more breakage, less give-a-damn

  I have a cheapo (Harbor Freight, from before I declared a moratorium on them) mechanics creeper.
It has only been used a few times since I'm not a mechanic, just someone who can't afford mechanics.
I figured the fabric cover would fail first and when it did, I would think about reuipholstering the pads or not.

 I got it out the other day to get under the shop bathroom sink to attack a fitting with a torch, the alternative being the cold tile/cement floor.  Fine.

 But the cheap PVC tires on the casters are starting to crack: 

 

More copies of the exact same wheel are readily available, but a set of six new real creeper casters with PU tires, with the right mounting stud, is north of $40.  I had a Craftsman creeper before this one.  I ran over it with a car because I'm a genius.  >_<

Apologies I haven't anything more interesting to show lately, I've been kinda stalled in the shop, just puttering around.  And the sink still needs fixing, blast it.  Feeling kinda old lately, sorry.

PS, from later: I'm thinking about printing wheels from something groovy like TPU.  I don't have any PU filament right now, but I might get some.  There is still some work to do to get the printer and my limited slicer skills to play well together, and the Rπ really needs a wired network connection, which I am also working on.  I have half a dozen network switches lying around, and I can't find any of the power supply wall-warts for them.  It's like that.  But the printer is printing again, and everything from here on is just gravy and optimization.  And the upgraded heater / hotend / heat break means I can now print the hotter filaments.  I think the hot end needs new fans, which is one upgrade I have not yet touched.  Le Sigh.  Thankfully they are cheap, and I understand airflow better than most of the duct designers (for these fans I mean) on ThingiVerse, but I'll put something together, and I doubt it will cost me more than $20 and possibly some filament.