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Ron Buckton

@chronicles.org

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Husband, Father, Developer, Gamer. Software engineer for TypeScript at Microsoft. Delegate to TC39. All opinions are my own. he/him

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 15/03/2025

Attempt #2 still had bubbles despite the silicone stirring stick, and I learned that I should warm up the resin before mixing because my basement is too cold, and a vacuum degasser is not effective at removing bubbles from resin.

Second attempt at resin dice. Still has bubbles.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 15/03/2025

Attempt #1 had way too many bubbles, and I learned I should mix the resin with a silicone stirring stick and *not* a popsicle stick. A popsicle stick is too rough and porous and introduces thousands of micro-bubbles.

First attempt at resin dice. Lots of bubbles are present.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 15/03/2025

New (and unfortunately expensive) hobby: Making dice. This was my first good set (though the third attempt) and was a gift to my daughter.

Hand crafted resin dice. Half of each die is transparent resin with purple glitter, the other half is a swirl of purple and violet. The numbers on each die are inked in yellow acrylic paint. There is a single tear drop D4, four D6, and one of each D8, D10, D%, D12, and D20.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 01/02/2025

My 3D printing hobby has now evolved beyond a shelf in my office to it's own space in the basement. Still a work in progress, but I just finished setting up a fume ventilation system for my new Elegoo Saturn 4. Also pictured is my old Ender 3 Pro. #3dprinting

Basement 3D printing workshop. An unfinished area of a basement with shelving, a fume ventilation system, an Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 3D printer and Mercury resin washing and curing setup. Also pictured is a Creality Ender 3 Pro in its own enclosure.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 27/12/2024

This year's Christmas board game take: Mistborn Deckbuilding game Senjutsu Wyrmspan Earth Terraforming Mars expansions Splendor expansion Sagrada expansion

A bunch of boardgames:
Mistborn Deckbuilding game
Senjutsu
Wyrmspan
Earth
Terraforming Mars expansions
Splendor expansion
Sagrada expansion

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 01/12/2024

For anyone interested, the model is called "Not another LEGOBrick Wreath" by NeoRame on makerworld.com. For the filament, I used Bambu Basic PLA in Red, White, Yellow, and Mistletoe Green. makerworld.com/en/models/70...

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 30/11/2024

Getting ready to put up holiday decorations. Just a few more pieces to print.

First few pieces printed for a giant Lego wreath. Shows two giant green Lego pine boughs, four giant round white single-stud Lego, five red, and three yellow, and a red Lego bow

3D printer laying down the first layer of a giant Lego pine branch for the wreath.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 23/11/2024

Make a left turn at Albuquerque

Bugs Bunny's famous "I knew I should'a taken that left turn at Albuquerque" line from Looney Tunes. Bugs is poking out of a hole in the ground in the middle of a stadium, staring at a map

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 02/05/2024

I'm ashamed, this poor neglected ladder has not been able to live up to it's full potential. I must make amends this summer and install it.

Lonely, neglected rolling ladder sitting in a corner in my garage.

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 25/12/2023

Christmas tabletop gaming haul. This is just the stuff my wife and kids got me, or that my wife and I got for the family and doesn't include the games we got just for them. We like our games in this house.

The following games are shown:
- Zombie Kittens (standalone/expansion to Exploding Kittens)
- Call To Adventure: Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive
- Magic: the Gathering Universes Beyond Dr. Who themed Commander Decks (The original series Doctors and the 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors)
- Here to Slay
- The Mind
- A Little Wordy
- A playmat featuring a map of the world of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive

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Ron Buckton @chronicles.org · 28/07/2023

My hobby project for the next few weeks: an Arduino sensor kit to monitor my 3D printer enclosure for Temperature, Humidity, VOCs (volatile organic compounds), and ultrafine particulates, as well as to control LED lighting and the fan to a HEPA/carbon filtration system. #3dprinting #arduino

Components in order, starting from the top-left:

Seeedstudio XIAO ESP32S3 Arduino microcontroller and WiFi antenna, Grove shield, Relay, LED Light Strip driver, two Blue LED buttons, 1.2" ST7789 RGB OLED Display, I2C Hub, SHT31 Temperature and Humidity sensor, SGP41 VOC/NOx gas sensor, and a HM3301 air quality sensor (PM2.5)

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