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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #30 on: September 04, 2024, 01:10:52 PM
See if you can spot the problem with this die.   :facepalm:

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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #31 on: September 04, 2024, 01:49:05 PM
Well, here is some more science stuff for you then.

We have 38 entries for the Arc.  Not bad odds, right?  One in 38 seems pretty good for the most expensive, full production tool in history.   :tu:

I decided that the best way to pick a winner was to roll two 20 sided dice, and add up the total.  Obviously no one would be in the number 1 position (can't roll a 1 with two dice) and I figured if I rolled double 20's, I'd re-roll.  40 minus 2 is 38.  Not bad right?

I can't find my dice (floods last year plus other complications have scattered many of my belongings  :facepalm:) so I figured I would just go and pick up some more.  No big deal, right?

Oh wait, I have a better idea!

I have a 3D printer!  I'll just download a D20 stl from Thingiverse, print them off and use that.  Brilliant, because I can upscale them and make BIG D20's, should I come up with a decent enough way to film it all.

So I download a fancy D20, it prints in about an hour and.... my printer isn't the best for detail and it comes out looking like absolute crap.  Most of the numbers are unreadable.   :facepalm:

No problem, I just download a cleaner D20 design.  I find one and it's HUGE, being about the size of a small orange- Clementines I think they call them. 

Fire it into my printer and... estimated 8 hours to print one.   :ahhh

But it's 5:30 pm, no big deal, I'll set it to print, should be done around midnight, I'll start printing a second one in the morning when I get up.  I'm usually up before dawn, so it will still be early in the day by the time it's done.

The printer is still whirring away a few hours later when I go to bed and it's looking good- it's printing denser than I thought, likely for better balancing and making sure it's legitimately weighted, that's good.  I wake up around 2:30 for the same reason most of us probably do, and I can hear the machine still happily printing away, and that's no problem.  It's going longer than expected, but it usually takes longer, and I'm in bed, so no need to rush anyway, right?

I get up this morning and pull it off the printer, break away the supports and the die looks absolutely amazing!  I printed it in silver because that's what was in the printer at the time, and the numbers are nice and clear and.....

Oh smurf.

Every side says 20 on it.  This die will ALWAYS roll 20 because there's a 20 on every side.   :facepalm:

Anyways, this long, rambling post is to distract you from the fact that it will now take much longer until I can do the draw because I have to start all over again!

This design had three files- one with normal numbering, one with all 20's and one with nothing and I chose the worst of the three.  Now I have to start all over again.   :facepalm:

In the words of TV stations everywhere:

(Image removed from quote.)

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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #32 on: September 04, 2024, 02:09:36 PM
Or, just ask Leatherman to send 37 more ARCs.


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #33 on: September 04, 2024, 02:12:44 PM
Or, just ask Leatherman to send 37 more ARCs.
Sharing is caring right? :rofl: jk


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #34 on: September 04, 2024, 02:16:42 PM
Quote from: powernoodle  melink=topic=92818.msg2495425#msg2495425 date=1725451776
Or, just ask Leatherman to send 37 more ARCs.

Would not need 37, some members had multiples tickets, donating more than the minimum.

No need to be greedy, right😀
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #35 on: September 04, 2024, 03:14:40 PM
Or, just ask Leatherman to send 37 more ARCs.

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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #36 on: September 04, 2024, 03:37:28 PM
Well, here is some more science stuff for you then.

We have 38 entries for the Arc.  Not bad odds, right?  One in 38 seems pretty good for the most expensive, full production tool in history.   :tu:

I decided that the best way to pick a winner was to roll two 20 sided dice, and add up the total.  Obviously no one would be in the number 1 position (can't roll a 1 with two dice) and I figured if I rolled double 20's, I'd re-roll.  40 minus 2 is 38.  Not bad right?

I can't find my dice (floods last year plus other complications have scattered many of my belongings  :facepalm:) so I figured I would just go and pick up some more.  No big deal, right?

Oh wait, I have a better idea!

I have a 3D printer!  I'll just download a D20 stl from Thingiverse, print them off and use that.  Brilliant, because I can upscale them and make BIG D20's, should I come up with a decent enough way to film it all.

So I download a fancy D20, it prints in about an hour and.... my printer isn't the best for detail and it comes out looking like absolute crap.  Most of the numbers are unreadable.   :facepalm:

No problem, I just download a cleaner D20 design.  I find one and it's HUGE, being about the size of a small orange- Clementines I think they call them. 

