I'm writing this while I render the featured image for this post. I'm somehow completely unstressed about the launch now, we've been getting as much traffic as I expected(and then some), and I've gotten some great feedback from our alpha testers(despite the launch, I'm still not quite ready to call what we have here Production). The first ordered poster arrived Saturday and with it came more awareness of Jason's Creations, in that the postal worker is planning to get cutting boards for Christmas. It's definitely a good time to start planning ahead, since both custom woodwork and 3d printing take time to create.
I also got a custom 3d design request for a spooky Halloween skull. I just ordered some glow-in-the-dark orange filament which will get here Monday. I'm planning to use Gravity VR to make the design, then see about printing the model. I may need to use special filament to have clean support removal; this would definitely be the project for that. More on this later, if I have permission from the client to disclose/sell other copies(I'm sure he won't mind, but consent is key).
I designed a vase this morning; I figured it was an apropos thing to do since everyone does it eventually. It turned out decent and I was originally going to use it for this featured image, but when I was loving on my dog it fell and broke, go figure. I'll make another one that's thicker. I thought I had made it about 3 layers thick but it seemed like it only printed 2; easy enough to fix.
Another thing I finished designing is our Production-ready model for Spraymore v1. I'm testing print viability tomorrow but it includes a hexagonal grip, branding, and QR code for the website now. It will be a 2-color print for the QR code. Possibly in the future for speed of processing we may use black epoxy as an inlay but for now I'm just doing it with the AMS on the new printer. Which is still broken.
Meh. The render for this turned out too small so I guess I have to keep writing some more. Let's see; I finished(sorta-not-really) putting Amara Blackwood's selections in the AI art gallery; while they are there, I did not create the product listings just yet, for which I owe her and JJ Alan an apology. That will go up soon, as well as a voting mechanism for you to also provide some human feedback into what goes into the gallery.
I am avoiding adding critical functionality into the lithophanes section because I don't want to potentially add yet-another-montly-subscription, but I have to do it to make the lithophane sales reasonable. I still don't know why Shopify doesn't have this as a built-in feature, but here we are. I have no doubt I could make one, but life is short and you already see how backlogged I am on just this site alone. But progress is being made!
I am maintaining my sanity, for those curious. I even took the time earlier to play Factorio and get some milestones out of the way(primarily building a cargo rocket silo--yes I'm playing K2+SE because 2,500 hours in vanilla wasn't enough). I took the dog to get a pup cup Saturday morning(bear in mind for me this is still Saturday as I had a very long nap in the early evening). I don't mention this on the site, but I've made a custom collar-holder with his name on it that goes on the wall. I can make all kinds of these sort of things; just set up a session with me about CAD. The preliminary meeting is free(as of 10/22/23, and probably is unlikely to change for a while).
Oh hey the render finished and looks pretty reasonable. I guess we'll see how my first AMS multicolor print goes.
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