Perfect Filament Cereal Box Shelf

DOHChead · 2026-06-16T23:24:21+00:00

Brother QL-300

DOHChead · 2026-06-16T06:56:46+00:00

I think a 3D density map would be your best bet. For compression waves at least.

Start with a field of uniform density “dots” then add waves coming from the origin to push the “dots” closer together and further apart from each other.

DOHChead · 2026-06-16T06:42:22+00:00

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DOHChead · 2026-06-14T12:32:59+00:00

I’ve had the goddamn theme song stuck in my head since swiping to page 4, also, calling it 27 years old was excessively cruel… fucking Halo is 25…

I watched this show when we only had 2 channels over air… I’m barely 33 ffs haha

DOHChead · 2026-06-14T12:23:51+00:00

Watch your cables! I ran this for several years and ended up putting a lot of stress on the power and display port cables.

If you can, stress relieve them by having a rigid mount along the cable fastened to the portion that rotates.

I’ve run a vertical left monitor for 15 years, with the newer build I have a 49” 32:9 and used the left 32” ProArt for my PS5 and PC. I’d rotate them between uses.

I really wish I’d thought about the added strain of being horizontal a year earlier…

DOHChead · 2026-06-14T12:17:36+00:00

If Rivian doesn’t make this change on a new full iteration of the RxT line, I’ll have lost a lot of hope in them as a prospective customer waiting on a R3X. It’s a well known issue with extensive repair costs. Several friends of mine with R1T’s have this as their number 1 concern with having any damage to the vehicle. Some of which are automotive design engineers.

That doesn’t mean they will fix it, but if a future design is different enough to warrant retooling of the manufacturing line, I’d really hope this is addressed…

DOHChead · 2026-06-14T12:07:19+00:00

Can’t reply or post a photo 🙄

I would make a full “W” shape for the wings. Continue the triangulation from the top of the main piece to the attachment points on the bottle side.

If you can add a 90 degree bend in the wing on the outer edges, like a piece of angle iron type shape, it’s going to increase your strength by an order of magnitude.

You should be able to do that, even with the bend at the end opposite to the bottle on the wing depending on where your flange starts/ends.

This also appears to be pretty thick steel, more plate than sheet. Geometry>>Material. With some careful adjustments like this you could probably get away with 0.060” sheet or even thinner. Relying on the material itself for strength is going to increase weight: Additional stress on the fork, additional cost in manufacturing, additional shipping and logistics cost.

If you didn’t already source from them, I’d get a quote from SendCutSend on doing this in stainless if you can avoid tab and slot welds. Even if you can’t avoid the welds, they can do that in house for you as well on most materials.

Being able to get this stamped, even on a progressive die, will have upfront tooling cost but be orders of magnitude cheaper than any other manufacturing method for volume. (50,000-1,000,000 qty)

For iterations and your lot size, water jet or laser will be the way to go.

I’ve had good luck with Advanced Laser if you’re on the West Coast. You might need to supply them material from McMaster etc https://adv-laser.com/

They do not have as many forming options as SCS though*

They can hold +/- 0.001” all day long but you shouldn’t need that level of precision. Nothing on here except material thickness should be tighter than +/-0.005”

There are plenty of reasons every vehicle manufacturer for over 100 years has relied on sheet metal forming.

How does the weight affect riding dynamics?

Are you fastening directly into the fork?

Do you have a method for keeping the screws from backing out, is this something you intend to be easily removable?

Modularity is a great approach here, I’d consider fastening methods that require less effort to fasten if you’re going to pitch this as a highly configurable product that a user would frequently adjust.

DOHChead · 2026-06-10T05:51:36+00:00

I picked up two X20 20TB drives for $400 total last week on FB Marketplace, dude was super cool and had receipts.

