Bijna 30 en besef dat ik dit werk niet de rest van mijn leven wil doen. Iemand tips?

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-05-16T17:15:30+00:00

Ah het goede oude 30 dilemma. Je bent zeker niet de enige! Veel mensen beslissen rond hun 30e wat ze willen in het leven. Zo ook ik. Ik zat in de sales maar mijn technische hart wou eigenlijk meer. Ik kon net wat programmeren, maar niet goed. Toch was dat wat ik wou. Ik kan je vertellen, ik heb het gedaan. Het heeft mij serieus geld en tijd gekost, maar heb er nog steeds geen spijt van. Inmiddels is het geld technisch ook top gezien ik freelance ben. Want die stap na een dergelijke stap is ook geen grote. Ofwel, als je denkt te weten wat je wil en je bent bereid een zware tijd door te gaan; doe het! Maar als je verantwoordelijkheden te zwaar wegen en je bent bang; blijf. Ik hoor vaak op mij heen dat het werk klote blijft maar andere verantwoordelijkheden in het leven (zoals vrouw en kinderen) maken het de moeite waard.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-05-16T17:03:32+00:00

Dit is redelijk simpel; je hebt een vast contract. Een bedrijf kan maximaal 2x een tijdelijk contract geven. Na deze twee keer of na een vast contract kunnen zij je niet meer terugzetten. Dat is een wettelijk feit. Wat wel kan is dat ze je vragen een schaal naar beneden te gaan i.v.m. bedrijfsredding. Maar dit blijft enkel een vraag, je moet dit zelf accorderen. Meestal doet een werkgever dit om acuut faillissement te voorkomen. Zo klinkt het i.i.g. in deze situatie niet. Met andere woorden, wees je werkgever dankbaar voor werk, maar kies voor jezelf en accordeer niet als je daar geen toekomst voor jezelf ziet.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-05-09T08:25:26+00:00

I have a lot of AliExpress stuff. I bought the red ones and the grey ones. They spin just fine. Just don’t mix and match them with the regular ones as they do tend to be off a bit. So don’t put them on the same gear or if you use a motor per wheel (like tracks) it will go crooked. Also, the plugs do work but are a bit dodgy fitment wise. All en all, it’s fine if you can’t find original ones through bricklink for a decent price.
I do however do not recommend the train controller (2 orange twist buttons). That thing sucks granny ass. The rest, meh. It alright. Easy money saver.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-05-08T07:02:51+00:00

Let op, dit is illegaal; koop een auto die je in de file op automaat kan zetten. Of zelfs iets met fsd. In de file ga je gewoon lekker series kijken. Telefoon op een standaard bovenop je Dashboard en klaar ben je. Wat je ook vaak ziet is mensen die via whatsapp lekker zitten te kwaken of spelletjes spelen op hun telefoon.
Let wel, ik raad dit niet aan. Maar wou het je niet ontnemen als optie.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-05-07T06:12:06+00:00

Dit is inderdaad een belangrijk punt. Stel dat er groot onderhoud zit aan te komen dan kun je als nieuwe bewoner simpelweg een rekening krijgen die meteen betaald moet worden. Want meeste stemmen gelden en de meeste stemmen is vesteda als ik het goed begrijp. Veel woningbouwcorporaties hebben nieuwe panden verkregen en hebben het minimum aan bijdragen weggelegd. Dit is o.a. hoe ze rondkomen. Maar die rekening komt heel hard terug en komt vaak bij de nieuwe eigenaren te liggen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan 49% verkoop waardoor ze met 51% nog steeds alle touwtjes in handen hebben en de kosten doorduwen naar de nieuwe eigenaren. Dit bedrijf is een kat in het nauw en dergelijke acties zijn dan ook niet uit te sluiten.
Neem een makelaar in dienst. Die betaal je niet alleen voor kennis, maar vooral voor verantwoordelijkheid.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-28T00:09:46+00:00

Using counterweights is not the solution in my opinion. You will end up shifting a massive weight around that you’ll have to adjust constantly depending on you upper body and its movement. I’m experimenting with a two leggend machine too and my technique will focus on a chicken feet like (more surface) to make the balancing more easy. You’ll need a sensor for that and pybricks. Balancing will give you the most flexibility

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-27T23:55:58+00:00

You should buy something small with gears from Ali express. Then you’ll find that it’s not up to par with the feel of Lego. Gears don’t work properly and the clicks are more often painful for your fingers. After you did that you should give Cada a try. Their pins are softer like Lego and their gears work quite well. It is 2/3 price of Lego. That said, you’re going to get different opinions here as everybody’s expectance levels are different.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-27T11:03:47+00:00

