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Italy Roundtable: Zen and the Art of Making Gnocchi
This is the tenth installment of the monthly Italy Blogging Roundtable, a project organized by travel writing powerhouse Jessica Spiegel, and including professional travel writer Melanie Renzulli, art historian and general brainiac Alexandra Korey, Tuscan uber-blogger Gloria, and me. (If you missed the previous months, take a look here.) Please, pull up a chair to our Roundtable, have some caramel corn, and join in on the conversation.
I just woke up one day and knew it was time. I mean, you can only live in fear for so long. You can only avoid your demons for so long. You can only exist in a state of denial, shame, and self-imposed existential isolation for so long. At a certain point, it's time to stand up and take back your life.
It was time to make gnocchi.
Yes, okay, I know. I've been living in Italy for almost twenty years and I've never had the courage to make gnocchi. There are a few dishes I've never made in all my years here for the simple reason that I have access to a number of elderly country ladies who are masters at dishes like torta al testo, torta di formaggio, and tagliatelle. So, when I have a hankering, it's just plain easier to ask one of the zie to whip them up for me than go to the trouble of making it myself. Plus, it totally makes their day (Week. Month. Year.). I figure that when they start dying off on me, I'll go to the trouble of learning their secrets myself.
This is not the case with gnocchi. I don't know any older Umbrian women who are particularly talented at gnocchi, which is not a traditional dish in Umbria. Sure, they can throw a bowl of them together under duress, but it's clearly not their piatto forte. Which is probably the very same reason that I've been avoiding making them for all these years. I mean, if Zia Anna—who can almost single-handedly butcher an entire pig and cook up its entrails into something enticing in her 300-year-old wood burning oven in the farmyard out back—can't make a decent plate of gnocchi, it must be incredibly tricky, right?
But then a couple of things happened. One is that my friend and professional chef Jennifer started shaming me almost daily about it. It was bordering on a bullying-like situation. My self-esteem was beginning to suffer. And then–to rub salt in the wound–Jennifer showed wine blogger Mary Cressler how to make gnocchi in roughly 37 seconds, and Mary went home to make a perfect pot of gnocchi on her first go with complete nonchalance. Nonchalance, I say. And Mary had been in Umbria for all of five days. I've been here for 19 years.
It was humiliating.
As a final catalyst, there was the looming monthly Italy Blogging Roundtable, with the appalling theme of "roots". Whoever came up with that idea is clearly a raving idiot (yes, it was me). But then the lightbulb clicked on. Roots! Potatoes are root vegetables! And potatoes are the main ingredient of gnocchi! I would make gnocchi!
Let the record show that when I said those exact same words to Jennifer over the phone, it was met with a disconcerting silence. The life of a genious is a lonely one, my friends.
So gnocchi it was. I was stoked. Ready. Yet potato-less.
Yes, potato-less. You'd think that living on a farm would guarantee a virtual endless supply of basic foodstuffs like eggs, potatoes, and grappa…but we had finished the potatoes from last year and the spring spuds aren't ready yet. So, I called Jennifer back to ask what kind of potatoes I should buy from the grocery store.
The words grocery store were met with a disconcerting silence.
Which is why I found myself driving around the Umbrian countryside in search of a farm truck hawking locally grown potatoes. Because if my first go at gnocchi was going to crash and burn, it wasn't going to be because I had the wrong damn potatoes. Luckily, I came upon a truck pretty quickly and the guy there had bagged me up a couple of potatoes when I mentioned I was making gnocchi with them. At which point he snatched the bag out of my hands and dumped them back in bin with a look like I was the biggest cretin who had ever pulled over next to his pick-up. "Why didn't you say so? You don't need the Colfiorito reds, then. You'll be wanting the Avezzano browns. They're grown in the sandy soil along the river." Ah. I nodded wisely. He went on to discuss the merits of making gnocchi with potatoes from Avezzano for several minutes. Other clients chimed in. Advice and warnings were given. Pointers. Tips. Trouble-shooting solutions. None of which were particularly encouraging.
I got back home assembled the rest of the ingredients, according to what Jennifer had told me over the phone:
- Four to six potatoes. I'm not even going to try to tell you what kind. Ask your farm truck guy.
- An egg, slightly beaten with a fork.
- Four to five cups of flour. Have five ready just in case.
- A small handful of grated parmesan cheese.
- Salt. (I forgot to put the salt in and they came out fi…oh, wait. I won't spoil the ending for you. But don't sweat the salt thing.)
And then I took about 20 minutes to decide on what music I wanted to listen to while I cooked. Because my priorities are straight.
I washed the potatoes and put them in a pot of salted water, brought it to a boil, and then lowered the heat to a simmer and, in theory, let the potatoes cook until fork-tender. What really happened was that I got distracted by this singularly hilarious blog post by my friend Michelle, which pulled me down the rabbit hole of capes, Borsellinos, and cigars until I suddenly realized that I had probably overboiled the potatoes. As it turns out, they came out fi…oh, wait. I won't spoil the ending for you. But don't sweat the overboiling thing.
I drained and peeled the potatoes (while roughly still the temperature of the surface of the sun) and then went to pick my sons up from school. I wanted to involve them in the gnocchi-making process, as it involves a) the food mill (big fun); b) mixing dough by hand (bigger fun); and c) rolling out snakes and cutting them into pieces (playdoh-level fun). And, of course, if my first go at gnocchi was going to crash and burn, I could blame them.
When we all got home, we put the cooled potatoes through the mill, then made a well with about three cups of the flour and added the potatoes, beaten egg, and cheese. My sons took turns mixing and mashing it all together, gradually adding more flour until the dough wasn't sticky. My gut feeling is that we worked the dough a little too much (My turn now! No, let me knead it now!) but as it turns out, they came out fi…oh, wait. I won't spoil the ending for you. But don't sweat the kneading thing.
