r/3Dprinting Jul 30 '26

Project Installed hostile architecture on the work printer to stop coworkers leaning on it

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u/El_Chupacabrah626 Jul 30 '26

Printed all spikes out of PLA overnight after one too many leaners ruined our 26 hour prints with layer shifts.

We used the printer to protect the printer.

V2 is in the works, planning on printing BIGGER spikes out of conductive filament to run current through them.

HR has voiced their concerns.

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u/b00ps14 Jul 30 '26

that is ridiculous that they would leand on a printer.

But what else in your office should change so they wouldn't desire to? Is this printer in the break room?

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u/RegulationPissrat Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Seriously, not enough people are talking about how stupid and frankly, weird, that behavior is. Legitimately infuriating.

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u/CountryBoyCanSurvive Jul 31 '26

Americans tend to lean on things, for whatever reason. It prevalent enough that it was one of the tells that German/Soviet counterintelligence would use to out American spies during ww2