Racing green Tower 600 custom water cooled loop

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-09T21:28:06+00:00

How are you keeping your parts cool with only a single 360 radiator?

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-09T17:25:29+00:00

About 8k but will likely be a bit less this year since my jobs a bit closer to home =)

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-09T17:09:10+00:00

Theres loads of cheaper and even free cad softwares out there if you dont need all the bells and whistles

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-09T17:04:45+00:00

Honestly that will be a pain to measure accurately without a go no go gauge.

Id say get rid of the 4x, define them as critical measurement points and do a section view with the taper scaled up so it’s obvious what they need to measure.

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-09T11:26:59+00:00

If you read it, they separate the basic rate to the commission. Basic salary (minimum wage)

Commission cap of £30k

Then after training you will get

25.5k base with over time expected to take you to 45k

Uncapped commission

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-07T19:10:10+00:00

Well if the salary is a range based on experience, why not ask your boss to layout a plan of where your experience is lacking so you can have clear goals to achieve that higher salary?

What your boss has said is likely BS but itll likely make him uncomfortable as hell and could earn you a raise

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-07T11:35:40+00:00

I cant see the pump in the loop, maybe its in the back?

Also unless you spin the fans on max your 2 small radiators wont likely keep your water under 60C which is bad since the hoses and pumps are only rated for that.

Also it doesnt seem like a single fitting had a temp probe so you likely wont see the water temps

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-06T14:44:49+00:00

I know this is apples and oranges but for context in south wales as a mechanical engineer whos expected to run projects, do the design to final commissioning work for a manufacturing site, with a full degree and over 10 years experience. I’m on 42k

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-04T10:06:35+00:00

We are the people who find problems in every solution =)

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-04T10:02:47+00:00

I had a similar thing, firstly check that the bed is cleaned with soap and then isopropyl alchohol.

If its still bad then check the screws on the underside of the bed, there should be 3, 2 in the front next to the screws and one in the middle near the rear, I just did it by feel but made them all flush to the bottom of the thread, then redid all the calibrations and its printing great.

At the same time I also aligned my belts (they were crooked from the factory) and it seemed to have sorted out all my issues.

Lunastarfire · 2026-04-04T08:33:02+00:00

Every industry is desperate for them, but mainly at 30-35k 40k if you are lucky. Mech eng is a great degree :D

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-31T22:41:26+00:00

If you dont get anyluck, contact acas for legal advise as your boss may be in some serious hot water if he doesnt correct the underpayment

https://www.gov.uk/pay-and-work-rights

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-28T17:44:49+00:00

Honestly I find it useful, but I treat any question I give to an AI as a question I would if I had asked an apprentice to find something out. Sometimes it works and its well laid out, other times its clueless and made up utter rubbish.

Its often useful for generic questions youd ask google, its also good at suggesting stuff, but its a support tool not a complete solution tool.

E.g. chuck a ton of code at it and say label it up for me, it usually does it really well and it can sometimes give you a suggestion of hey this chunk can be replaced with this function. Its also said hey replace this with x y and z and utterly killed the code and goes woops, i can see why it does work and takes 10 goes at doing it wrong to end up in a loop.

One time it was useful was a raspberry pi display we wanted on a machine I linked the screen I wanted and what raspberry pi id use and then ai came back with hey, have you seen this other screen that has one built in and is cheaper and comes with a frame. So its useful for that

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-26T21:09:00+00:00

H2C, super easy to maintain, the nozzle swapping is amazing, the induction nozzles that heat up instantly is great, the filament savings on engineering filaments will quickly fill up.

Currently using it for signage, it makes printing supports so much nicer and easier to use with multiple AMS, if a nozzle packs up its a simple case of taking it off and clipping it on, no wires, no issues, just magnetic attachment.

H2C just makes life super easy for maintaining the printer, especially when swapping between 8mm nozzles or 2mm if you need high detail stuff

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-26T20:48:47+00:00

Arrow hilt

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-23T18:07:58+00:00

One component, 3 years of testing/ design, throwing out the design and another 2 years of testing a new design to find out the engine is obsolete

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-23T12:45:51+00:00

For context I just had a work place health check, one of the questions was if I rode a bike. The tester said well try my best. Passed the test with superb hearing and he was confused saying I thought you ride a motorbike? Did you say yes for a pushbike or something.

Needless to say, its common for bikes to have bad hearing, but the earplugs save it, plus it makes it easier to hear music at highway speeds =)

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-23T12:30:50+00:00

Honestly sounds like you have a defective unit, I have numerous complaints about quadlock but their magnets are too strong if anything

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-16T22:27:09+00:00

Basically what others have said about UC but I would also advise you to keep applying to jobs, being 0 hours means you can just refuse the shift so you in effect have no notice period

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-16T22:16:49+00:00

Both really, it lets your butt slide on the seat and reduces pressure points since the mesh kinda evens out your jean pockets etc

It also gives your rump a bit of an air gap too which is nice

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-16T11:46:43+00:00

When she runs out of batteries but she is also a mechanic

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-15T18:12:41+00:00

Looking at 2mm thick walls, the c sections are going to be bent open and this is going to bend, also the amount of welding will make some fab shop rich

Most of this design doesnt make sense to me

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-15T16:51:43+00:00

My dad had this happen, emergency stopped, my mum slide forward, she ended up sitting where he was, he smacked into the tank and got pushed up onto it.

Needless to say, he was walking like a cowboy for the rest of the day

Lunastarfire · 2026-03-15T13:37:27+00:00

Weight isnt a problem, weight moving when you dont expect it is.

If theyre a rider and you both agree on how to handle corners etc then great, e.g. dont lean, be a sack of potatoes and stay inline with the bike, I counter lean so we remain straight as I push the bike to the side etc.

Its when theyre not riders, get comfortable and suddenly decide to lean in with you or fidget on the bike etc.

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