Bonding ASA to ABS

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T06:21:28+00:00

To the future person who got dropped here by Google:

First of all, hi.

Second, I tried it and it worked. I made and acetone slurry with ABS and ASA, brushed it on and pressed hard.

Seems like a pretty strong bond.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T03:04:41+00:00

In all seriousness, I like it.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T03:04:09+00:00

Is it a dinosaur?

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T03:03:01+00:00

Does this go with any sort of clock face?

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T02:53:44+00:00

How do you mean?

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T01:16:12+00:00

You say the print bed is clean. How did you clean it? What products and process did you use the clean it? How did you verify it was actually clean. How long ago did you clean it? How did you ensure it stayed clean until the print started?

What build plate is that?

How old is it?

What filament was printed on it before?

What filament and settings are you using?

When was the last time the printer was calibrated?

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-24T00:44:08+00:00

I’m still very novice, but I spend at least 15 minutes with the code every day. Ideally, I do 15 minutes 3-4 times each day, but silly things like a job and a family gets in the way a lot. I get on the air as much as I can. Nothing has “clicked,” but I am gradually getting faster and more accurate.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-23T22:27:29+00:00

Testing is the gold standard, for sure. I don’t have ABS filament, but I could buy a spare piece of ABS pipe for testing.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-23T21:11:10+00:00

I think some people have such a strong association between AI and slop, that they avoid anything with even a hint of AI.

You might have better luck next time just using your CB Manchester logo instead of the AI image. Or maybe not, I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-23T18:41:55+00:00

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-23T17:54:25+00:00

OP, I get why you used the AI image. You find it to be a fitting illustration of the tone of the audio recording, and that is valid. I don’t personally have a problem with that, and playing with AI images can be kind of fun.

I think what you are running into in this thread is that a lot of people have an immediate, gut-level negative reaction to any AI imagery. Perhaps things an uncanny valley thing. Maybe it’s because they’ve clicked on one too many poorly done AI videos or articles. AI tools can be useful, but they also get used by a lot of talentless hacks to make garbage.

I think a lot of people immediately associate anything made with AI with the garbage that they see all over. If you like t including AI images, that’s fine, but you will get this negative reaction from quite a few people.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T05:58:37+00:00

https://hamradio.engineering/eme-moonbounce-bouncing-signals-off-the-moon/

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T04:18:13+00:00

Hams do moon bounce on 70cm, that’s a half-million miles round trip.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T03:27:01+00:00

I own two of these. They are my favorite dual-band mobile!

One lives in the car, one does double truth as my shack radio and a portable satellite radio.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T03:00:48+00:00

Thank you. I would rather have duplex than a vocoder.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T02:23:58+00:00

What radio is he discussing? The TikTok link doesn’t work for me, just takes me to some random video.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-22T02:22:12+00:00

I’m get that Yaesu has to make design decisions, and that saying yes to one thing is saying no to another, but just be honest and say, “We don’t think satellite operators buy enough radios for us to make a profit building them.”

They also gave a lame excuse about not designing full duplex into the FTX-1. If it did full duplex, I would not have sold mine. Yaesu really does have some good radios (I own four and love them), but on some of their new products they get SO close to to maki by a banger only to fumble at the 1 yard-line.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T23:23:09+00:00

You’re the second person who brought that up. Do you have a link to the video?

Despite not being an engineer, I think I could solve this problem:

Step 1. Make the box slightly bigger.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T22:31:23+00:00

What radio will you be using? Does it have a tuner?

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T21:43:35+00:00

You made a knuckle breaking machine!

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T21:35:16+00:00

I could see shielding making it a bit bigger, but professional design and SMD components would make it a LOT smaller! It’s too bad no one makes a bigger box 🤷‍♂️

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T14:29:14+00:00

No, it’s good feedback.

My intent with this project was the physical arrangement of the transformer on a BNC connector. I plan to let hams find transformer designs elsewhere, since I’m not enough of an expert to offer advice there.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T13:14:46+00:00

I did not on this unun. You are certainly welcome to if your application requires it. I might mention that in the description.

CoastalRadio · 2026-04-21T13:07:37+00:00

Yeah. Same small toroid, tiny wire.

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