The boys broke off chunks of dough to roll into snakes, which they then cut into the classic little pillow-shaped squares. I kind of gave them free reign at this point, which risulted in a hodge-podge of sizes, shapes, and scored vs. unscored gnocchi on our final tray. But we're less about form and more about function at our table.
It was time for the reckoning. I cooked the gnocchi in two batches in a large pot of salted, boiling water so they wouldn't stick together (they only take a couple of minutes to rise to the surface after you dump them in, so it's easy to keep the first batch warm while you quickly cook the second) and dressed them with our own pesto, which we make in summer and freeze to use the rest of the year. They looked pretty good…they had retained their shape (a promising sign that they wouldn't be too mushy) but also swelled just slightly while cooking (a promising sign that they wouldn't be too tough).
And it was underwhelming. I mean, not the gnocchi. The gnocchi were fabulous. Perfect. Despite a strong probability that we used the wrong potatoes, despite forgetting the salt, despite slightly overboiling the potatoes, kneading the dough to death, and having made no two the same size.
Which just goes to show you. Sometimes the secret to success is not sweating the small stuff.
Curious to hear what Alexandra, Gloria, Melanie, and Jessica had to say about this month's topic? Check out their blog posts, and leave your comments.
- ArtTrav – How to put down roots in another country
- At Home in Tuscany – Roots and Other Roots
- Italofile – Rooted in Italy: The World's First Botanical Gardens
- WhyGo Italy – Tracing Your Italian Roots


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We got this video in from the Rocky Mountain crew and it shows some serious shreddin'! Titled: "Fortitude – Four Riders + Rocky Mountain Altitude" – it shows Wade Simmons, Andreas Hestler, Thomas Vanderham and Geoff Gulevich all take their turns doing their best to give the Altitude 790 MSL a good flogging. Besides the variety of riding styles and sick air… I got a kick out of Dre stealing the Strava KOM from Mark Weir on that segment! I'd have to say it's also the first time I've ever seen anyone barspin a floor pump!
Of course, with those variety of styles comes a variety of setups. Though all the guys ride the 5.18 lb Altitude 790 MSL frame in this video, the Rocky Mountain Ride9 system gives them a chance to dial in the bike just right. Wade runs his geometry and suspension rates the slackest (no surprise) and Thomas runs it in slacker & progressive (forward & down, aka "Vanderham Mode"). Both Andreas and Gully run the bike neutral & progressive (furthest down).
Watch the video and be entertained! Check out the photos and official info below, too.
Rocky Mountain's riders are a diverse bunch, and we take pride in that. Our Altitude platform is equally diverse, so with this Fourtitude video we set out to explore what four very different riders could bring to the Altitude 790 MSL.
Wade wanted to showcase the kind of "steep & deep" technical riding that he enjoys on a daily basis. These natural steeps lurk on Vancouver's North Shore, but rarely see bikes that aren't full travel downhill rigs. We're pretty sure The Godfather would be stylish on an old 10-speed too, but it's always humbling to see him bring flow to the burliest lines.
Andreas "Dre" Hestler is an Olympian and has plenty of experience racing TransAlp and Enduro events, so it's no surprise that he coaxes blistering speed out of the Altitude. For Fourtitude he took it to Squamish, where he gunned for some Personal Bests on one of the nicest trail networks around.
Thomas Vanderham likes to take each new bike to Kamloops – a landscape he knows and loves, and the Altitude was no exception. For its maiden voyage he took it out for some true trail blasting, from corner slashing to his patented whips.
Geoff Gulevich is better known for his slopestyle riding, but he was excited to bring his playful approach to the Altitude. He decided to shoot his section on a short road trip through Oregon, where he had a few tricks up his sleeve.
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Colton Dixon Speaks Out After American Idol: My Biggest Regret
We're still in shock over Colton's elimination from Idol on April 19. Read on to find out what he thinks could have kept him from going home!
Colton Dixon's elimination completely took us by surprise — we thought he was going to make it all the way! HollywoodLife.com caught up with him after the show to get his take on the judges' decision and what he thinks could have saved him.
HollywoodLife.com – How totally floored are you by the results?
Colton Dixon – Personally I thought I was going to be in the bottom 3 tonight, so I wasn't surprised by that. Especially standing next to Philip and Jessica I knew I was going. But I thought I had another week, if not a couple more in me, but someone good has to go home. It was just me this week. And for the people voting at home you have to vote as many times you can so your favorite stays in. I think song choice killed me last night, so the remaining contestants; you have to make sure you on you're A-game and your song choice is so key in this competition and make sure you are on all the time.
HL – Do you regret anything?
CD – I regret my 1st song last night. My take on it was me and I didn't veer stylistically from me at all but I think I could've chosen a better song that I could connect with that had a better message for me and for my audience. I think that's what turned a lot of people off last night.
HL – With your final song you kind of fell to your knees and sat there for a minute before you started, what were you thinking?
CD – It's funny, I have been trying too hard to get a standing ovation from the judges that I didn't need, I didn't need it for confidence or anything like that, and during that song I wasn't singing for them or my family or anyone in the audience or anyone at home, that song was between me and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We had a cool moment on stage for sure, but I wanted to end it the way I started it and told myself I would do this competition and I'm glad I got the opportunity.
Do you think they wasted the save?
CD – No, not at all, Jessica deserve to be saved hands down. I'm very glad they saved her.
HL – You whispered something to Hollie when they said she was safe, what did you say?
CD – I said congratulations baby, you deserve it, she's such a sweetheart and during commercial breaks she looked at me and was like 'okay Colton just by comparison of fan mail we know you are going through.' I said you killed it last night and I wasn't so hot last night, so if last night reflects any on right now which it should, you have a couple more weeks left in you. She was crying but I think some of those were tears of relief. We love each other very much.
That must've been weird for you, you haven't been in the bottom 3 before and then you get the news you going home?
CD – After feeling what the bottom 3 felt like, I'm glad I'll never have to go through that again. It's weird and all of this is so overwhelming, it's weird that the other contestants aren't with me in this room right now doing press. But again things can only get better from here and I can do my own music and America is going to be able to connect with me through that. I am excited.