Fire it into my printer and... estimated 8 hours to print one.   :ahhh

But it's 5:30 pm, no big deal, I'll set it to print, should be done around midnight, I'll start printing a second one in the morning when I get up.  I'm usually up before dawn, so it will still be early in the day by the time it's done.

The printer is still whirring away a few hours later when I go to bed and it's looking good- it's printing denser than I thought, likely for better balancing and making sure it's legitimately weighted, that's good.  I wake up around 2:30 for the same reason most of us probably do, and I can hear the machine still happily printing away, and that's no problem.  It's going longer than expected, but it usually takes longer, and I'm in bed, so no need to rush anyway, right?

I get up this morning and pull it off the printer, break away the supports and the die looks absolutely amazing!  I printed it in silver because that's what was in the printer at the time, and the numbers are nice and clear and.....

Oh smurf.

Every side says 20 on it.  This die will ALWAYS roll 20 because there's a 20 on every side.   :facepalm:

Anyways, this long, rambling post is to distract you from the fact that it will now take much longer until I can do the draw because I have to start all over again!

This design had three files- one with normal numbering, one with all 20's and one with nothing and I chose the worst of the three.  Now I have to start all over again.   :facepalm:

In the words of TV stations everywhere:

(Image removed from quote.)

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I don’t really know anything about 3D printing, but I bet it’s not cheap.

Could you make do with the original un-numbered ones and a sharpie?


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #37 on: September 04, 2024, 05:39:31 PM
Or, just ask Leatherman to send 37 more ARCs.
That would seem the best and most equitable solution.  I think they kind of like us over there at Leatherman so you could ask.


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #38 on: September 04, 2024, 07:00:16 PM
That would seem the best and most equitable solution.  I think they kind of like us over there at Leatherman so you could ask.

If they can’t spare that many Arcs, maybe they could check in the back of a few cupboards for a long-forgotten box of MiniTools for us.


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #39 on: September 04, 2024, 07:13:09 PM
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #40 on: September 05, 2024, 11:55:38 PM
Rather than wait for the printer to print a second D20 and hold you all in suspense for yet another day, I rolled the one normally numbered D20 I had twice. 

I got a six and an eleven, which usually works out to somewhere around 17.

Which, as luck would have it, is Pa Strunk's number.

Congratulations Matt! 

Send David Bowen your address so he can get your prize off to you ASAP!

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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #41 on: September 06, 2024, 12:03:55 AM
Congratulations!

Hope you enjoy your prize. Let us know what you think when you’ve had it a few days.


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #42 on: September 06, 2024, 01:30:22 AM
 :cheers:  :woohoo:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #43 on: September 06, 2024, 01:49:34 AM
 :woohoo: Congrats,  pa :woohoo: :like: :like:

Awesome GAW :salute: :like:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #44 on: September 06, 2024, 03:28:07 AM
Great member to receive a GENEROUS GAW!


 :cheers:  Congratulations  :cheers:

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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #45 on: September 06, 2024, 04:01:09 AM
Congratulations, pa_strunk! :cheers:
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #46 on: September 06, 2024, 04:53:46 AM
Congratulation to the winner  :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #47 on: September 06, 2024, 08:55:19 AM
Congrats!!  :multi: :cheers: :2tu: :mail:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #48 on: September 06, 2024, 10:00:37 AM
Congratulations Pa! :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #49 on: September 06, 2024, 10:12:02 AM
Congrats pa_strunk!   :woohoo:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #50 on: September 06, 2024, 12:56:52 PM
Congrats pa_strunk! And Tha is for a great GAW


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #51 on: September 06, 2024, 02:28:17 PM
Congrats!  :multi: :multi:
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #52 on: September 06, 2024, 03:13:47 PM
Congrats


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #53 on: September 06, 2024, 08:40:03 PM
Congrats pa !   :cheers:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #54 on: September 06, 2024, 09:20:12 PM
Congratulations!  :woohoo:


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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #55 on: September 06, 2024, 09:21:56 PM
congrats  :cheers: :cheers:
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #56 on: September 06, 2024, 10:11:23 PM
What a gift and it couldn't have gone to a more deserving home  :ahhh  :salute: :drink:
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #57 on: September 08, 2024, 02:22:45 AM
Holy cow I just saw tis
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Re: Leatherman Arc Donation draw
Reply #58 on: September 08, 2024, 02:23:38 AM
So sorry it took so long to respond, lots going on at home. Thanks so much guys.
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Reply #59 on: September 08, 2024, 02:36:19 AM
I am so blown away, will get some time to make something for another giveaways soon  :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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