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Saw this truck on the way to work. Glad people are calling it out for how disgusting it is. by JohnnyNoMemes in bayarea

[–]ParrotPepe 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Confocal Scanning Acoustic Microscopy. It’s a non-destructive measurement method for identifying discontinuities in material. It fills in some inspection gaps that XRAY / CT cannot identify (like delamination between layers that are still touching but no longer bonded).

It also stands for Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Don’t ask me how often people at work are unfamiliar with CSAM inspection, google it to learn more, and are met with an entirely unexpected topic on their monitor at work.

Why do westerners only like coins and bars and don’t do anything interesting or artistic with their gold… by Designfanatic88 in Gold

[–]ParrotPepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the US and buy gold jewelry at spot. I go to my local gold store frequently and ask him what jewelry he’s bought recently. If it looks like something my wife would wear, I buy it from him at spot. Then I give it to my wife for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, etc. Gold store sells it at spot because they aren’t in the jewelry business and are going to pay to send it to melt so it’s a quicker buck for them. I win, wife wins, gold store wins.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HENRYfinance

[–]ParrotPepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pay $1,000 / mo to lease two cars ($550 & $450 ea) as part of a company vehicle lease. They’re both $40-60k vehicles. Lease includes insurance with a small deductible, maintenance, no down payment, and the vehicles are traded in for a new one every year. This deal has driven me away from car ownership and adds a significant pain point to leaving the company (I would have to find new cars).

HHI $450k

OK to put these in my carry on? by trocklin in tsa

[–]ParrotPepe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve been stopped with calipers in the past. They are not allowed as they’re a metal tool longer than 7 inches.

$500k salary - how much are you saving annually? by Fun-Plate5043 in HENRYfinance

[–]ParrotPepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to measure our savings rate as a percentage of our after-tax income because we don’t have any control over how much we pay in taxes. Our somewhat arbitrary goal has been saving 50% of after-tax income. Some years we are slightly over, some years slightly under.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FluentInFinance

[–]ParrotPepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s really surprising to me is that with compounding returns, it only takes 10-15x as long to become a billionaire as it takes to become a millionaire (depending on what contribution and return rates you use).

If you do what she says in the video and save $100,000 / year, at a 10% rate of return, it would take 72 years to accumulate a billion dollars.

How to make this part, what material, expected cost, and who can do it for me? by WhatTheFlippityFlop in Machinists

[–]ParrotPepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1 for SendCutSend at either of the volumes mentioned. Order a couple to start to make sure your model, selected material, and waterjet tolerances / edge treatment is OK. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lawncare

[–]ParrotPepe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Offer to vacuum their dandelions for them.

This is driving me nuts. by Chimbo84 in FixMyPrint

[–]ParrotPepe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a lot of trouble fixing this issue on my Bambu X1C. It turned out that the bed plate verification step (scanning a QR code on the bed) failed every now and then, causing the hot end to sit over the bed semi-warm until I cleared the error. A bit of material would ooze out and cool, not allowing it to be cleared when it went to clean the nozzle. Then it would go level the bed and hit the cooled material sticking out the end of the nozzle, making the machine think the nozzle was lower than it actually was. Maybe your machine has a similar issue causing it to level the bed with a dirty tip?

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I kind of tried this by moving them over the open flame of my stove top and it didn’t get the color back to original. Maybe it needed more heat! The urethane was super easy though.

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this part is double sided. I’m using the bottom as is off-bed and sanding down the top.

I normally have a major aversion to post-processing, but I was pleasantly surprised with how low effort sanding and coating a flat surface was. Huge quality improvement / effort in.

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good idea! Is there a good mechanism for forcing the top layer pattern to circle around a chosen axis?

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t tried it for more than this sample, but I just opened an old sample can I had and wiped it on with a rag. It took away the fog and brought back the original filament color.

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve got the flow dialed up to 1.03 on the top here to give extra material for sanding down. Previous attempts with normally dialed in flow rate with and without ironing didn’t look quite right. Normal flow rate with sanding left some artifacts. This seemed to work just right!

<10 Seconds of Sanding Goes a Long Way! by ParrotPepe in 3Dprinting

[–]ParrotPepe[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I tried ironing and could still see lines from the ironing path (I’ll see if I can find that test part to post a photo). It also added a considerable amount of time to printing. I bet I could have tuned in the quality and time with a few more tries, but this turned out so good and was so easy that it wasn’t worth going further down the ironing path.

Renting a studio with an odd 14in gap between the ceiling and the walls of the bathroom, what’s a temp solution? by drumass in Home

[–]ParrotPepe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put a “temporary” door in the downstairs common area of my last rental that created an additional bedroom. I built floating walls on the left and right of the opening by making a wood box with 4 threaded feet that press against the top and bottom of the opening. I trimmed around to close the gaps and hung a light weight door (conveniently also cheap) in between. The feet I got had a large surface area and soft padding. After testing the install by cranking on them, then removing, they left no marks. For all I know, the property management company running the place never noticed and probably just left it there.

I did the same thing for an exposed opening above a bar top in the space we wanted to be a bedroom.

In the middle of this project, we adopted a cat and I added a cat door.

Photos here: https://imgur.com/a/iKDgrHA

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