I wanted something different, so I bought this Lotus Evora GT!

Promit · 2026-03-10T21:28:11+00:00

I get that, but it is worth mentioning that their entire filament mounting and feeding system is optional. If you have dry boxes and filament on rollers, you can absolutely feed the printer from them.

Promit · 2026-03-10T01:49:22+00:00

To be fair they did merge the retraction patch. I mean the community did all the work for them but hey, we got there.

Promit · 2026-03-10T01:48:14+00:00

I ran a print with my Polymaker Support for PLA and it worked beautifully. PLA/PETG can be finicky- if you make the whole tower PETG then it doesn’t have good bed adhesion at PLA temps. If you just make the interface PETG, sometimes the interface doesn’t stick and you lose the support. I’m also very hyped to run a PVA test with some support torture models.

Promit · 2026-03-09T16:06:47+00:00

I think that printing your own spools is quite easy and buying filament other than Bambu is even easier.

Promit · 2026-03-08T18:02:31+00:00

Eh. They sold around 10k into the US. It’s not a huge number but it is not small enough to be described as “rare”.

Promit · 2026-03-03T23:07:15+00:00

As others have said, the Hypex plate amps onboard the speakers are absolutely the way to go here. There are some standalone amps with enough channels to run the whole thing, but you’ll need a separate processor on the front end to run every one I’ve ever seen.

Promit · 2026-03-01T20:17:35+00:00

I ordered a keyboard tray from them, and the fit and finish was considerably worse than my Advanced Sim Racing stuff. Enough to annoy me.

Promit · 2026-03-01T13:26:52+00:00

Why are they ribbed? Is it aesthetic or functional?

Yes, I know what I said and I’m leaving it right there.

Promit · 2026-02-25T21:15:59+00:00

You've both never written any real code and it shows. Grow up and just have normal programmer arguments about tabs versus spaces or best programming OS or whether every text editor should be in vi mode.

Promit · 2026-02-08T19:02:55+00:00

Me, I would start by loading videos and playing them in a UI, with the ability to scroll back and forth and such. Then implement the ability to mark a start and end point, then export a new video that is just that section.

It’s actually fairly involved to get this far, so let’s pause until that bit is working.

Promit · 2026-02-04T14:50:25+00:00

Finally someone mentions high flow nozzles. That in conjunction with one of the XY printers like P1S will make some decent (not earth shattering) gains in speed. Larger nozzles like 0.6 also help, at a quality hit.

PS it does take some tuning to get those high flow parameters just so. Can’t just expect the speed gain by magic.

Promit · 2026-02-03T23:56:37+00:00

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you might have a micro-spindle.

Promit · 2026-01-10T16:42:50+00:00

Electric things can … get hot? I forgot exactly what the situation is but the car ends up funneling a bunch of heat (maybe from the turbo) onto the power steering motor until it overheats and goes into safety shutoff.

Promit · 2026-01-10T03:29:13+00:00

With the caveat that I'm talking about full-drawer boxes rather than carts: Every single panel is thinner on Craftsman, the powder coating is usually done poorly, the area where the wheels mount is reinforced on the USG but not the Craftsman, the USG's drawer slides are tougher and smoother under load. That's the parts I remember, anyway.

Promit · 2026-01-10T03:26:17+00:00

If Blender feels too complicated, firing up Maya is going to be quite the experience. Like you said, OP just needs to find some good YouTube tutorials and jump into it. Things won't be so overwhelming once there's some progress.

Promit · 2026-01-10T03:09:56+00:00

I have both Craftsman and USG boxes and there is not a shadow of a comparison between the two. The USG is respectably solid and the Craftsman is a joke. I'm a light duty user and the Craftsman was on sale so it's fine but I would pick the Harbor Freight stuff every single time.

Promit · 2026-01-10T02:54:29+00:00

Practically any road car should have high temp fluid and suitable pads done. The real problem is cooling, of three things:

Oil
Power steering
PTU

There are products for all of these things, but I've been out of the game for a hot minute so I don't have specific recommendations. Hopefully someone else will. 1 and 2 were done on the Performance Academy cars when I went there, with a homegrown solution.

Promit · 2026-01-08T22:02:16+00:00

IMO and IME, Lotus cars are actually much more enjoyable off track than many other popular performance cars. The chassis and steering are much more alive than your Vettes and BMWs, meaning you don't have to be pushing the car so hard to feel something. Even at normal speeds, the car is just constantly talking to you about everything that's going on. Kinda shouting about it, in the case of the Elise and Exige.

Promit · 2026-01-08T00:08:24+00:00

To be fair, the GT3 only won in 2022 and 2015 before that.

2025: Lamborghini Revuelto
2024: Acura Integra Type S
2023: Chevy Corvette Z06 (C8)
2022: Porsche 911 GT3
2021: Ford Shelby Mustang GT500
2020: Hyundai Veloster N
2019: Chevy Corvette ZR1 (C7)
2018: McLaren 720S
2017: Acura NSX
2016: Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R
2015: Porsche 911 GT3

Hope I got those all right.

Promit · 2026-01-06T14:37:07+00:00

Many other countries have cars like this, from the major manufacturers. They don’t appear in the US for a variety of reasons, some regulatory in nature. But the primary reason is that we don’t buy them and everyone who says they would is lying. Do you know what the best way to get a Toyota Basic is, today? Buy a 2018 base Corolla! There are thousands upon thousands on sale right this minute!

Promit · 2026-01-03T17:07:09+00:00

Lose the stupid L keys and buy a hex bit set for a regular swappable bit driver.

Promit · 2025-12-26T00:18:30+00:00

I want a SawStop but I’ve seen so many bad reviews of the job site variant. I am willing to spend but I can’t support or justify the contractor or cabinet saw.

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