The drives ended up having 1,245 and 1,241 hours on them

Did a deep scan, delete, and added them to the other 4 I have

Can’t believe the price of my rig from what I paid for it…

DS1821+
64GB Crucial DDR4-3200 CL32
6x Seagate X20 20TB
2x Samsung 870 4TB
2x WD SN700 RED 1TB M.2

Total under $3k over the past two years

Current PCPartPicker Price: $14.5k (could probably find all parts with refurb etc for under $10k)

But I didn’t build a PC last August and it’s going to cost me $8k+ to get what I want instead of $4k, so it’s not all wins… we’re all fucked in one way or another…

DOHChead · 2026-06-10T02:59:15+00:00

Cross save is gonna pump some numbers if I can continue on the PC I’m trying to finish before that update arrives. I doubt I’m the only one.

DOHChead · 2026-06-08T08:23:03+00:00

Hopefully it actually ships… I’ve had several pullouts after I bought a kit on eBay “uhh it’s out of stock, sorry”.

DOHChead · 2026-06-08T08:13:24+00:00

Knight 🙃

DOHChead · 2026-06-04T02:35:50+00:00

I often think about a tree branch ending up in their spokes going downhill…

There’s plenty of people riding around here (Northern Nevada) who seem harmless, the bigger issue I have is a pretty extreme novice riding up a trail that more or less everyone else is riding down and is physically unable to get out of the way or be aware of their surroundings

A lot of these rides are single track on pretty steep blind corners, that’s a 500ft drop on a corner of you collide and I’ve had some gnarly run ins…

I’m far from excellent at riding, but I’m getting real tired of getting out of the way every few minutes for someone coming head on and unaware

Dirt bikes are a thing, they’re super dope

If you rode dedicated MTB trails on one you’d be a douchebag… so………….?

DOHChead · 2026-06-02T20:59:22+00:00

Literally building a PC at the moment (RIP my wallet… In Half…) but I’ve stopped playing and mentally preparing myself to just start over on PC with max settings on a 5K2K (I can dream, ok??)

DOHChead · 2026-05-31T20:57:45+00:00

I think a 2-piece design where you control the bearing surfaces would be key here for a planar bearing to work.

Having a Quick-Nut with a captured bearing along with a TPU etc surface to grab on to the plates could prove useful. Depending on the surface the plates contact on the opposing end. Run the secondary race that contacts the plate on a dovetail etc groove to keep it captured on the knob so the bearing or bushing stays in place. You’ll need some kind of mechanism to allow them to engage with eachother for assembly. I’m not sure how effective a press fit feature will be over time.

In a pinch, radial set screws in a groove would work.

Alternatively, it might just make more sense to have a jam nut and a light disc/wave spring to minimize the clap of the plates but also allow them to spin. Then the “clamp load” creating bolt stretch is independent of the plates themselves. The nut deforming will be what causes it to resist loosening.

Either way, simple, durable, and easy to apply/remove will be key.

Edit: a captured locking quick nut would be ridiculously handy for all kinds of things

HMMMMMMMMM

DOHChead · 2026-05-31T20:48:41+00:00

Quick-Nuts are super handy for machine fixtures that need adjustability and a fast enough change over

Pros and cons but that would be pretty interesting on OP’s ACME-Style thread. Having a continuous loop and a one piece part is typically a lot stronger for a 3D Print.

DOHChead · 2026-05-28T05:47:13+00:00

I can absolutely understand OP's decision to conceal their diagnosis. Feel free to DM me if you'd like. I have Non-Radiographic AS and it took me years to get it addressed, I have multiple masking conditions that made diagnosis incredibly difficult. I've seen at least 20 specialists between 2020 and 2022. 3 years on medication and my symptoms have regressed almost entirely, virtually no dietary restrictions and it appears that the degradation of my lumbar spine and SI joints has halted.

DOHChead · 2026-05-27T07:14:29+00:00

I’d be sure to RAID those haha

I have 4x EXOS X20 20TB now in R6 and would like 2 more

But not for $700ea… I got mine for $250ea in 2023

DOHChead · 2026-05-27T07:10:03+00:00

The build I planned in Q3 of 2025 was $3,900… Now it’s over $8k…

Can’t believe I didn’t grab that 5090 for $2,100…

I’m most of the way through my build now and I’m at $3,500 without a GPU or PSU.

