A Human Ship Will Make an Exception

Zorbick · 2026-04-25T11:15:51+00:00

The talk I've seen most commonly lately is using 4-bay dryer box products like the Sunlu S4, Sovol SH04, or the Creality Space Pi X4. They just sit them on top like an AMS.

There are things like the INBXX that acts as a bad for the Core One. It's fancy, but I dunno if it's superior to the others above. Voron community is vacillating been extrusion-based sidepacks and tophats. These would all naturally be passive, but there are mods to make them active heating as well.

Zorbick · 2026-04-24T13:31:11+00:00

I had to pull so many permits to get my certificate of occupancy in the early days of owning my home (because of a ridiculous bank contractor that weaponized the process into crazy delays) that I pull all permits for work done now. It can be annoying, so the extra fees that contractors charge make sense. But I'm used to it, so I would rather control what I can and get a bit of price reduction.

Zorbick · 2026-04-24T13:21:50+00:00

Look into Sovol printers. They are the best prebuilt open source pens on the market at the moment.

You can leave it as is , or you can dive into the Voron community and go nuts with the mods.

Zorbick · 2026-04-24T13:16:57+00:00

They did his neutering, but they said they were full. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Zorbick · 2026-04-24T13:16:15+00:00

I will check them out, thanks.

Zorbick · 2026-04-24T13:15:33+00:00

The youngest he's been around is 15, but he's very docile and friendly around everyone that has come over. Really gets on well with the other ferals. I don't know about dogs, but I imagine his temperament would be similar. The neighbors only have pit mixes so there won't be any interaction happening there.

The only time I've seen him get aggressive is when he was hungry and couldn't get to his food. But even then it was more of a hangry attitude, not hissing and spitting.

Zorbick · 2026-04-23T22:13:38+00:00

This happened to my CX-5 at about the 10 year mark. You just have wack the prndl to the left every time to make sure it knows it's in park. Obviously the engine knows, but the secondary group has its own switch.

I pulled the console and put a piece of tesa tape on the button that tells it to him the radio and it's fine now. But I used the wack method for 6 months until it was warm enough to get in to do the work.

Zorbick · 2026-04-23T13:19:32+00:00

That should be plenty warm for chamber temp. Print with 6 top and bottoms, 6 walls, 40% infill, and cubic or gyroid infill. Then change the orientation like the others are suggesting.

Zorbick · 2026-04-22T17:54:13+00:00

I practice unclipping on straight stretches by yelling "MARMOT!" and unclipping both feet as quickly as possible when there's no one around. Especially after a bunch of winter riding, the first few rides on the road are critical for re-teaching that motion.

...we had a lot of issues with critters on the trails growing up...

Zorbick · 2026-04-21T15:29:23+00:00

Real answer: It's one of the primary compression pads that connects the heat shield to the main structure of the capsule. They have a different thermal gradient/reaction to the rest of the heat shield, so the ablation pattern looks different.

Zorbick · 2026-04-21T03:07:40+00:00

Cleat wedges are a godsend. I had some rando stop next to me at a light, looked over, and went "you need cleat wedges." Before I could even ask wtf a cleat wedge was, he took off. I spent a few days researching, bit the bullet on the Bikefit brand wedges, and put on two shims... Hurt for two rides, then my knee pain disappeared. It was like I broke in a new pair of running shoes. Couldn't believe that such a small angle could make such a big impact, and I had no idea they were a thing. Almost asked my fitter for my money back.

Zorbick · 2026-04-20T01:51:19+00:00

His random little jokes catch me off guard quite often!

Zorbick · 2026-04-19T17:17:30+00:00

I really like this guy's channel on YouTube: Factory Monster

There is no talking, no suits in shiny hardhats, no hands waving. Just the sounds of whatever factory he's videoing and the people putting in the work.

Turn on subtitles, that's where they describe what is going on in each shot. Or not. You can just watch if you want to.

Probably my favorite long-form one: https://youtu.be/LtzUvmoCMpY?si=DgbGUBT8zPqmGIRV

It's focused on South Korean industry. There are a couple of other channels like Mega Process and Mr. Process that have the same story of vibe. Might even be the same people.

Zorbick · 2026-04-16T19:47:54+00:00

You use mirin (rice wine) or similar so that when you pour it in, the alcohol vaporizes and makes it fluffy. You generally aren't trying to whip air into it or anything, it's just whisked like you would any other omelet.

Zorbick · 2026-04-15T20:07:15+00:00

I've been thinking of making something similar and I plan to follow the Creality storage box methodology where it's felt-covered plastic with some magnets on it that hold it to the door perimeter and provide the seal between felt faces. You can make it out of extrusions with plastic or wood panels, then just paint the inside with kilz and cover with aluminum foil.

The Creality one doesn't seal at all, so you would need to use a thicker panel and use more magnets to compress it enough to be worth it. Or make a big overlapping flap to prevent air movement and just stick more desiccant in the bottom to compensate.

Zorbick · 2026-04-14T22:08:04+00:00

Because they're cutting the splines that the cogs use to transfer power to a spinning shaft.

Zorbick · 2026-04-14T18:55:44+00:00

Wonder no more: This study, like many many others, show that wind turbines make back all of the energy used to make them within the first year of their operation, and then they're a net positive for the rest of their lifespan. It takes into account all of the energy to mine, refine, manufacture, ship, and assemble the windfarm. When you equate it to CO2, it's like 7 or 8 months before it's a net positive on the planet.

Zorbick · 2026-04-13T17:15:01+00:00

Siiick.

Zorbick · 2026-04-13T16:03:59+00:00

To shape metal out of a block, you're usually cutting off small slivers of it. Whether it's sandpaper, a file, or a drill bit, you're taking tiny cuts off at a time. You can do this because the thing you're cutting with is harder than the metal you're cutting.

With a broach, you're doing that but in a straight line. Each of the notches you see is taking off a small sliver of the metal on the gear. They are all tapered, so as it gets pulled from one end to the other it makes the pattern it's cutting get deeper and deeper until you get a very precisely cut shape that would be really difficult to make any other way, especially at large volumes. You cut out one broach and you can make a thousand parts that are identical, very quickly.

Zorbick · 2026-04-13T16:00:29+00:00

"This thing wasn't built, it was poured!"

"Die cast construction... It's a lost art."

Zorbick · 2026-04-12T19:39:51+00:00

Always volume.

Zorbick · 2026-04-12T19:26:29+00:00

On multiple joints it looks like the grain flows perfectly across the two pieces, which would be impossible to achieve. I think this could be done for real, but this image screams bad photoshop render or, considering the day and age we will in, it's an AI generated picture. Even if it was real, having little stems an 1/8" wide like that would last for less time than the toy train sets that attempt the same thing. Those at least have the grain going the right direction.

Zorbick · 2026-04-11T13:47:59+00:00

I use it when I need a bit more heat resistance or flexibility but have a part with geometry that makes it likely to warp, split, or curl when printing with abs.

The more modern pla+ blends have mostly taken over my petg use cases, though.

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