HL – You are from the same town as Macy from Teen Mom, do you know her?
CD – That is so weird. She goes to MTSU doesn't she? I think when I went a lot of people were freaking out that she went to school there to. I don't watch the show, and I've never met her. But that's funny.
HL – Did you think Ryan was fooling you tonight's as throughout the competition he has been out of control with his delivery?
CD – He is [laughs] he likes to tease. But no, tonight he gave it to me straight. Ryan is so sincere and I love that about him, he really does care about the contestants and afterwards he pulled me aside and said dude you deserve to be here and that it was a privilege working with you. I told him he needed to find a new victim to pick on every week. But he wouldn't have picked on me tonight, just because I don't know what I would have done. I might have choked him. Not really (laughs).
HL – Were you glad to finally get your standing ovation?
CD – Honestly, it was nice and I'm glad it happened but again I wasn't singing for them or anyone in the audience it was a connection between me and God. It was a cool moment.
HL – Did you get a chance speak to the judges afterwards?
CD – I did, man, we can't ask for better judges, they really care about you. It's cool because they are so influential. Randy has worked with a couple of Christian acts and said whatever you do let me know and we will make it happen. I loved that. Jennifer was a sweetheart, she didn't want to leave the stage, which was so cute and I loved it–that was awesome. Steven Tyler honestly, I couldn't hear what he said in my ear and I hate that. He mumbled something and I missed it. But I love them all so much and they are so supportive of everything that I've done and I really appreciate your opportunity and them seeing something more in me this year than last year and to send me on to the top 24.
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Do you think Colton should have stayed?
— Reporting by Russ Weakland
More American Idol
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Groovemount is okay, but it's a hangover from when 3D printers were made in sheds. They aren't any more, so we're offering an alternative, using screw threads. If you think this would suit your printer better you can buy one here (1.75mm, suitable for bowden or direct systems).
We'd also really like to get your feedback. Establishing a standard is not something that should be taken lightly. In order to create a healthy enduring standard we want to consult and involve the whole community.
If you want to know more about the issues with groovemount and why we're offering a threaded alternative, read on.
What's the problem?
Here at E3D we've used always used groovemount on our HotEnds as the means of attachment. It's been the standard way to mount a HotEnd on a printer since the makergear standard was introduced. When introduced, it was intended for attaching a HotEnd to a piece of laser cut wood (an application that isn't especially common any more). It's a method well-suited to making prototypes as it needs a minimum of skills and lathing tools, but it does have a few issues:
- Relying on 2 parts that simply push together requires that the parts are really precisely made. Even slight variation can result in a poor fit, with heat sinks that are either hard to push into a bracket or that wobble around during printing. We do our best to avoid this by using good machinists and doing random spot checks, but it's still an issue we'd like to eliminate completely.
- Mounting brackets can wear down from repeated removal and replacement of the HotEnd, leading to a once well-fitting HotEnd becoming wobbly.
While these issues don't make groovemount unusable, we think it might be time for a new approach.
Apart from anything else, it looks great.
The solution
We've thrown around a few ideas, but one that we'd like to take forward is a little… screwy. And by that we mean that we've put a screw thread on to the top of the heatsink. It's hardly a candidate for the hackaday prize, we know, but by god it is just so much better! Using a screw thread has several advantages.
- They can be very reliably and repeatably machined and quality controlled.
- They wear incredibly slowly, so you can take out the hotend, tinker and replace as much as you want and the hotend will still be held securely.
- We think threads give you more versatility in mounting options, giving you the choice of mounting through a plate of any thickness you want (up to 5 mm) or screwing into a 3d printed socket (tapped or printed threads).
Some data about the parts:
- Identical performance to standard heatsinks
- Uses M12x1.5 thread for the main thread (this could change depending on feedback)
- Same overall height as a standard heatsink
We've already done some alpha testing, and there are threaded V6 heat sinks being put to the test out in the wild. Check out David Crocker's PCB delta printer, which has been using this HotEnd for a while now.
However, we sadly don't have every type and make of 3D printer available in-house to test our new mounting solution on, and that's where you come in.
We need you!
We are releasing this product in beta (1.75mm only, suitable for bowden or direct systems), and want to hear from you the user how you want to mount your HotEnds . We've chosen threads as we think they are a versatile solution and translate well to manufacture but are open to more suggestions. Use the hashtag #screwyV6 on Twitter to tell us what you think, or feel free to message us on Facebook!
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Make the thread M12 1.75mm pitch. There exist breads heat set inserts with that thread. They can be used to add sturdy threads to printed plastic mounts.
I'd like to beta test one too please.↓
I would like to see flats on the heat sink body to tighten it into its mating part. And if you are expecting metal on metal contact then perhaps an integrated nylon thread lock feature on the threads themselves.↓
I'm bachelor in mechanical engineer and I'm developing big 3D printers for fast acceleration rate.
I think this is a good direction in extruder mounting, but I think that vibrations can cause a fail with this system. I don't know how much is the threaded part, but probably using a nylon lock nut or a double nuts solution, this problem maybe produce less failing/problems.
I think the thread M12x1.5 is good, in particular because is the same of inductive sensors, that are using in a large number of printers.
Sorry for my english, and congratulations for your job, in particular in R&D.
Francesco Pollina↓
I have a Rostock Max V3 from SeeMeCNC. I would love to be able to use a V6 in the hot end. The current hot end, HE280, has an accelerator probe as a component. A nice way to plug the V6 in to the hot end or a quick replacement (there are 9 wires that need to be plugged in with a plug that can come lose, it would be great to have a better connector as well...). Currently repairing the HE280 take lots of skill and good eyesight. I just turned 69 and my fine motor skills as well as my eyesight aren't what they used to be so I am spending more money having thermistors replaced than I should have to. I am willing to be a beta tester if you have any solutions for the Rostock Max. Thanks for taking the time to read this.↓
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Posjedujem 6 3d pisača i trenutno sam u izradi sedmog. Jedna delta, 2 xy inteligentna jezgra, jedan prusa -vi su...