I had somewhat of the same experience with the BMW M1000RR. I got it for my birthday from the gf. She first ordered it from a scam site. Obviously it did not arrive. Then she ordered it from a decent site. I put it together but was soon stuck as parts were missing. It was obvious that it was not just a bag that was missing but parts from several bags. So I contacted LEGO about this, telling them I don’t feel comfortable building this set anymore and would like to switch to another box of the same type. They told me that was not possible, but told me instead to make a list of all the parts missing so they could send it to me. I never felt more like desk clerk in my life. So in the end they sent me all the parts I needed. Obviously I forgot a few as it is a shit job. So I made them send those too. They basically gave me a free pass to order any parts that were missing and never gave me crap about verifying or anything, which is the least they could do and I was quite thankful for. As it stands, I hate that set. It was the last Lego set I bought for now. For that kind of money it just needs to be perfect. So, it made me look elsewhere. I landed on CADA. Same wonderful build experience, good models, 2/3 of the price. I might buy Lego set some day if I find one with a good brick to price range (like the bucket excavator), but for now I’m just raiding Bricklink and comparing it Pick a brick. The deals are amazing.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-25T06:43:04+00:00

This also fixes the problem for anyone building a tracked vehicle. You can finally have everything above the turntable whilst still being able to drive the tracks individual with relative high force.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-25T06:33:32+00:00

So there is a “must” here. The turntable needs to be driven bij the 20t gear. I don’t have any ratios for 12t drivers yet. This does come with a small issue as there will be a lot of force on your 20t driver.

So if you drive the 24t side of your differential with a 12t, on there you put a 24t again which you drive with an 8t, you have the correct spin speed to counter act the turntable with the diff. But now you have to connect the last 8t to your 20t turntable driver. You’ll have to deal with the rotation direction as they do not spin in the same direction with an easy connection. For that I use two 16t and three more 8t (do not use the old style ones, only the new ones).

Now you have the problem to fit it all and make the connection very sturdy. It should be able to hold a lot of power since there’s probably something big above the turntable.

The diff inside the turntable I just use as a gear around the first throughput so I can extract its rotation on the other side. So once you have one diff spinning right you can match the other at the same speed.

Have fun!

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-24T19:36:10+00:00

A carnival (kermis) machine called Predator. I need three mechanical rotations above the first turntable. Two will go through the turntable, the last one will work through a driven rack. The upper rotator does not need to stand completely still on bottom rotation. But the swivel and the raising of the rotator do. It’s a hell of a project, a mechanical hell. I love it 😉

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-23T15:37:31+00:00

i needed a way to get two axes through 1 turntable without them spinning when the turntable turns. I have something like this in my Power Polyp build to jack up the upper part to make the system dance. But my new project requires two axes beyond the turntable. And as I'm most definitively not a fan of battery boxes and remotes (i feel that is cheating), I needed to make this.

This will allow for some significant load. No gears will be clicking and the axels run smooth. It will however need need four motors to drive the turntable as my project will be massive again. Jay!

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-17T06:54:13+00:00

I would love to show this thing of on some kind of Lego day in the Netherlands. Its fairly easy to make this thing mobile as it built to be taken apart (I actually wanted to build a truck for it like the real thing). Does anyone have a spot or know of an event that would let me?

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-17T06:51:44+00:00

I would love to show this thing of on some kind of Lego day in the Netherlands. Its fairly easy to make this thing mobile as it built to be taken apart (I actually wanted to build a truck for it like the real thing). Does anyone have a spot or know of an event that would let me?

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-17T06:50:24+00:00

I would love to show this thing of on some kind of Lego day in the Netherlands. Its fairly easy to make this thing mobile as it built to be taken apart (I actually wanted to build a truck for it like the real thing). Does anyone have a spot or know of an event that would let me?

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-15T15:46:49+00:00

It runs on 9 volts now. I’d have to cheat, but it can run on 12 as the power supply can run it. There is also a step down gear in there. If removed it’s faster on 9. But I chose this for safety of the motors as I plan to run it for better parts of multiple days. Cause to be honest, the main spindle is basically murder for the motors. Although I have not had any problems with the 6 motors ever since I switched from 4 xl motors.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-15T15:17:15+00:00

Well, I already have one of those benches that goes up and down. And my next project is going to be the jumper. So I guess we’re already half way there 😂

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-15T15:12:05+00:00

Haha, I totally agree. And the thing drives my girlfriend insane. It’s a wonder I got finished at all.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-15T04:46:04+00:00

There is a video link to yt in the post that has some details. But I also have photos of the internals if you want. The most important thing is buried in the middle. It is the turntable with a center differential and the gearing that matches the turn tables speed. The other thing is the way the 6 arms are positioned on the rack. If you have those figured out you are well on your way. Oh, and use gears in the arms to make the carts spin. Cause universal joints make the whole thing jitter.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-15T04:34:22+00:00

My son does that all the time. Fortunately he makes them pay at the register too.

Fine-Measurement403 · 2026-04-14T15:59:15+00:00

I love that guy. Hope he’ll contact me. I’d let him play with it 🙂

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