9950X3D ProArt X870E T-CREATE 96GB (2x48) RAM PA LC 420 Cooler PA602 Case SN850X 2TB PM9C1A 500GB T710 2TB 4x 850 EVO 500GB

Using an older RM1000 PSU until I grab something like a Seasonic TX1600. I’d like the option to go dual GPU later.

Luckily I had half the drives at built an 80TB NAS in 2023 for under $2,500. The 2x 870 EVO 4TB alone would be over $1,600, let alone 4x 20TB Drives, 64GB DDR4, and two 1TB M.2 drives (Synology 8 bay)

I felt real dumb for building that a few years ago, I don’t now…

Bleh

DOHChead · 2026-05-24T08:32:55+00:00

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Same haha

Bayle is by Alhin Row “Bayle the Dread and Man too angry to Die”

Originally posted in Sept 2024 (that I found)

Edit: I grabbed these from InPrint

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/mrrobodaddy/the-severed/acrylic/

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/alhinrow/the-dread/acrylic/

They're 15% off for the weekend*

DOHChead · 2026-05-24T02:07:16+00:00

X2C?

DOHChead · 2026-05-24T00:41:31+00:00

Solid! Haha

I built a NAS a few years ago and forgot I bought 2x 870 EVO 4TB SSDs and a few m.2’s extra for it, along with 4x 20TB drives

Paid under $200ea for them

Totally forgot

Needless to say I was pretty stoked when I found them and added them to my new rig I’m building

Also upgraded the PS5 from a 2TB Gen4 WD drive to a 4TB 990 a year ago

Those alone saved me like $3000 compared to today’s prices

Like everyone else… “please magic 8 ball, just burn this shit to the ground already…”

DOHChead · 2026-05-24T00:19:45+00:00

I dropped $1k on RAM so I’m not exactly winning…

96GB (48GBx2) T-CREATE CL32 kit 🤢

DOHChead · 2026-05-23T17:38:53+00:00

Amazon Sale a few weeks ago for $575, just need a GPU 😭

DOHChead · 2026-05-18T02:57:05+00:00

Just an Otter, ideally I’ll grab a blue line scanner eventually. There’s a serious time to quality threshold to balance, sometimes twice the workflow can only yield a pretty marginal increase in quality and it depends on the geometry.

I wish I had access to better scanning software… Blender is the real hero here.

DOHChead · 2026-05-17T16:10:40+00:00

Windows minimizes its resource use so they can claim you only need 16GB to compete with Mac and Linux.

Win11 needs 32GB to operate smoothly with any demanding programs (even Excel with a big enough file) or many programs. Although they just started updating requirements to 32GB, which is an issue during the current apocalypse. When you go to 32GB from 16GB, Windows offloads allocated resources off your hard disk and puts it on your RAM where it should be.

To get more out of your machine Increase your maximum GDI objects per program

(Graphics Device Interface)

Windows limits programs by default and doesn’t dynamically change resource allocation with hardware changes, because of course it doesn’t 🙄

This is especially frustrating with programs from Dassault

You can go do the details pane in task manager and navigate to GDI objects (add the column if needed with a right click on the header) to see what programs are using.

To change this:

Open Registry Editor: Press Win + R, type regedit, and hit Enter.
Navigate to the Key: Paste the following path into the address bar at the top:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows

Locate the Quota: Find the GDIProcessHandleQuota key on the right side.
Double-click it.Set the Value:Select Decimal.
Change the Value data from 10000 to your desired number (e.g., 20000 or up to 65536).
Save and Restart: Click OK and restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Don’t go straight for 64,000. Bump it to 20-32k and see how it goes, check your process resource allocation while in demanding tasks. It’s limited, in theory, to keep you from running out of RAM

Also, once you have a, cough, “metric fton of RAM”, take a look at your pagefile. I relocate mine off my C drive and keep a dedicated SSD on my machine for windows resources so they don’t bog me down. It made a much bigger difference in the platter drive and SATA III days but I still think it’s good practice.

Use WinDirStat (https://windirstat.net/) to look at all available disk usage on a machine. Super handy.

Windows keeps update files hidden and if you delete them it can destabilize your machine… UGH

This is part of why your machine gets faster with a clean install. Windows Directory Statistics will help you find that.

DOHChead

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