Posjedujem 6 3d pisača i trenutno sam u izradi sedmog. Jedna delta, 2 xy inteligentna jezgra, jedan prusa -vi su...
I own 6 3d printers and I'm currently making the seventh. One delta, 2 xy intelligent core, one prusa - are DIY. Purchased 2 Vell...
I own 6 3d printers and I'm currently making the seventh. One delta, 2 smartrapcore, one big prusa -all are DIY. Purchased 2 Velleman k8200 and the Ultimaker 2 extended in production. It would be a good idea to try out your innovations.
Thnx in advance↓
I definitely agree!
My hotend likes to spin around a bit, and it makes keeping the wiring neat and tidy almost impossible!
However with this implementation, I'm finding it difficult to imagine how it is going to integrate with just 3d printed parts (let's be honest, if we can get away without using extra hardware, we will!) and if it starts to come loose, isn't that going to slightly lower the nozzle height, which could spell for some very messy prints!
Excited to see you guys start to mix up your classic bit of design though, maybe you can look at remote direct drive extruders next ;)↓
My concern here would be 3d printed mount support. The size of the groove mount assured 3d printed mount stability. Judging by the picture in this article, the pcb is the ideal thickness of the mounting bracket, which works well here and on metal brackets, but can the user easily print such a thin mount and still maintain stability? I'm curious to see also if there is any deflection during motion with a 3d printed mount out of petg, abs, or the like. If it is not sturdy enough, the ens user would have to integrate a threaded nut, which would have to be far more precise than a groove mount.
Anyways, I'm nobody, not really looking to beta, just making an observation.↓
This solution is really quite brilliant. You definitely hit the nail on the head as far as solving the bowden side anyway. As for direct, well I suppose you could adapt an extruder so this screws into it, but I could see a lot of issues coming up there which may introduce slop. I feel like for a direct drive system, if anyone wants to go E3D they should be using the titan aero. It would be more practical anyway so I don't think there is much of a reason to even gear this new hotend mounting system towards direct drive users.
One concern I may have is fully constraining the hotend in its mounting hole, as well as preventing rotation. Perhaps going with a longer collar above the lip, maybe 3mm tall, to provide better locating within the hole. Giving this a slight chamfer and removing that lip may work better, although it would increase the cost and complexity of required mounting plates so maybe its best to just keep it simple and not perfectly constrained. The best way to prevent rotation would probably be to supply low profile M12 nylon locking nuts along with the hotend, allowing users to keep high tension at all times and reduce the chance of a slip. Alternatively, adding a vertical groove (or many) in the collar mentioned previously could optionally be used by manufacturers looking to ensure the hotend is locked and will not rotate, but will not affect others who don't care and don't want to bother putting a locating groove in their carriage.
I look forward to seeing what E3D comes up with in the future. And if E3D ever needs products tested, I'd be happy to help ;)↓
hi, the thread seems good for the connection and allow different assemblies.
I have a he3d k200 and I am making modifications so that hotend is higher and to gain a few cm on the z axis↓
I like this concept and would like to give this a try, i think it can be a game changer, let me know how to get this, thanks in advance↓
Great idea. I am just in the process of fitting a new effector to my delta and designing a stable mount for the hot end has been a bit of a pain. I use a Nimble extruder and an adapter to fit it would be easy with a screw in hot end.↓
I imagine that you thought about magnets, but it's worth mentioning..↓
I'd like upgrades designed to fit the BB3D if you dont mind.↓
Why not just make threaded the new standard? And have backwards compatibility through an adaptor that threads on and makes it a groove mount - locked in place with a set screw or some Loctite? I like it - but having 1 product that "just works" is why I come back to you folks. Having 1 product that fulfills 2 rolls is even better in my opinion.↓
I think this could be a great improvement. Will you include a plastic flat nut? In case that you need to remove the hotend from a Titan extruder, you won't need to remove the extruder's lid.↓
Moving away from the groove mount is an excellent idea. The downside of a screw mount, however, is the nozzle z-height would be determined by torque. This means removal and re-insertion of the hotend would require re-calibration of the z height for precise first-layer height control (unless everyone moves to something like a piezo z-sensor, so the nozzle tip becomes the bed probe).
A bayonet mount is superior in this regard. Camera manufacturers long ago made the move from screw mounts to bayonet mounts to achieve consistent z alignment (in their case for focus reasons).
Please consider a bayonet mount. If you were to sell BOTH the hotend and the bayonet ring plate (with screw holes for mounting it), it would be easy for printer manufacturers to incorporate it in to their designs.↓
I Want one now, please! Who wants my money?↓
Already using one on a Duet Smart effector and think it is the way to go.
I am currently building a semi large CoreXY and was looking fo an improved mounting system for the hotend similar to this So glad you are thinking of putting them into general distribution.
Could you add me to the Beta list please.
I see the issue of loosening over time. Two thin nuts instead of one larger nut would allow locking the hotend in place. I love the idea of a threaded design as I could thread my mounting plate and use a thin nut to lock in place. The course thread also looks like it could be printed or tapped into a printed mount quite easily. Great job as usual.↓
For heaven's sake please machine two flat sides on the cooling fins. That way we can tighten the screw more effectively by holding the Heat Sink with a spanner or plier. I always have problem removing my heatbreak when the thread seize with the Heat Sink. There is just no way for me to grip the heat sink effectively with the perfectly round fins. You don't have to machine all the fins. Machining two shallow flat sides on two or three fins that will be just enough for us to grip it with a spanner or plier. That wouldn't affect the cooling, would it?↓
This is actually something we've considered, and you're right in that it wouldn't affect the cooling. The problem is that it would affect the cost and our lead times, as the machining would become more complex and slower.↓
What if you started with rectangular stock so that the 2 flats were inherent? IE: the long dimension of the rectangle is the diameter of the cylinder.↓
For heaven's sake, please machine two flat sides on two or three of the fins. That will provide a grip for a spanner or plier and makes it more effective in tightening the nut. Sometimes I have problem releasing my heat break when it's thread seize with that of the heat sink.
