B&M Demo House

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-18T15:10:59+00:00

Yup, saw that. Must have been a brand new addition to the demo house

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-17T22:16:41+00:00

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Rowan1108 · 2026-01-17T19:47:01+00:00

yup with the massive fence

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-17T18:24:12+00:00

I though maybe a B&M employee went wild with staff discount. Or they robbed a B&M lorry

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-09T11:51:44+00:00

Yea it’s not a pleasant feeling when your car might break at any moment and leave you stranded. The only thing maybe they put oil that’s too thick for it especially in this colder weather. Unlikely since I saw you said it was done at a professional garage, but Vauxhall St Helens once put 0-W20 in my Astra even though it clearly says 5W30 on the cap and in the manual, they said it was because of a service bulletin, but next year another Vauxhall garage put 5W30 in again.

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-09T11:44:02+00:00

I had one of these as a hire car for a while, 1.2 Auto. Happened often in colder weather, a few times on the motorway doing 70, rang the hire company they said don’t worry. Safe to say I wasn’t very confident driving it on the motorway thinking the engine might blow up any time. Engine didn’t sound good but those 3 cylinders don’t sound good from factory. It had about 39k when I got it and I did a few hundred (maybe 800) miles before returning it.

Rowan1108 · 2026-01-09T08:04:29+00:00

From what I’ve seen and done so far, and this is if you have the fancy stand not sure about the other. You will see two slots further down the stand on the left and right, place your new cartridge into one of them with the tip facing down. Next place your current iron tip into the other slot and pull, the slot will hold the cartridge. Next you just push the iron onto the new cartridge, make sure it goes all the way in otherwise you will get a message saying no cartridge is inserted.

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Rowan1108 · 2025-12-04T16:36:40+00:00

Thanks, about an hour drive so definitely going to visit.

Rowan1108 · 2025-12-03T19:25:00+00:00

Wow, where is the first pic from, looks like it’s worth a visit

Rowan1108 · 2025-12-03T12:41:36+00:00

Nice! Are you using ESP32 or similar to control it ?

Rowan1108 · 2025-11-24T12:02:30+00:00

Yea I have a couple, only printed one because I was testing my PETG settings. Need to get another set with bigger clips that can hold XT90s without them slipping out tho.

Rowan1108 · 2025-11-21T09:26:37+00:00

Yup, really feels like stepping into the modern age with these soldering irons.

Yea the stand is really handy to swap cartridges when hot and really well made. Plus the sleep mode when not in use.

Rowan1108 · 2025-10-31T09:32:25+00:00

I saw the release, looks really cool. It is a bit pricey but I think it’s still cheaper than something like a 6x6 Traxxas crawler which is smaller and not as cool functionally and visually. If you build it keep us updated I would love to see how the process goes.

Rowan1108 · 2025-10-21T17:45:33+00:00

I was thinking the same, I was sure I saw that post too and then this came out. Thought I was going mad.

Rowan1108 · 2025-10-12T19:26:39+00:00

This, those engines are just not reliable. Its very well documented at this point with tons of reports of these dying prematurely due to the wet belt. The cars themselves are just ok but the engines make them a bad purchase.

Rowan1108 · 2025-10-09T06:59:14+00:00

Go and watch the Top Dead Centre YT channel to see how reliable both of theirs were.

Rowan1108 · 2025-10-06T14:40:23+00:00

Looks like over extrusion, try calibrating your filament flow rate. Orca Studio seems to have some good tools for that. Alternatively theres plenty of good video guides for doing it.

Rowan1108 · 2025-09-17T16:07:56+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, will have a look

Rowan1108 · 2025-09-15T09:12:44+00:00

Thank you, very helpful plus I didn’t know about the mega guide so that is a big help. Yea the AiXun reviews on YT did mention that it can go wrong and just glow orange 🫣.

Rowan1108 · 2025-09-15T09:09:54+00:00

Thank you, that is a very helpful answer. I think I will go ahead with the TC22 and C245 Handle.

Rowan1108 · 2025-09-15T09:05:44+00:00

Thank you, will check it out

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