SoH Mercy

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

I haven't been able to do a donation yet this year, between surgery and being flared up and an endless barrage of labwork. But my last set of labs just came back clean-ish and I don't feel sickly at the moment.

Javert: It's pride month, 24601! You know what that means! (Javert hands Valjean a progress pride flag)

Valjean: Huh? What? You want me to steal a gay loaf of bread? ...What?

The basement floods when it rains. Known issue, with work orders going back several years. (Actually, the ceiling drips now too, which is such a cool development, but not relevant here.)

Anyways, they put down these mats that are filled with super absorbent powder that drinks up water and becomes a gel, like the stuff that's in diapers.

No idea who put those mats there, but they've never been replaced since they first appeared a few months ago. So they're oversaturated and leaking wet gel-goo all over the floor now.

Note that the bins in the last picture are there solely to catch ceiling water. And those things on the left side are the goo-oozing absorbent mats, plus some normal rags for good measure.

I haven't been able to do a donation yet this year, between surgery and being flared up and an endless barrage of labwork. But my last set of labs just came back clean-ish and I don't feel sickly at the moment.