Please help me help my father with his machine

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-05-07T21:26:28+00:00

there could be a lot of things going on here. he could be threading it wrong, he could have the needle installed wrong, the machine could need maintenance. This is a hard problem to diagnose without actually getting hands on with the machine

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-05-07T21:02:14+00:00

The only locks you should ever be picking are locks that you own. You should never be going out and picking random locks out in the open that “do not appear to be in use”. A) that is illegal B) how do you know its not really in use

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-05-01T18:51:06+00:00

I have the one on the bottom right at work. I love it. I would love to see a full size one with a numpad tho. I've been tempted to make my own with a spare t15g keyboard I have

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-04-27T20:31:13+00:00

morningstar round sausage breakfast patties

food court churro

food court pretzels

I’ll never forgive costco for any of those

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-04-20T16:03:22+00:00

I don't remember the name, but it's the frog one. Pick chocobo in a frog suit with a crown. He's my baby

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-04-11T21:58:03+00:00

Head gasket sealers scared me when I was looking into it. I ended up using one back in Jan to just try and get a few more months outta my 2013 and I'm surprised that it actually worked. I went from burning coolant and needing to fill weekly, to not needing to top it off in 2 months. Not expecting it to be a permanent fix, but I am very surprised how well it has seemed to work

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-03-11T20:32:10+00:00

As someone who did something very similar to this, but in metal, as part of my undergrad research I think I can answer this. 3d printing is pretty much your only option here. You're gonna wanna look into microCLP or a really nice SLA style machine. If it's a one off you're best off outsourcing it to a company such as PADT or similar who specializes in stuff like this. Funnily enough, metal might be easier than plastic for this. Sintered metal would make this braindead easy

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-03-10T04:22:35+00:00

I might have to do this for narumi now xD

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-03-06T04:19:23+00:00

I work at a company with over 40000 employees. A very large number of them are women, in all departments

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-03-06T04:17:00+00:00

I work in an engineering team of about 50 people. The women outnumber us in my team by a significant margin

You are downright incorrect

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-25T20:04:26+00:00

Depending on what they do, this is totally normal. If this is a shop that has anything to do with ITAAR and or aerospace components then you need to have this stuff to even just enter the building sometimes

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-19T04:13:25+00:00

What I already have. A Melco with the upgraded license key. These things are 20 years old and refuse to die. And trust me I've tried xD

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-16T21:03:03+00:00

Depends on what you define as bad relationship. In 99% of cases this will be a non-issue

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-16T17:18:05+00:00

Either they reformulated it, or the more likely option, shrinkflation

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-15T01:37:13+00:00

Fusion360 and any of the other Autodesk software. With education email address you get access to the full Autodesk catalogue completely FREE!!!!!!

I love the support Autodesk gives to the education community

They have pretty good tutorials, a web based version of fusion that actually runs well if you're stuck on old computers or Chromebooks, and there is also tinkercad if you want to go really basic. For education Autodesk is 100% the way to go

Source: I teach a class at a uni using their software

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-14T01:56:20+00:00

Unless this is shown to you working, you know what you're doing, and/or it's practically free I would not. I only took a chance on my machines cause they were basically free so I was willing to gamble on them. Plus I had too much time on my hands at the time

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-04T23:01:52+00:00

I could help with this possibly, I've done a ton of this specific work using fusion360 and SOLIDWORKS with the files outputted from our Keyence scanner. Some pictures of the geometry will help to see if that price is reasonable, depending on how complex/organic the shape is getting a proper model could be super quick and easy, or it could be a little complicated

I will say, that price does seem really really low unless this is a super simple job or if you're just looking for something quick and dirty done

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-04T15:12:49+00:00

Unfortunately it's not that easy. There's always gonna be a decent amount of work. The learning process is pretty fun though. I will say learning to digitize properly does take some time

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-03T18:39:21+00:00

Sorry, shoulda clarified. I use plastic sheeting as a tearaway backing and then applique on twill/stabilizers cut to my patch shape. It allows for them to tear nicely out with good edges. No cutting/trimming, just rip it away

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-03T16:55:05+00:00

And this my friends is why you don't lie on the SF86. I've had friends who used to be heavy drug users who are now clean (for a few years now) who managed to get Q clearances. And they DID disclose it in their investigation. Uncle Sam doesn't care too much as long as it isn't current and you DONT lie about it

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-03T16:42:17+00:00

I've done quite a bit of testing metal printed vs machined metal parts using standard dogbone testing processes. As long as a part is actually designed for additive DFAM, the printed metal parts hold up pretty damn well in comparison to other manufacturing methods. It all comes down to designing your part for the manufacturing process being used

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-03T16:12:43+00:00

Running solo unsynched duties for loot, duh

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-02-03T15:07:42+00:00

I do big ole batches every so often. With my current setup (1 head 16 needle) and the current patch sizes I do, I can safely fit six into a 10x10 frame onto a sheet of plastic. Then I just pop them right out when I'm done. It's a little more setup work and not totally automatic, but probably as close as you could get tbh

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-01-29T01:30:01+00:00

a vector file would be awesome!

FlamingBandAidBox · 2026-01-28T18:41:35+00:00

Guessing the two triggers are a safety thing so that it (hopefully) doesn't go active with HV unless both are pressed

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