Just machine parallel flat sides on two or three of the cooling fins wouldn't affect the cooling, would it?↓
Does that mean a nylon (plastic) nut to avoid wear of the aluminium and it's coating?
What if the carriage is made of a less than super rigid material (eg it's 3d-printed) and so the constructor wants to make it a little thicker? Will there be enough length on the heatsink shaft to allow this (given thick nut)?
Is the nut sufficiently self-locking or are two required?
Will there be a spanner supplied for the nut?
Will the need for spanner interventions from above allow a wide range of carriage designs?↓
I have V6s on two of my printers and I do like their simplicity in mounting. I can see pros and cons for the screw mount. One of my printers would easily accept a screw mount but the other would take the development of a new bracket. Now if the screw mount came with some sort of collet that could convert an existing mount, preferably made out of aluminium I am sure that you would have a lot of buyers. A lot of CR10 owners have already invested time and money creating V6 mounts both by printing and machining Aluminium mounts, which if they could be reused it would make a lot of people happy. I would also suggest the nut it is made out of aluminium rather than plastic.↓
How about a "key" of some type to allow indexing to a plate? It could be a negative key on the heatsink, so that you can use it on an unkeyed application easily.
Also, as noted, either flats or some type of pin drive to allow fixing the heatsink in place while tightening would be beneficial, though a properly setup keying could accommodate that functionality.
I like the concept. I have a pile of your gear and enjoy seeing these innovations, even if it means I have to buy more gear, haha!↓
I'm not sure that this is ideal. By using a thread, orienting the heat block (and wiring) becomes less predictable especially when access to the top securing nut is not possible. For example if the heatsink is screwed directly into an extruder.
Perhaps a good compromise would be to machine a flat onto the threaded area. The user would then have the option to simply insert the headsink into a round hole (with a flat) and then tighten a setscrew to lock it in place. This controls Z height and orientation...
In general, I'm a big fan of the 'old school' groovemount - it's simple and it just works.↓
If you machine a hex head you could use that for both tightening manually or recessing the holder to fix rotation in a 3D printed part or designed effector.↓
I'm a long-time RepRapper and I prefer direct-drive extruders, so groove-mount hotends have always been my bread-and-butter. A threaded connection would definitely be more stable and a bit easier to swap out than a groove-mount, but I'm worried that printing a threaded connection might be tough to make on some people's printers. However, M12 is probably big enough to print well even with a moderately crummy printer.
Also, I'd like to echo Andrew DeGonge's comment about the screw connection becoming loose: a mounting point with a nylon insert should be fine, but then the problem would become screwing it in to the correct torque without denting the side of the heatbreak with a wrench!↓
This solution works brilliant - I use exactly this concept since several weeks with a 2.85 custom hotend on my big delta (printing area 400*600mm). Leveling and calibration with the nozzle (based on duet wifi and smart effector) is always perfect, especially after changing the nozzle or the whole hotend ...
After four years (daily) printing with delta printers - this solution is my first choice ... congratulation - well done↓
I mounted my hotend with a collet system. not ideal, but everything is printed and no wobble.
Your design cries out for the use of a belleville spring washer. Belleville washers are ideal for securing to plastic or pwbs. They keep a constant load under temperature, vibration and plastic creep. One could be used under the nut or with proper design on the hotend side of a direct system.
The only disadvantage is a little engineering is required to select the right size, material, vendor etc. and you probably need to provide the washers so the user doesn't have to source them. Be careful of supplier. Some provide washers with incorrect geometry or especially weak materials that don't spring back correctly.↓
I like the idea of having a series of radial grooves or ridges on the mounting flange to resist rotation and add bite. This could be paired with a locking / grooved nut to secure. M12x1.5 thread seems fine, but an additional couple millimeters of thread length would be preferred to allow for mounting to printed effectors and still using the locking nut. A 5mm thick printed effector may not be stiff enough for every circumstance.↓
Prefer that it not thread into extruder for direct drive, use the nut - so can change hotend just moving straight up/down.
While you're at it could we have some kind of connector that uses standard crimps (so we can assemble each side) and handles heater, thermistor and fan all neat and together? Again so that we can shift the complete hotend in/out easily.
Probably some thought went into the 12.5 thread, but seems like M12 is bog standard easy to get for us DIY end users? Also (not sure about the measurements here) seems like the current mount is 12mm so if you matched that people would have easier time putting into the old style mounts?↓
Id actually like to see clamp type holder. It would make setting height soooo easy, especially with dual extruder setups. When I was still building printers, I use to lathed down the groove mount so it was 12mm smooth trough all and mount it into aluminium block (clamp style), witch also served as additional cooler.
But again, I dont build printers anymore, so my opinion doesent count much.↓
As it has already been suggested, I think that a couple of features would improve a lot the design:
* Use the more standard M12x1.75 thread to make easier to use the heatsink in conjunction with other components more readily available or easier to source.
* Add two flats to be able to screw the heatsink with a wrench.
Interesting advancements, keep up with the good work.↓
going away from grove mount is ok, but if you are making new standard make a better one. for e.g. add bed leveling piezo sensor into new mount... if you just want screw then thin it out so you can screw adapter on it and have grove mount compatibility when needed↓
The 3.00mm taz market is not a small market share. Please release this in 3.00mm for me to test. Do that and I'll release a few open source designs using it.↓
I have to agree with the idea of using the M12 1.75 as standard since it shares commonality with many sensors. +1 for the belleville spring washer.
Bayonet mount would indeed be ultra precise, guess it depends on the level of "slop" we could live with. Personally I think it would be overkill.
Also it's obviously ~way~ more costly and much harder for the hobbyists / low cost communities to design and build mounts so it's probably a non-starter.
