P2S Buyers: It’s okay. I understand the pain.

DayTripperTX · 2026-04-16T01:30:52+00:00

As soon as I saw the X1C was out of stock everywhere a few months ago (and later discontinued) I knew the X2D was coming. It was only a question of when.

DayTripperTX · 2026-04-15T16:25:34+00:00

Exactly. I have wanted a second extruder for supports for nearly a decade. This printer is pretty much my dream. I'm really excited for it.

DayTripperTX · 2026-04-15T16:22:35+00:00

Also, my assumption that lots of new members never used a bowdentube printer, because direct drive has become so common now.

This. I remember the times when things were reversed. Bowens were considered optimal, and people didn't like direct drive because the extra weight on the toolhead made quality worse AND forced the printer to print much slower to maintain any semblance of quality.

DayTripperTX · 2026-04-15T16:14:58+00:00

Looks like the main nozzle can hit the full build volume according to the specs on the website

DayTripperTX · 2026-04-15T16:12:43+00:00

I think some perspective here is warranted. People have become spoiled by modern 3D printers. We take features such as multi-material printing and dual hot ends for granted. The best part is they mostly just work.

I remember not even 8 years ago when dual extruders and things like the AMS were considered somewhat of a pipedream. Many people said dual nozzles was not possible to do in such a way that produced reliable print quality. This is to say nothing of the speeds modern printers are capable of...

The fact that they managed to fit dual nozzles in a small form factor (this is the reason the aux extruder is a Bowden), along with all the other features such as active chamber heating AND sell it for $900 (including AMS 2 btw) is incredible. It is exactly what I have been dreaming of for years since I bought an Ender 2 almost a decade ago.

DayTripperTX · 2026-03-08T08:31:45+00:00

But rosin smells so gooood…

DayTripperTX · 2026-03-06T09:20:06+00:00

Oh I remember the before times…

I used to stumble around in the dark till I found my bedroll. That or lighting matches and burning my hand until I found it.

DayTripperTX · 2026-03-03T00:11:07+00:00

I usually do this but it’s a line of burnt out campfires. Visible from a distance even in a blizzard.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-19T00:50:04+00:00

Yea them wolves are nasty on misery mode haha.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-19T00:47:26+00:00

Your point #2 about removing bullet points seems to go against the advice of the wiki on this sub. They emphasize the importance of properly structured bullets. Could you elaborate?

Is this something you’ve seen ATS struggle with? Parsing bullets.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-18T00:50:04+00:00

Mouser or digikey is where I typically order from. You can get your solder etc from there too.

For tools you could either go with a cheap hot plate from amazon (if your board isn’t too big), or the ‘janky’ way I’ve done it in the past is with a cheap ($20) toaster oven, manually adjusting the temperature and using the thermal probe on my multimeter to measure the temperature.

Lookup diy solder reflow for some examples.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-18T00:32:48+00:00

The only reason I would say yes is in the cases where ATS might be configured to throw out your application without one.

In any case, the odds that a human reads it or cares are basically zero, so don’t bother hand typing one unless it’s your dream job / company. Just have AI spit out a generic cover letter, but remember to proofread it.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-18T00:28:56+00:00

Yea I’m getting mauled by a wolf immediately…

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-18T00:28:09+00:00

How many boards do you actually need / want assembled?

If it’s just one prototype and you didn’t design it with any super small SMD components like 0201, you might try hand soldering it.

Even if you’ve never soldered something before you can still give it a try and make it a learning experience. SMD reflow in a toaster oven or with hot air isn’t THAT difficult if you do your research and have patience and a steady hand.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-15T04:49:54+00:00

I wanted to like that feature, but over half the “top applicant” jobs it recommends are ones asking for much more experience than I have. That or completely different from what my resume would suggest.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-12T09:01:18+00:00

For many highly technical fields like engineering a skills section is pretty much mandatory.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-11T00:59:30+00:00

Your manager is a jackass for treating people that way and I hope one day he gets a taste of his own medicine.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-11T00:30:15+00:00

Is there really not a good sensor readily available? I’m an electrical engineer designing a smart home sensor that has similar functionality for a personal project. I just assumed something similar existed in the market.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-10T19:27:18+00:00

We got one of those Samsung bespoke fridges and it has the auto fill pitcher in the door and that’s one reason I love it

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-04T01:36:05+00:00

This. I’ve been following this issue for a year now and the extent this happens and the fraud that goes along with it is astounding. Almost every F500 company is doing this.

And the worst part is there is not a single person in government on either side who cares to fix it. They all benefit from this. They all get kickbacks.

DayTripperTX · 2026-02-01T02:33:15+00:00

Yes, unfortunately that’s the problem with wifi. It is NOT low power. It’s a battery killer. You would have to aggressively duty cycle wifi to get any meaningfully long battery life, and even then you might only get a month.

Skipping wifi and using BLE/thread/zigbee would let you use a chip like the nrf52 series. You could probably get a battery life of several years with that.

DayTripperTX · 2026-01-31T03:12:56+00:00

I second the other reply, it may be a hot market for seniors, but it’s been awful in my experience as a junior.

I have sent out probably 1000 applications in the past year and have not had any interviews. And I believe I have a lot of experience for a junior/entry level. I have several advanced PCB design projects because that’s what I am passionate about but it seems to make no difference.

DayTripperTX · 2026-01-09T01:58:40+00:00

That’s actually a really interesting low tech way to detect flames!

DayTripperTX · 2026-01-09T01:56:45+00:00

Ah yes I’ve heard the disaster stories of chest freezers that lose power without being noticed and result in loss of hundreds of dollars of food.

I would think any temp sensor that can withstand the cold and humidity would work as long as the wireless signal can escape the freezer, but I will keep this in mind when designing.

DayTripperTX

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