fixing a 3d printer
07/24/2025
A few months ago, my 3D printer completely destroyed its extruder by a unattended failed print causing the extruder to extrude a large glob of solid plastic on the nozzle. Even after gentle heating, removing the plastic ended up taking the thermistor out with it, so I decided the best thing to do was just replace the whole hot-end.
After spending a few days tuning leveling and extrusion, the printer was able to print for the first time in months! Currently, I used it to print a part for adapting a 1/4 inch thread onto a old tripod I had. This will let me take much better photos for this website in the future.
stl file for the part, if you want: https://files.catbox.moe/ur2x0e.stl
The printed part for camera attachment
Venting about estradiol vials
7/10/2025
Very recently, I finally decided to order a vial of injectable estradiol enanthate, which I planned to pick up at a local post office. Unfortunately the USPS did not realize I meant to ship to the post office, leading to the post office thinking the package had an incomplete address, causing them to return the vial to sender (who was using a fake address to protect their own privacy). So now the vial is somewhere lost and left to rot in an empty address in California. 80 dollars are gone forever. For these few months, I'll continue slowly getting more and more irreversible damage as testosterone keeps poisoning my body and bone structure. At least I have spironolactone as an anti-androgen for now, but it is running out in a few weeks.
What the hell have I done with my life? I worked for my one chance of salvation and lost it. God help me.