I had an idea that occurred regarding the "cut a flat for a wrench / spanner on the fins" idea. Also obviously a good idea, but does add machining / cost.
What if instead you use this low tech solution - included with every HotEnd a small square or rectangular silicone rubber sheet to wrap around the fins for grip. I'd say about 1.5mm thick so it's nice and cushy. Cost would be negligible, I can get a 12" square here in the US for $1. You could even use company colors ;-) ...
Love, love, LOVE you're trying to hammer out a standard. It's time 3D printing grew up a bit. Would be willing to beta as well.
Bob from the US↓
I agree it's time for the groovemount to be replaced. However I think this should go beyond just replacing the attachment mechanism. I think the whole cylindrical based heatsink is an ecological dead end. A cylindrical-based heatsink is hard to mount, requires and adapter to attach the cooling fan, and necessitates a screw-in heat break.
A cuboid based heatsink is a much better approach. And you already have one - the chimera/cyclops heatsink. This allows direct mounting, easy attachment of a fan (without using an adapter), and a slide-in heat break.
So what I think you should do is produce a variant of the chimera/cyclops heatsink that is designed for a single extruder. (This would also make it easier for users to upgrade to dual extrusion.)↓
I agree that the groovemount is a hangover that needs replacing. However I don't think your redesign goes far enough. In my view the entire cylindrical-based heatsink is an ecological dead end and needs replacing. A cylindrical-based heatsink is hard to mount, requires an adaptor to attach a fan and requires a screw-in heatbreak. A cuboid-based heatsink has none of these disadvantages and what's more you already have a design - the cyclops/chimera heatsink. All you need to do is produce a single extrusion version of the cyclops/chimera heatsink. (This would have the added advantage that it would simplify the process of upgrading from single to dual extrusion).↓
Why not mount it from the back, like for example the chimera or cyclops. I think this has the advantage of a short lever between the nozzle and the mounting poing, resulting in a much stiffer system. I always wondered why there is no mounting option at the lower end of the v6 heatsink.↓


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My name is Jamie, I am 23 and currently living in Downtown Houston with my boyfriend. I am the proud owner of a chocolate pit bull whom we adopted from the city pound in September. She is my first pit bull but definitely will not be the last. I have no personal experience with bully breeds besides pet sitting, my sister owning one, and the ones I have met/taken care of from working at doggie daycares and boarding facilities. I have learned a lot from pitbullforum.com where I am also a member and where I found this forum(holler ) and we are trying to be the best pit bull owners we can with Karma.
I am very involved with dog rescue(my passion) and dedicated to the cause. I rescue and work with German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, and Dobermans(my other loves). Initially our next dog was going to be a rescued Dobie but that fell through and shortly after I noticed an email with an urgent plea for 90 day dogs at the city pound. My avatar is the picture of Karma that was in the email that captured my heart. We went down to the shelter, met her, bathed her, and adopted her Karma and I graduated from basic obedience last Tuesday. She is around a year or so old and didn't even know how to sit. She was also dragging our arms off at the shelter when we walked her, my boyfriend could barely control her. I am excited to say that she has come a long ways and we are turning her into a model canine citizen and working on making her an excellent breed ambassador which I believe is our responsibility. When we move into a house I am going to get her into more obedience classes and either strive toward competitive obedience, rally, or agility.
Aside from Karma, we also share our lives with a 3 year old Siberian Husky named Zelda and a German Shepherd named Master Chief who was a Hurricane Ike rescue. I have already been exposed to ignorance regarding the breeds I own so I was prepared for the wrath of the pit bull haters, but man is it never ending!
A random fact about me: I am straight edge.
A random story about me: Once when I was 9 or so I was vacationing with my family and cousins in Florida. There was a sea turtle conservation lady who put up mesh fencing around sea turtles nests on the beach. Well my cousins, brother, and I got this bright idea to fake her out. We wanted to totally pwn the sea turtle lady. Don't ask me why, we were young and reckless. We woke up one morning before everyone else when it was still dark and ran down to the beach, carved out a mock sea turtle nest with our hands, made eggs out of sand and carefully places them in the nest. We even made a sea turtle trail going from the nest to the water. We high five each other then head back to bed. Sometime later we were rudely awakened from our slumber and in deep doo doo with our parents and sea turtle lady. But it was so worth it.
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Since 2008, independent record stores internationally celebrate Record Store Day on the third Saturday of April each year. The idea was originally established in 2007, at a gathering of independent record store owners planning to celebrate the artists, music, and traditions revolving around their stores. On April 19, 2008, Metallica kicked off the first ever Record Store Day in San Francisco, Calif., at Rasputin Music.
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Voter-ID laws about more than just competing opinions
When it comes to the political system and democratic process, one of the most important stories of the year is the wave of voter-suppression tactics imposed by Republican policymakers across the country. The most pernicious and hard-to-defend trend is the spate of voter-ID laws, creating a new and unnecessary burden on voters.
The New York Times ran a story on this last week, noting what "both sides" have argued. Republicans, of course, said the laws are necessary to combat fraud, while Democrats insisted this thinly-veiled disenfranchisement scheme is an unsubtle ploy to rig the elections in the GOP's favor by disproportionately affecting traditional Democratic constituencies.
The Times' piece did not, however, get around to mentioning the only critical detail surrounding the entire controversy: the fact that documented instances of in-person voter fraud are extraordinarily rare. You are, quite literally, far more likely to get struck by lightning than find a legitimate example of fraud that would have been prevented by voter-ID.
So, why in the world did the paper of record publish a fairly long article on the subject without telling readers the most important fact of the larger debate? Margaret Sullivan, the Times' public editor, asked those involved with the piece.
"There's a lot of reasonable disagreement on both sides," [Times national editor, Sam Sifton] said. One side says there's not significant voter fraud; the other side says there's not significant voter suppression. "It's not our job to litigate it in the paper," Mr. Sifton said. "We need to state what each side says."
