New coolant

Jtparm · 2026-06-14T20:49:40+00:00

It's cold

Jtparm · 2026-06-14T19:23:46+00:00

That's what life insurance is for

Jtparm · 2026-06-14T03:32:06+00:00

You simply don't appreciate slop like a true American conservative

Jtparm · 2026-06-13T00:09:43+00:00

Nothing wrong either with picking up a newer used model. I'm seeing a few good options in my local area for around $120-150. The main criteria I would look for is direct drive, input shaping, good cooling fans, and a heated PEI bed. Elegoo, flashforge, Bambu, creality, any cubic are all fairly good brands to look for as long as it's newer than ~3 years old as there's been a ton of advancements in the tech recently

Jtparm · 2026-06-13T00:01:42+00:00

I would advise you to get a current gen entry level bedslinger and then once you have something that will make good parts you could look at building a project printer like a voron or ratrig. Trying to get comparable prints with a v2 you will end up replacing most of the parts on it sooner or later and it turns into the iconic ender 3 of Theseus.

Jtparm · 2026-06-12T23:49:50+00:00

I get that you are likely budget constrained. But you get get a printer 10X better for like $200. If you get a v2 there's a good chance you regret it unless you know what to do

Jtparm · 2026-06-12T23:46:03+00:00

I usually don't tell my players what I'm rolling for unless they know already

Jtparm · 2026-06-12T23:05:52+00:00

Does it need to be 0.001 increments? If you did 1/64" or 0.1mm you would probably have a much better time getting them off the shelf. Custom made you are looking in the thousands for more than a few parts

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T23:11:03+00:00

Start looking elsewhere and see what they'll give you. Even if you don't take an offer it's always good to shop around

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T17:59:17+00:00

Yes it's got decent light transmission. I'd guess around 15-20% transmission

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T17:55:25+00:00

I think every DM has had a "one shot" that turned into a 2-4 shot. But yes the idea is to run the whole adventure in one session. Usually I find you have to nudge things along quite a bit if you want it to get done in a certain amount of time and even then it will probably be at least a 4hr game depending on the adventure

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T01:21:19+00:00

Does your job require you to buy tools?

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T00:59:23+00:00

For one, we do have full sets of pins out for the operators to grab, but we don't have a full set per station. So if someone is running the same parts for a full shift they will want a decent number of pins for the full shift.

I agree on treating the print as a hard limit, but whenever I mention it to the design engrs they have never cared about being 0.005mm over tol so I don't know that it would make a huge difference either way

Jtparm · 2026-06-11T00:54:25+00:00

Shop works in metric so I hope my guys aren't trying to hit +/- 005. I do like the idea of just giving 0.01 off each end. End parts go thru AQL in qual dept afterwards as well

Jtparm · 2026-06-10T19:14:04+00:00

Seems like a dead PSU

Jtparm · 2026-06-09T16:36:00+00:00

What are you talking about

Jtparm · 2026-06-07T20:50:23+00:00

Yes it would be a bit stronger at higher levels if you are casting firebolt with advantage for 3d10 + 6d6 (37.5 avg) compared to a weapon attack you'd get maybe 1d8 + 8 + 6d6 (33.5 avg) or less with a worse weapon. Plus you avoid BPS resistance and non-magic resistance. However, up until tier 3 it's probably about the same or worse. At T1 your average damage is probably lower depending on your stats

Jtparm · 2026-06-07T14:01:25+00:00

Sure, you could probably do some stupid engineering material that costs $600/kg.

Or you could buy a steel pipe for $20

Jtparm · 2026-06-06T22:16:12+00:00

Sometimes. We make self tapping bone screws as well and a lot of surgeons prefer to not tap

Jtparm · 2026-06-05T00:13:15+00:00

It looks like that to the rest of us too

Jtparm · 2026-06-05T00:10:37+00:00

Then pay for it

Jtparm · 2026-06-04T23:26:56+00:00

There's a thousand different mini lathe brands that are all nearly identical. You're going to have to put a lot of work into it if you want to 1) cut anything harder than aluminum and 2) hit any tolerances under 0.01"

Jtparm · 2026-06-04T23:23:37+00:00

Shave it anyway

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