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Who wants 3D printed whistles to give out in their community? Let’s connect people with 3D printers and people who need whistles in this thread.

Usual caveats: this is just a thread to connect people, I am not vetting people in this thread myself, please use common sense and *communicate with Signal whenever possible*.

Do NOT give people home or business addresses in Bluesky DMs. Bluesky DMs are not currently encrypted. You should only do that in Signal.

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3D printers can churn out an amazingly large number of whistles for very little money. bsky.app/profile/scoi...

Scoiattolo@scarnecchia.net

They're roughly between 4-5 grams each, so to be conservative assume 200 per 1 kg roll if you're not switching colors. You can get cheap PLA for 11-13 bucks, so we're looking at 800-1000 whistles for $50

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

“Message emidly.08 on Signal to join the effort. We’ll do a quick vibe check then add you to a group where you’ll get assigned whistle requests to fill. Funds are available to help subsidize printing and shipping if needed. Most orders are between 200-1000 whistles.” - @lefttheprairie.bsky.social

If you're willing to tinker and adjust, the Ender 3 is great. Works well, but might need some tinkering that most of my autistic 3D printing friends love about it. But Bambu is the way to go for ease of use. Ender will *probably* work with minor learning, but Bambu should work out of the box.