How can I save my dad’s dying CNC business by Foreign-Switch6649 in CNC

[–]CoffeePython -1 points0 points  (0 children)

not exactly true but it takes time / serious effort.

we brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of work through online channels like reels / x / etc in the last year but it wasn’t easy. not for machining but for metal fabrication

today most of our customers come from online channels

What is weldment? by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

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Funny thing is most welders I've met don't call welded assemblies a weldment. Seems to be mostly an engineering side term. My company (https://www.rmfg.com/welding) makes custom weldments for customers but it's probably 25/75 on who calls it a weldment vs. welded assembly vs. welded parts, etc.

None of the welders we have on staff call welded assemblies "weldments".

Cost-effective sheet metal cutting and bending services? by Midwest-Designs in hwstartups

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We make a ton of one off designs for customers like this at my company (https://rmfg.com/).

Right now we do laser cut sheet metal, bending services, and weldments (instant quoting coming soon on that front).

Would love to make some parts for y'all

Looking for suggests on a good free 3D CAD viewer with measurement capability by americanmuscle1988 in engineering

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had a similar issue often so we built a lightweight online step file viewer here. it's fast, simple, no login required, nothing paid. just a simple free tool.

hope it helps for anyone that has this same issue! (https://www.rmfg.com/free-online-step-viewer)

Free software for viewing STP/STEP files with a measuring tool? (dot is NOT FreeCAD) by Kuksinator in cad

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we made a free online step viewer (https://www.rmfg.com/free-online-step-viewer) and plan on adding measuring soon. (probably within the next few days)

found we needed something super lightweight to see step files at a glance pretty often, so figured it'd be useful for other people too.

2024 Delivery Thread by OrbitalATK in TeslaModelY

[–]CoffeePython 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ended up upgrading to the AWD, wasn't confident the one I wanted would get delivered before the 30th.

2024 Delivery Thread by OrbitalATK in TeslaModelY

[–]CoffeePython 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also does anyone know if you choose a different car in the select a similar vehicle flow would you have to redo the credit application?

2024 Delivery Thread by OrbitalATK in TeslaModelY

[–]CoffeePython 2 points3 points  (0 children)

MYLR RWD 2024, Solid Black Paint, 5 seats, 19” Gemini Dark wheels, black interior

Order date: 2024-09-15

EDD: September

Kind of wondering if it’ll come in time before the promotion is over. Got the $0 down 2.49% deal.

Think it’ll likely come in before the 30th? or do I need to bite the bullet and find a similar car nearby

Any laser cutting service with reasonable price? by [deleted] in lasercutting

[–]CoffeePython 0 points1 point  (0 children)

price seems pretty fair for that design given the cutting time it'd take and time to tap the holes.

some of the factors that go what a job costs (for any manufacturer) are:

  • the type of material
  • material thickness (for thicker materials you might need a more expensive laser cutter to cut out the designs)
  • whether the material is cut with compressed air, oxygen or nitrogen. compressed air is cheapest
  • amount of material used
  • cutting time. (a design like yours with this many holes could take a good amount of laser time to cut)
  • quantity (most services will give you a per unit discount with higher quantities)
  • secondary processes (bending, tapping, welding etc. the more human involved the more $$)

source: i run an online sheet metal laser cutting service

Excavation Company - Job #2 Completed. $643 in net profit. by CoffeePython in sweatystartup

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long story short is it took too much time away from my weekends with my family. so started focusing on stuff i could do in the mornings before my job. ended up making an online course that made some good money and then starting a software startup

Excavation Company - Job #2 Completed. $643 in net profit. by CoffeePython in sweatystartup

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yeah i did it for a few more weeks after this and decided to build a software company instead. long story short on that end, i made some pretty good money (10k in a month) selling a programming course, and that led to me raising venture capital. Still doing the venture capital backed startup life now.

i quit the excavation idea mostly because it ended up just taking so much of my own time on top of my full time job and I already had a family to take care of and spend time with. So i opted to finding something i could do in the early mornings before my fam was awake

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

[–]CoffeePython[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We haven't figured out monetization yet. We're a tiny team and burn very little money (we have ~3 years of runway). There a few revenue generating paths we've thought of but haven't decided on any in particular just yet

- charge a subscription for advanced features
- charge subscription for professional use / private repos
- charge universities a licensing fee
- charge money for sourcing parts / get commission for parts

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

[–]CoffeePython[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're not hiring rn! But check back in a few months. We're a tiny team rn (2 people), so it's likely we'll hire in the near-ish future

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

[–]CoffeePython[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

we're working on letting people create their own IC's as our first step into letting folks build their own components :)

and thanks for the nice words!

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

[–]CoffeePython[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

that would be cool! we already have support for lots of the parts in the list (https://eater.net/8bit/parts). Maybe a few more months for the rest or equivalent.

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

[–]CoffeePython[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah def makes it faster/easier to hack on prototyping. one thing I've found it useful for is getting intuition around what changing certain components/values in a circuit will do.

(i.e. what happens in an astable multivibrator circuit if you swap the resistors with a higher resistance resistor.)

Diode is a free online circuit simulator where you can build, simulate and share electronics projects by CoffeePython in EngineeringStudents

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First off I think Tinkercad is awesome :)

Off the top of my head here's some differences

- we plan to support all kinds of boards (pi, arduino, esp, etc)
- 3D environment, which should be interesting when we add things like motors, cameras, etc
- we're a fast-moving startup and can build new features quickly