Good Morning from my Robotics Lab! This is Shadow_8472, and today, I can’t find my underscore key! I must have tried at least ten touch type attempts trying to find that stickler before I hit it. Today, I am actually planning out a new project: repairing my Pi case. Let’s get started!
Update on the bot: Project Canceled. Everything –and I mean everything– I saw said Discord audit logs would be available until 90 days after the incident. They vanished, and a screenshot I had of the logs the day of was only 55 days old. I contacted their support, but they eventually told me, “The team has confirmed that it is an intended behavior with audit logs. And we can’t offer troubleshooting steps to fix it,” and to “Please update us here [Discord feedback] if you have further inquiries.”
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I really need to pay closer attention before I say something to the effect that they are doing a terrible job. The support was friendly, and usually got back to me within a day. It was only after I replied to that last one and expected a reply that my opinion tanked. I might be coming back to it yet.
Moving on to the subject I actually did my research for today:
I crushed my Pac-Man Ghost case while transporting it a month or so ago. I want to repair it. I went into the workshop to brainstorm. I learned a about techniques for joining PLA pieces, but I can tell this will take a lot longer than I had hoped.
Both the top and bottom are damaged. The head piece only has a crack going even through the paint, while the bottom has a broken tab piece hanging by a few lines of filament.
The quick and obvious solution is super glue. I’ve been warned against it, but I think that may be the way to go for the head piece because it’s otherwise mostly structurally sound. The bottom piece will require a little more creativity.
I read about two other repair techniques, one of which I was already speculating about. Friction welding, would be if I heat it up with a small motor and quickly press it back together. Soldering would also work, and hopefully not lose any material, but will require additional dexterity.
Worst case scenario: I botch a repair of the bottom and end up printing a new bottom. If that were the case, I’d want to get in there with Blender and adjust the inside to actually match my Pi 3B+ model instead of the Pi 2 it’s designed for. I’m expecting this project to last at least until Christmas, even if it’s not interrupted by something more worthy, like picking up on that bot project again.
Final Question: What PLA repair techniques should I research?