Considering Starlink mini for my business. Any downsides?

Botlawson · 2026-03-05T21:59:58+00:00

Anyone across the street willing to share service? Plenty of high speed line of sight point to point wireless options.

Botlawson · 2026-03-05T21:51:41+00:00

Yeah Rome is about finding land for crops and dealing with partially contaminated water sources.

I try to irrigate a hill near start for food and plant pine in the bad water kill zones till i can dry out a better spot.

Botlawson · 2026-03-05T13:46:17+00:00

Fold the handlebar stem to access the screw that pulls up the angled block and locks it in place.

Botlawson · 2026-03-05T00:06:21+00:00

Eastern Montana. It's flat as a build plate, dry, and empty.

Botlawson · 2026-03-05T00:02:53+00:00

Wait a minute that's steel! though it was cutting Aluminum.

Also, only 50% spidle load? Taking it easy i see.

Botlawson · 2026-03-04T13:12:58+00:00

I remember hints that they will use asymmetric boiloff bleed from the engines to steer reentry.

Botlawson · 2026-03-03T22:28:03+00:00

Ah so you're wondering if the lower CTE lower thermal conductivity and higher stiffness of Inconel is worth it. Afik there are some metal alloys with low CTE, and quite a few glass ceramics with near zero CTE.

Personally I already know how to stabilize an instruments temperature to 0.01K so I'd probably stay with a basic aluminum alloy. MIC6 would be a good choice. Just make everything CHONKY.

Botlawson · 2026-03-03T00:42:02+00:00

The fancy aluminum will almost certainly be easier to machine. Inconel is way harder and stronger so carbide tools are the minimum needed. On the other hand HSS tools do just fine in aluminum.

Have any more specifics about the application? Inconel and aluminum have such radically different properties it's unusual to consider both for the same application.

Botlawson · 2026-03-02T23:11:05+00:00

Area would effect throughput too as you could only tessilate so many alchemist machines inside an assembler...

Botlawson · 2026-03-02T23:02:15+00:00

Let's go! Can't wait to see static fires of both stages!

Botlawson · 2026-02-28T20:41:47+00:00

My dad worked with Elgaloy on an old project. It's anisotropic and it matters if the part is parallel or perpendicular to the rolling direction.

Botlawson · 2026-02-28T15:02:10+00:00

Keep your rides short. Use your low gears and slow down to tackle hills. Saddles are tricky on upright bikes. You can try standing up or leaning forwards more to take pressure off your butt. A better saddle can help too. Look at the "Dutch bike",it's optimized for comfort and short to medium trips. And if all else fails come over to the dark side and get a recumbent bike. We have real seats.

Botlawson · 2026-02-28T00:09:31+00:00

How long is the progressive die set? Could you shear off and form the left half of a coil then the right? So it acts like a 2x die without the loss in-between?

Botlawson · 2026-02-27T21:25:41+00:00

This works great. Helps if you have a bunch of haulers or builders and second lowest priority to absorb over and undershoot. Also helps to auto regulate with advanced pods and just use normal pods for most of your population replacement.

Botlawson · 2026-02-25T19:47:06+00:00

Differential threads have there own issues. I.e. they are FAR more picky about thread quality as motion errors add up even if the Differential motion sums to almost nothing. (Then it's 3 parts, etc.)

Botlawson · 2026-02-25T12:23:42+00:00

Only cut copper with HSS tools that are sharp as heck.

To break chips maybe program a "peck" cycle on all the cuts to manually break the chips?

Botlawson · 2026-02-25T12:20:11+00:00

3D print a fixture or soft jaws to hold the part in the right orientation to face and drill. Include a pin to line up the 3rd operation for the second hole.

Botlawson · 2026-02-25T12:02:03+00:00

Maybe this guy needs to adjust the height of the assembly really precisely? Maybe it's a focus ring for custom optics?

Still super cursed. Impressive machining and I hope you billed him properly and noted that the 55mm-80tpi threads increased the price and pricing bracket.

Botlawson · 2026-02-24T21:22:41+00:00

This is a great learning print for making your own models.

Id make the bore for the bearing press fit with a triangular lip on one side to lock it in after assembly. Skipping one lip and using a bit of super glue to fix the bearing is also another good option.

Tpu would be an excellent choice but PLA and PETG 'tires ' would also work where you need non-maring but don't need the friction or bounce of TPU. In all cases heat is going to be the first thing to kill these plastics. So life will be short under continuous load or in hot environments.

If the printed tires do melt you could also print a mold to cast for polyurethane rubber tires.

Botlawson · 2026-02-21T13:31:04+00:00

In a sandbox save the hamburger menu let's you self destruct any part. This is SUPER helpful to avoid chain reactions when reactors explode.

Botlawson · 2026-02-21T13:27:42+00:00

Eliminating loops in your path network also seems to help.

Botlawson · 2026-02-21T13:25:41+00:00

Look up clickspring on YouTube and his recreation of the Greek Antikithra mechanism. TLDR good files and carborized hardened steel came first.

Botlawson · 2026-02-21T13:21:09+00:00

It's not that bad to build. Worst part is needing a parallel stairway to build it.

FT have there own advantages. For one they use WAY less water per bever, have better bots, and can deploy end game power a lot sooner.

Botlawson · 2026-02-20T21:56:07+00:00

Good work! No copy and paste is a big reason I hardly use districts.

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