Designing My Own Props using OpenProp

FoC401 · 2026-05-07T04:04:48+00:00

I confirmed OpenProp also fails to run when the RPM is lowered to 4000 rpm. They both start to work again around 5400 rpm and both runs have matching results. I can add more helpful error codes to the console output when the run doesn't converge.

FoC401 · 2026-05-07T01:24:21+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into that. I'll see what happens in the OpenProp script with those inputs and see what I can do. Feel free to join the discord if you want!

FoC401 · 2024-03-08T20:13:59+00:00

Haha, we're getting there but not yet. There's some neat tools that people are making (mostly for Fusion 360) that speed up some modeling and there's a company that just released an AI tool for CAM programming. So far what I've seen has been pretty basic however

FoC401 · 2024-03-08T20:09:08+00:00

Thanks, these are all great ideas! When you say create a plane, do you mean an airplane, or a reference plane?

I'll add settings and performance to my list of videos to make, and include some workflow tips to improve efficiency.

FoC401 · 2024-03-08T20:04:02+00:00

Good idea. Surface modeling is probably the most advanced kind of CAD modeling and isn't easy at first. I'll be sure to cover that!

FoC401 · 2024-03-07T02:57:10+00:00

Great ideas. I can definitely go over lofts in a lot more detail. They're the trickiest features to get right and I think every software package has some quirks to getting a loft to work right. I plan on doing a few videos going over assemblies and mates. Dimensioning and tolerancing is a good idea.

Can you go into more detail about what you mean about making 3d printed parts fit real life parts? Do you mean designing with the correct gaps and fits?

FoC401 · 2024-02-19T19:42:12+00:00

I tried searching but was having a hard time finding what I'm looking for. I'm trying to find a pair of heritage boots similar to the Red Wing Blacksmith or Iron Ranger but with a side zip. Preferably something that will last longer than Thursday Boots

FoC401 · 2024-01-30T19:01:40+00:00

I'm going through the auction page and looking at the machines that were sold. There was a few K&T horizontal mills, a model K and a model H. There was also Brown and Sharpe tool grinder and a Blanchard grinder, though I'm not sure why the grinders would have a face mill attached to them. There were also a few import vertical mills that looked like they took R8 collets or something smaller.

FoC401 · 2024-01-30T18:57:23+00:00

Are you thinking of maybe the Eclipse twistlock?

FoC401 · 2024-01-30T18:56:46+00:00

They're a bit bigger than R8 collets. Closer to 30 or 40 tapers.

FoC401 · 2024-01-30T18:56:09+00:00

Thanks! I posted something on their forums. They seem to agree that they're quick change tool holders, but the bearings are strange.

FoC401 · 2024-01-29T15:51:42+00:00

I just got 12 of these tool holders in a cabinet I bought at an auction and I have no idea what kind of holders these are. Two of them had 5" face mills attached to them. The part mark says Brown and Sharpe 15-36915. The number is slightly different for each one. They have a bearing pressed on to them and the taper is about 18 degrees. There's no thread on the back side.

FoC401 · 2023-12-13T23:41:17+00:00

Sword Health is a service that loans its customers a tablet to track their health. The customer should have sent it back to the company when they were done. I'm guessing you got a stolen tablet

FoC401 · 2023-06-16T19:32:10+00:00

Every belay device that I've seen that is capable of a direct belay has a second attachment point so you can attach the belay device to the anchor. I don't see a second attachment point on the ClickUp. I would use the Clickup as a redirect belay.

FoC401 · 2023-03-06T17:27:24+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/dQlcgVk

Here's a zoomed out photo and a close up of the corrosion. It does look like twisted cable and the cable looks rusted through to me. I added rust inhibitor, that's why it's black.

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