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@LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online This is an epic offering, and I think you are totally under pricing it. Seriously these should have a premium price over your other signs, which are remarkably cheap as it is.
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Dr Footleg (he/him)
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mastodon 4.7.3Maker (Robots, SMD electronics, 3D printing, CAD:Solidworks, Interactive LED projects). Caver (surveyor, explorer, photographer, film maker). STEM Ambassador. Coding club host (for children+parents in my rural area). Dad (2 teens). Member of Cambridge Makespace.
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Today in project set backs, while showing my project in person to friends it was noticed that the wheels rotated in opposite directions to each other. So a total design cock-up. In making the differential gearboxes asymmetric in an attempt to save space I have made it impossible to flip the diff over to change drive direction. So a complete redesign and reprint of all parts is required. This probably sets back this project a few more months now. #Maker #Fail
Actually really pleased with how the finished packaged up Geiger Counters turned out. Will be selling the very limited quantity I’ve made in the Night Market on Friday at #EMFCamp
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Out with the old, in with the new.
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@freecad@social.freecad.org Third iteration and we have a good fit and strength to squashiness ratio. Mainly through careful selection of options in the slicer. #3dprinting #TPU
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I managed to convert my #DeathRacer to FPV this morning so I could compete in a race with something I built myself.
Another day at #EMFCamp means another radioactivity detection project. Testing our cloud chamber installation piece to see if we can get it cold enough in this heat to detect ionising radiation.
Our cloud chamber project is now on display in the Arts tent. #EMFCamp
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social Hey #MakersHour Footleg here, on time! I’ve not broken any projects this week as I’m doing software making so it is all unbreakable (undoable). I’ve published updates to my Asteroids port on the Tufty2350 badge today.
No crimp connector is out of my reach now! I just did my first JST 1.25mm connectors with the new ratchet crimping tool I bought since I’ve misplaced my other crimping tool. Really pleased with this tool purchase. #Maker #electronics #MakersHour #MakerMonday
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@jonathanhogg@mastodon.social Worth sponsoring to support #EMFcamp doing the right thing. Sponsorship sent!
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A2: Why buy when I can over-engineer one for myself? #MakersHour
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social @hollowman@fosstodon.org I’ll admit it is not as good as the original, but I got to take my little brother to the pictures to see it when it came out and we absolutely loved it and talked about it for months afterwards. We bought a photo book of the film and read it over and over. Life was simpler in those days.
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social @hollowman@fosstodon.org Also that mine cart chase is a superb bit of cinema, much copied in other films and TV.
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social It was a great set of questions tonight too. Lucky I was doing some relaxation coding and noticed the time on time for a rare change. Thank you for hosting.
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A5: My soldering iron some given to me by my Dad in the 1980's and is still one of my most used tools. I also have a pair of wire strippers he gave me. Most of the rest of my tools I've bought myself as I value quality over quantity. #MakersHour
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A technique which still works in my 'any screen resolution' version (up to a point when rocks get too numerous and fast!)
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A2b: This applied particularly to my making. Where I used to enjoy buying and making kits, I quickly found as I acquired new skills that I enjoyed making my own things from scratch a lot more. So the kits sat neglected in my cupboard of shame (for things I've bought but never used). #MakersHour
This looks like a great #Fediverse project. I have registered and plan to upload my own created models here. #3dprinting
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@cyclops_@fosstodon.org @freecad@social.freecad.org These don’t need to be completely water tight, just stop the water flowing straight out the end of the gutter instead of down the pipe into a water butt.
I did also print a replacement o-ring seal for a pump up mist spray watering bottle as the rubber o-ring had split. This worked well compressed by the plastic screw thread and held pressure to make the sprayer work again.
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@MakersHour Hi I’m Footleg. This week I’ve mainly been working on preparing for the #hackyracers autonomous robotics racing event this weekend. Tonight has been spent filing down 3D prints and working through the #MakersHour questions backwards.
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@MakersHour The amount of time I spend building 3D printers rather than making things using them. #MakersHour
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And while I am on a rant, my Windows 11 menu now shows almost entirely algorithmic generated content. A quiz on rivers of Australia, links to web pages about a meteor shower, 6 top trending searches from the internet. This is on my work computer. Such a distracting mess of pushed content.
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@barnesmaurice@mastodonapp.uk @freecad@social.freecad.org Ah, I see I took this screenshot before I named all the nodes in the tree more descriptively. The first Pad was to make the full width and height block. I then chamfered 3 edges on each side. Then padded each main face, giving a block with the triangular ridge all the way around on 3 sides. The linear pattern then duplicates this shape multiple times to make the series of ridges around 3 sides of a thicker block.
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@grahamdunning See https://jlcpcb.com/ for the high quality, low cost services available now. I've had a number of project designs made by them.
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Apple user experience woes long rant
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iPhone backup is such a poor experience. Every screen is a push to upgrade storage for $. I have over 4.5 GB free storage in the free plan and have turned off photo backup so there is nothing close to 4GB to backup, but still it claims it cannot backup my phone unless I buy a storage plan.
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@wuschelhase@chaos.social Yes, now I’ve finished and installed these I planned to put them on Printables. Were you just looking for the finished model, or the full FreeCAD project files?
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A4: Sleep mainly. No late night making as it prevents me sleeping well and I get less done in the long run. A good* breakfast to start the day is also essential. #MakersHour
*Includes good coffee.
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@doctormo@floss.social Inkscape can be installed from the Windows Store if you’re on that OS, so still available to people who have not already got it.
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@wuschelhase@chaos.social I also made plugs for the drain holes in the gutter. https://3dprint.social/models/3h4ttb47j7rn
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social A3: Strategies: Deadlines (but not too many at once, as it is supposed to be a hobby!). Multiple projects in flight, so I can swap between them when blocked by a lack of a part or just need a change. Not being afraid to admit a project is on ice when I've not worked on it for a good while. If it isn't fun, then it isn't a hobby. #MakersHour
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@wuschelhase@chaos.social Published on the #Fediverse 3d model sharing site. https://3dprint.social/models/vh0xzxdbz36m
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Apple user experience woes long rant
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@cyclops_@fosstodon.org @freecad@social.freecad.org There are certainly differences in hardness among TPUs all sold as 95A. I used the clear TPU (unknown brand) someone gave me years ago as they could not get it to print. It is noticeably squishier than the other TPU colours I have. The red in the photo was a softer TPE, but it was very hard to print and layer adhesion was not good enough so I reprinted the bottle seal in the clear TPU which is what I used in the end.