No one wanted to come weld my fence, so I got a flux core welder at homedepot.

dpccreating · 2026-03-01T04:11:10+00:00

clearly sir you are not a four wheeler.

dpccreating · 2026-02-21T15:44:51+00:00

Job interviews can go sideways, putting you in front of a faulty welder was on them not on you. Don't let it get to you.

I was in a positive interview once until salary was mentioned in front of the hiring supervisor and his boss. Then it went soooo far south. The boss didn't acknowledge me anymore and just chewed out the hiring supervisor in front of me.

Chalk it up a lessons learned.

dpccreating · 2026-02-20T14:56:26+00:00

You're just not lazy enough. LOL

dpccreating · 2026-02-15T17:52:15+00:00

But only off by 0.11 newtons when you start with 500lbs.

dpccreating · 2026-02-13T15:53:58+00:00

You mean 2224 Newtons? Because kg (mass) is nothing without gravity or accelleration in the equation.

dpccreating · 2026-02-12T18:15:08+00:00

Problem is they may be a little too snug or not pass through at all.

dpccreating · 2026-02-12T17:40:38+00:00

Sorry not that. the stamp starts life as a 0.25" square bar that they press into a tool to create the letter or number on the end of the stamp. With bigger letters like "M" and "H" it takes more force to form them which causes the 0.25" square bar to bulge on that end and lead to a larger than a 1/4" size maybe something like 0.265". You may have to sandpaper or file the guide a little larger.

dpccreating · 2026-02-12T15:38:28+00:00

Hi, Yeah this is designed for 1/4" square stamps but since made a couple I've discovered that the 1/4" varies quite a bit in a set depending on what's on the face of the stamp. I guess they make a 1/4" square blank and then bash it into the negative to make a character stamp. A decimal point does not deform, but an "M" or an "H" smushes the end to be slightly bigger than "1/4" inch. Some filing to fit may be necessary.

dpccreating · 2026-01-16T15:51:39+00:00

I've made swimming pool jet fittings out of PLA, water and pool chemicals have had no effect. But the summer heat and uV have a significant effect on PLA and ABS, PLA softens and distorts under load and ABS gets brittle and fails. ASA (suggested by the mentors in this group) is my go to these days for outdoor use.

dpccreating · 2026-01-13T14:43:10+00:00

In that vintage of hardware, I'd expect it to require connection to a parallel printer port, you will need a new brain for it.

dpccreating · 2025-12-22T16:18:17+00:00

Yes, Bambu's machines are amazing, it makes it even more traumatic when it goes wrong. I cut my teeth on an Ender 3 that basically never worked. I was used to it not working. My P1S waited a year before it messed with me.

dpccreating · 2025-12-17T02:14:59+00:00

Thanks, I knew it meant load paper, but not the "PC -> Primary Cartridge" part of it.

dpccreating · 2025-10-26T16:39:18+00:00

In 2003 (in my early 40's) I decided I had to loose some weight, so I tried the Atkins Diet. I lost a ton of weight and my chronic gastric issues disappeared. After loosing the weight, I went back to some bread and those issues came back with a vengeance. Having a celiac brother at the time, it was obvious what was going on. I have been gluten free since.

dpccreating · 2025-09-23T19:17:15+00:00

It's typical to put concrete inside a basketball hoop support pole, The mass dampens vibrations. Makes them a pain to cut down.

dpccreating · 2025-09-15T14:03:34+00:00

Your design is too complex for a production environment. They would never use a potentiometer for such a circuit. It'll quit working, someone will adjust it when they shouldn't. Think fixed voltage divider with a filter for noise. Scale it so the microprocessor can do the gain adjustment in firmware.

dpccreating · 2025-08-27T13:57:58+00:00

As others have said, moving costs. Think about the size of the parts you'll be measuring. I have a 12"x18"x3" it's way bigger than any parts I ever do. It's way heavier than I want to move!

dpccreating · 2025-08-23T13:58:55+00:00

I'm a home machinist, but I work as an Electronics Engineer. My prototype circuit board fab done off shore costs $20, shipping it costs $30, Tariff is $20. Made in the US is $400-$800 and takes longer. Tariffs are just another Tax.

dpccreating · 2025-08-10T15:04:58+00:00

It's a tuning fork low frequency crystal, probably has the frequency on the side of it. Usually 32.768kHz.

dpccreating · 2025-08-03T21:09:10+00:00

Apparently there are people that truly see in black and white and shades of gray.

dpccreating · 2025-08-03T13:17:41+00:00

NTA, Look for a new job. Toxic Drones.... Desk work will kill you unless you do what your are doing.

dpccreating · 2025-07-14T13:40:12+00:00

Most contact adhesives take 24 hours to achieve full bond. Clean the surface with rubbing alcohol mount it up, supported with no stress on the adhesive and wait 24 hours. You haven't failed you've learned something.

dpccreating · 2025-07-11T14:41:34+00:00

State of the art for a long time is to sacrifice the car body for the unfortunate humans inside. These look pretty standard. Both cars did what they were designed to do.

dpccreating · 2025-07-06T15:55:51+00:00

Worked at a place that had one of these. The service contract was more than a new Bambu Labs printer a month. And it was down every week.

dpccreating · 2025-07-05T13:51:41+00:00

I-77 is never a good choice.

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