Do I order a FONA in the belief that there’s something going off with the RePhone or a burner to make sure the SIM is working. If I get a burner then Asher I verify the SIM, it’s, well, burned as I need a featureless phone about as much add I need a chin on my elbow. If I order FONA, it’s about three times as expensive and I’ll want to buy other things as well. On the other hand if I get the FONA and then get the RePhone working right at a later date, I could totes turn out into a smart watch or something similar. The audio and LCD work fine, so I’m assuming it’s either the antenna or the SIM. Barring that, I could make a dope as shit watch. I should check the BLE. If that works, then… well I’d still need to make some hasty guesses. I’ll order FONA. Of course, Arrow has a horribly timed deal tomorrow. I’ll want to make a decision before then.
This is also when I want to get 3d printing at the same time. I want to do all the things, but I don’t want to spend that much at once.
I do need a phone. That’s a given. This pos is inching away at shucking free it’s inductive coil if you will. The screen has more cracks then Washington DC. More errors than the late season Mariners.
The things I want to print though, I think might outweigh that. I’ve worked with POS’s before. The last time I really broke a phone, I went all old-school and that phone lasted me until I had the scratch to spare.
The major push for the 3d printer is shoes, and the Wif picked me up a spare pair for my birthday.
So, is it a push? Should I do both and screw the consequences? I don’t want to all other people’s opinion, as that never goes right.
So, I should sleep on it. I’ll get all…
Derp. Forgot to post.
(Multiple hours have passed.)
Screw it. Doing the phone. Doing it now (or in the AM as free stuff is free). With that being said…
I talked to the Wif, and while talking to get I realized something. One of the reasons why I like building stuff is the knowledge I gain from building it, which allows me to make improved on the stuff I use, build more, wash, rinse, repeat. It’s not boot strapping as a person.
I want to build a 3d printer, so I have a 3d printer that’s optimized for my purposes. Hint: 12x4x2 is plenty build volume which is totally not standard. An 8x8x8 cube might work, but it works require a lot of supports. So the main costs of a printer are: 75+ dollars of stepper motors, one hot end, whatever mechanical supports, and in what I was planning, roughly 135 in an all-in-one phenomenal controller. I don’t need all it’s features though. I don’t need both USB and Ethernet. I really don’t need an SD card. I’m sure there’s some other parts I don’t need. I’d like one power supply coming in.
So why don’t I build my own.
I’d have to design and produce circuit boards.
I’d probably need to learn to do surface-mount soldering.
I’d have to plan shit out.
Doing this.