed how thick the walls were...

and 10.5 hours later...

Looking down into the printed tower

I printed a mini version to see if the stairs could even be printed.

and does it work?

OK, so it is not perfect. Some of my larger dice get stuck, but that's what V1.1 will fix !

SPAM SPAM SPAM

I get a lot of SPAM , but this one caught my interest.

From: Wise REDACTED@nb.sympatico.ca To: Subject: Re: Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:19:17 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: OWM Mail 3

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Nothing very interesting or unusual there, but why can I scroll down so many blank lines?

oh, this was at the end

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Followed by a load of legitimate links and the customer's full name and VIN!

So, was this a coincidence or was a real email that BMW customers get used as a Trojan horse to bypass SPAM filters.

And having the mail client set as Outlook Web Mobile probably helped.

Better luck next time scum! (I am referring to the spammers not BMW)

Lots to post about, but it is too hot !!

Has been 29-30C most of the day.

The sun went down a couple of hours ago and it is still a sweltering 25.5C