The accomplishment “paves the way for long-distance and long-duration missions where creating spare parts, construction components, and tools on demand will be essential.”
Source: Astronauts 3D-print first metal part while on ISS | Space
Category Archives: home repair
Sunlight
The cats enjoying the new front doors:
New Entryway
One and a half days later we have a new front door(s). As expected there were complications (there’s always complications with this house), but I persevered, and the new entry doors look real good.
Only things left to do are redo interior trim, exterior trim, and siding around the door (the rough frame was smaller, even thought e door is the same size as the old one).
Pictures:
today
I spent most of my day replacing the heater/vent/light in the bathroom. What a pain in the butt. this one seems to be slightly better made than the previous two, so I’m hoping that the heater lasts longer (which is why I had to replace it). Last time I just replaced the heater, but this time, the insides are totally different, and actually the dimensions are slightly different also, so I had to do some cutting in the ceiling. Two things that suck about the unit:
- 1. The wiring box needs to be bigger, so that you can actually close it when you get all the wires in.
- 2. The way the light reflector is held in is engineered stupidly–you screw a cap nut onto a bolt until it’s tight and then keep going until the bolt unscrews itself out of the cross bar it’s in until the cap nut pulls the reflector against the bar. Why not just use a short sheet metal screw like they always have? Why make it difficult, and non-obvious? Jeez!
For those who wonder the unit is a Nutone 665RP.