[Ethan Bronner, who wrote the article] agreed. "Both sides have become very angry and very suspicious about the other," he said. "The purpose of this story was to step back and look at both sides, to lay it out." While he agreed that there was "no known evidence of in-person voter fraud," and that could have been included in this story, "I don't think that's the core issue here."
That sound you hear is me banging my head against my desk.
Look, he-said/she-said reporting is routine, and I realize good reporters are often cautious about taking sides. But there's an objective truth in a story like this, and there's nothing wrong with media professionals providing that truth to the public. Reality does not actually have a liberal bias, and there's no reason for the Times to pass along competing arguments while encouraging its readers to go elsewhere to discover which argument is accurate.
Kevin Drum had a good sharp piece on this over the weekend.
I don't have a problem with giving both sides some air time, but by far the main focus of the voter access battle is stringent photo ID laws – and the only real justification for stringent photo ID laws is that it stops in-person voter fraud. (That is, the kind of fraud where people show up in person at a polling place and pretend to be someone they aren't. Even in theory, photo ID laws can't stop any other kind of fraud.) This means that the existence of in-person voter fraud is exactly the core issue. If you don't address the truth of that claim, you simply haven't done a good job of informing your readership.
And apparently Bonner knows this. He agrees that there's no known evidence of in-person voter fraud. So why on earth would he not make that clear in a story about voter ID laws? This wouldn't require him to take a stand on the laws themselves, only to point out to readers in his own voice that in-person voter fraud basically doesn't exist. They can then draw their own conclusions about whether voter ID laws are a good idea anyway and what the motivation for them is.
When critical details about pressing policy matters are deliberately omitted from news articles, all because of a fear of criticism from the right, then reporting on voting rights has gone badly off the rails. It's really not complicated.
(1) Republicans claim to fear voter fraud.
(2) To address the threat of fraud, they're creating new voting restrictions – which could disenfranchise millions of eligible American voters – which just do happen to affect Democrats.
(3) There's no actual fraud, and the policy is, an objective matter, a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
By what reasoning are points (1) and (2) relevant, but (3) is not?


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Objective: To evaluate the effect of intranasal budesonide nebulization in 20 patients with olfactory disorders associated with upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) or nasal and nasal sinus inflammatory diseases.
Methods: We performed various tests on the 20 patients (9 males and 11 females; age range 18-63 years old) with olfactory loss induced by URTI,nasosinusitis, allergic rhinitis, or olfactory cleft disease. These tests or procedures include medical history collection, physical examination of the nose, head and neck, olfactory tests and medical imaging. Olfactory function was first assessed by T&T olfactometry and olfactory event-related potentials (OERPs) before budesonide treatment. This was done to evaluate the baseline olfactory function. Budesonide (1mg/2ml) was then administrated via an intranasal nebulization once daily for 15 days. T&T olfactometry was performed after every 5 treatments to determine the therapeutic value of budesonide nebulization. OERPs tests were repeated after the 15th treatment in 13 patients .
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MARSEILLES, Ill. (June 2, 2009) - Six high school graduates will be able to ease the cost of their college tuition thanks in part to Exelon Nuclear's LaSalle Station, which provided a total of $3,000 in scholarships for the 2009 school year.
Each school's faculty chose the following students, all pursuing engineering degrees, to receive the LaSalle Station scholarships:· Ottawa High School: D.J. Enright (University of Illinois) and Charles Schmitt (University of Illinois)· Seneca High School: Matt Flores (Blinn College, Texas) and Carver Warning (University of Illinois)· Streator High School: Katie Schultz (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville) and Jonathan Richards (Bradley University)
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Film Noir File: Summer of Darkness has strong second chapter
By Mr E Man and Mark Harrington
The Film Noir File is FNB's guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard). All films without a new review have been covered previously in Mr E Man and can be searched in the FNB archives (at right).
Pick of the Week: Friday is Noir Day on Summer of Darkness
Nothing beats a stroll a down a dark slick street to cool off on a hot summer night. The second week of TCM's Summer of Darkness boasts as strong a lineup as the first. Curated and hosted by the Czar of Noir himself, Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation and the Noir City film festivals, TCM's Summer of Darkness is one festival of shadowy dreams and gun crazy nightmares you won't want to miss.
Friday, June 5
6 a.m. (3 a.m.): "The Glass Key" (Stuart Heisler, 1942). Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in this stylish remake of the 1935 film based on Hammett's popular novel. The story follows a ruthless political boss and his personal adviser, who become entangled in a web of organized crime and murder involving the daughter of a rising gubernatorial candidate. Akira Kurosawa once claimed this film to be the inspiration for his classic samurai flick "Yojimbo" (1961).
7:30 a.m. (4: 30 a.m.): "Laura" (Otto Preminger, 1944).
9 a.m. (6 a.m.): "Ministry of Fear" (Fritz Lang, 1944). Ray Milland, just released from a British mental institution, wins the wrong cake at a charity raffle and becomes ensnared in a nightmarish web of espionage and murder. Graham Greene wrote the source novel. Co-starring Marjorie Reynolds and Dan Duryea.
10:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m.): "Murder, My Sweet" (Edward Dmytryk, 1944).
12:15 p.m. (9:15 a.m.): "Danger Signal" (Robert Florey, 1945). More top-notch caddery from that expert lounge snake, Zachary Scott, pulling the wool over Faye Emerson's and other eyes. 1:45 p.m.
(10:45 a.m.): "Detour" (Edgar Ulmer, 1945).
3 p.m. (12 p.m.): "Mildred Pierce" (Michael Curtiz, 1945).
5 p.m. (2 p.m.): "Deadline at Dawn" (Harold Clurman, 1946). Bill Williams is a sailor on leave who has just one New York City night to prove his innocence of murder. Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas are the shrewd dancer and philosophical cabbie trying to help him. Clifford Odets' script is from a Cornell Woolrich novel.
6:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m.): "Johnny Angel" (Edwin L. Marin, 1946). Middling noir with George Raft hunting down killers and Claire Trevor.
