{"id":29616,"date":"2023-10-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29616"},"modified":"2023-09-21T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T20:19:08","slug":"yeah-i-can-make-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29616","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, I can make that."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking at the catalog I look at a price that is just too high.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grainger.com\/product\/HOFFMAN-Exhaust-Grill-and-Filter-Plastic-53DD92\">A few bits of molded plastic for almost a hundred dollars?<\/a>  You are kidding?  Right?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HoffmanFanGrill-200x200.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HoffmanFanGrill-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"A Fan Grill for $93??\" class=\"wp-image-29617\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Fan Grill for $93??<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Well?  I need this.  Actually I need a few of them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is when my frugal nature hits hard&#8230;  I can make that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>If it was just one I would probably just swallow and pay that absurd price, but I need these in quantity, and on a recurring basis.  If I invest an evening in designing a version for myself I can save that design and just print another any time I need one.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29624\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FanShroudb-200x200.png\" alt=\"A 3D rendering of a cabinet fan mount, grill, and filter holder\" class=\"wp-image-29624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FanShroudb-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FanShroudb-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FanShroudb.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A 3D rendering of a cabinet fan mount, grill, and filter holder<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>So I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it came out quite nicely.  There are now four of them in service keeping a couple drive cabinets cool with fans humming away.  I have even revised the design to version 2 with improvement ideas from the first batch.  The 3D files can be <a href=\"https:\/\/cults3d.com\/en\/3d-model\/tool\/120mm-cooling-fan-grill-and-filter\">downloaded for free from the 3D Cults archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have done this for any number of bits and bobs now&#8230;  I have designs on the hard drive that I routinely re-print any time I need one.  Plus I enjoy 3D design, it is fun and challenging.   It is also possible that I have gotten good at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the catalog I look at a price that is just too high. A few bits of molded plastic for almost a hundred dollars? You are kidding? Right? Well? I need this. Actually I need a few of them. This is when my frugal nature hits hard&#8230; I can make that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2793,253],"tags":[2869,2497,2890,135,2891],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29625,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29616\/revisions\/29625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}