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): "The Gangster" (Gordon Wiles, 1947). A sleeper. Good, neglected gangster noir, based on novelist (and later, screenwriter) Daniel Fuchs' superb Brooklyn low-life chronicle, "Low Company." (Read it, if you haven't.) With Barry Sullivan, Shelley Winters, Akim Tamiroff, John Ireland and Harry Morgan.
9:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m.): "Gun Crazy" (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950).
11:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m.): "Tomorrow is Another Day" (Felix Feist, 1951). An ex-con (Steve Cochran) adjusts violently to post-prison life. With Ruth Roman.
1:15 a.m. (10:15 p.m.): "Nightmare Alley" (Edmund Goulding, 1947).
3:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m.): "Night Moves" (Arthur Penn, 1975). Underrated '70s private-eye noir, set in the Florida Keys, with Gene Hackman as the tough P. E. and Melanie Griffith, Edward Binns and James Woods in fine support. Written by Alan Sharp and directed by Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde").
Saturday, June 13
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): "Bullitt" (Peter Yates, 1968). One of the more stylish cop-movie thrillers. With Steve McQueen at his coolest, Jacqueline Bisset at her loveliest, Robert Vaughn at his slimiest – plus the car chase to end all car chases.
Sunday, June 14
2:15 p.m. (11:15 a.m.): "A Kiss Before Dying" (Gerd Oswald, 1956). A charming psychopath (Robert Wagner) preys on two sisters (Joanne Woodward, Virginia Leith) in this tense adaptation of the novel by Ira Levin ("Rosemary's Baby"). With Jeffrey Hunter and Mary Astor.
12 a.m. (9 p.m.): "Greed" (Erich von Stroheim, 1924). Erich von Stroheim's silent masterpiece about the dark side of life in San Francisco and Death Valley, with Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt and ZaSu Pitts as an odd, deadly triangle. Mutilated and cut by nearly six hours by MGM and Irving Thalberg, this is still one of the all-time great films.
Monday, June 15
12 p.m. (9 a.m.): "The Fallen Idol" (Carol Reed, 1948). mesmerizing story of a little French boy (Bobby Henrey), a French diplomat's son, who hero-worships the embassy butler (Ralph Richardson), but mistakenly comes to believe his idol has murdered his wife, and keeps unintentionally incriminating him. Graham Greene adapted the script from his short story.
5:45 p.m. (2:45 p.m.): "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (Otto Preminger, 1965). Bunny Lake is an American child kidnapped in London, Carol Lynley her terrified mother, Keir Dullea her concerned uncle, Anna Massey her harassed teacher, Noel Coward her sleazy landlord, and Laurence Olivier the brainy police detective trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. The most important of those pieces: Was Bunny ever really there at all? A neglected gem; based on Evelyn Piper's novel.


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With a string of academic accolades to her credit, Rebecca Jackson could have enjoyed the ivory tower of college life. Instead, the Raynham, Mass., native entered a field many would have shunned. Jackson studies and teaches about pedophilia disorders, including criminal forensic evaluation, competency to stand trial and assessing the risk for sex offenders before they are released from prison.
With a string of academic accolades to her credit, Rebecca Jackson could have enjoyed the ivory tower of college life.
Instead, the Raynham, Mass., native entered a field many would have shunned.
Jackson studies and teaches about pedophilia disorders, including criminal forensic evaluation, competency to stand trial and assessing the risk for sex offenders before they are released from prison.
"When I tell people what I do, the reaction I get is distaste," Jackson, a 1991graduate of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, said in a phone interview from her home outside San Francisco. "But we are trying to balance individual rights with public safety."
As director of the Forensic Psychology Program at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto and as Director of Forensic Program at Washington State University in Spokane, Jackson teaches mental health professionals how to safely move sex offenders back into society. She also trains workers at sex offender commitment centers.
As a consultant in Spokane, she helps the Department of Corrections assess the risk of re-offending based on the type of offense committed.
Despite public perceptions, the recidivism rate is only 13 percent, she says.
"There are definitely sex offenders who do not re-offend – most do not re-offend," she says. "This is why a lot of policies don't work. We lump sex offenders together."
For example, her research shows that older offenders tend to be less risky than younger ones and men who abuse boys are more dangerous than those who abuse girls.
"An older man who commits one act of molestation on a young girl is a statistically a lower risk offender," she says.
The field is moving toward civil commitments, external controls like bracelets and teaching offenders ways to stay out of trouble and live safe and productive lives.
Jackson recalled a man in his late 50s who returned home to his wife after 18 years in prison.
"He has been successfully managing his life for several years now," she said.
The 2006 "Adam Walsh" Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act has added another layer of protection by making it a federal crime for convicted sexual predators to fail to register as a sex offender and relocate from one state to another.
While some consider her field "worthless, fruitless work," she says, Jackson firmly believes she is safeguarding the public from those who commit the most heinous crimes.
"I don't think there's ever been a society without some outlaws and individuals who break the law or hurt other human beings. But between science and good policy, we can reduce the numbers," she said.
The daughter of Elaine Jackson of Raynham and the late Jeffrey Jackson, Rebecca Jackson entered the field after earning the highest honors in college and beyond.
She graduated summa cum laude from West Virginia University and was named outstanding doctoral student at the University of North Texas.
She won awards for her clinical psychology residency in public behavioral health and justice policy at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Most recently, she received the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Foundation's Theodore Blau Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology.
Despite all her scholarly success, Jackson said she was not a high achiever in high school and might not have gone on to college if not for the coaxing of a teacher back at B-R.
"She encouraged me to push my potential. I am very grateful to her for that," Jackson says of Kathy O'Toole.
Jackson has published 25 articles in professional journals, including Learning Forensic Assessment, the first in a series on International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health.
She has also conducted workshops in forensic evaluations at the Department of Corrections in California and Nebraska, the El Dorado County Mental Health Department in California and the San Francisco Jail Psychiatric Services and Napa State Hospital.Raynham Call reporter Susan Parkou Weinstein can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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