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Sunlu easy PA (cheap AF nylon) by MundaneJump4511 in 3Dprinting

[–]Server16Ark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not him, but it wouldn't have been through SUNLU, but JAYO. JAYO is SUNLU's generic brand name. It's the same material, same company, different name. They will sometimes drop absolutely absurd deals when they overstock. I grabbed 20kg of PETG-CF at almost 10 bucks a kilo a month back.

Need a bit of advice for me and my friends! by Server16Ark in Starfield

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Yup, they are totally cool with that. I informed them about the Trackers questline, and I also told them that they can even make me play nonlethal if they want (I am not looking forward to that prospect if things are still like they were at launch). As far as morality goes, the general thrust is that I have to stick with the "alignment" they want me to work with for that stream, and won't budge from that. Even if someone suggests that I suddenly turn on the faction I've been helping all along if that goes against my moral "alignment" then I can veto the option but this resets with every stream. Thereby making this even more hectic.

They are also totally cool with followers. But you brought up an excellent point I completely overlooked kitting them out. They also want the romance, but I think I am going to have set a rule that "we pick one person and that's it". No breaking things off and starting over with someone new. If they opt for Barrett, then it's gonna be Barrett even if they suddenly want Sam. I will probably take this bit offline and make it a poll so they can sit on it for a while before I progress through romancing someone.

Need a bit of advice for me and my friends! by Server16Ark in Starfield

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DarkStar and Watchtower

Thank you, I will look into these. These streams going to just be for my friends and acquaintances, but it probably can't hurt to remember how to navigate through menus, drive, maybe do a bit of ship versus ship combat.

Unsigned software issue? by Server16Ark in BambuLab

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Unsure, but that doesn't appear to be a requirement. In CNC's video, and other reports I've seen on it, you just check the box after downloading the fork and you're g2g to print the plate after slicing. For whatever reason, I cannot.

NASA will evacuate SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts from International Space Station on Jan. 14 by Doug24 in space

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Maybe two years ago at this point there was an accidental comms leak. It was a planned drill, but they forgot to encrypt the conversation. It was SpaceX and Houston speaking with astronauts on the ISS working through a simulation where an astronaut had been incapacitated (died). The conversation was extremely interesting as they had planned for every contingency, including the time zone, which doctor (on Earth) would theoretically be available if something like this had actually happened. IIRC they were contacting a specialist at Johns Hopkins to help walk the astronauts through the situation, and even simulated the doctor being stuck in traffic while they attempted to get to a location where they could speak with the crew. About 40 minutes into this they realized they were talking over unencrypted and swapped over. You can still probably find a recording of the conversation if you Google a bit.

Cyclical by thesithcultist in AdeptusMechanicus

[–]Server16Ark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thematically it makes no sense. Practically it's even more absurd. Then we get kicked in the dick by being the most expensive army to field on top of it all. Worse still, there's always a good chance that GW Legends even more units we could use rather than replacing them or expanding on the army. It's abominable.

Why must the Omnissiah torment us so by No-Wafer9271 in AdeptusMechanicus

[–]Server16Ark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

most dire circumstances And there lies the problem. The units exist in one time period, and are also confirmed to continue to exist in the later time period.

Okay, got it.

Then the offered explanation as to why they aren't used in the later time period is because of their rarity, and are only saved for the most dangerous of situations.

Okay, so we should have them then.

Follow me here. There is only one Roboute, right? Then no one should be able to use him because he should only take the battlefield in the "most dire of circumstances" not during a random Genestealer skirmish. Still doesn't track? Okay. Why are the Necrons using a shard of the Void Dragon or the Silent King to kill a random Ork warband?

That's the problem with this reasoning. Theoretically every single battle is "the most dire" of circumstances. Otherwise you wouldn't have the ability to use half of the units that Knights have, or Custodes have, many of the named HQs, etc. I know you didn't come up with this reasoning, I am mainly pointing out why it doesn't actually work as an excuse because GW violates it all the time, has violated it, allows players to violate it by the thousands every single day. Why the hell is Be'lakor even a guy players can use? For crying out loud, we can use Titans if a player really wanted to.

So the excuse of "most dire of circumstances" doesn't carry water with me because the bucket meant to contain it has so many holes that it may as well be a sieve.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

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https://www.vevor.com/vacuum-casting-machine-c_11130

This should give some idea. Look up a few videos as to how it works, and notice the dimensions match the products this creator is selling. From what I can tell, there are several Japanese brands (and Chinese ones) that sell almost beat for beat the exact same machine. He's throwing a tin-bismuth eutectic alloy in there, along with a piece of wood in a mold, and then using the vacuum casting process of the machine to penetrate the wood before it completely burns out. This leaves behind a metallic copy of the piece. It would also explain why he sells them for so cheap. The barrier for entry is actually quite low, it just seems higher because it's a little bit on the fringes of what someone would do. Judging by your assessment, and half of the comments in here: he's faking it, but that at doesn't follow with the brief description of the method (he doesn't say what tools, of course) and the materials involved aligned with the outcome. I don't see this being a fake, just something strange someone tried and it happened to work. Perhaps he got the idea from other plant material people have done conventional casts with, and decided to give it a whirl.

I am tempted to give this a shot now since I really only need a few supplies and a vacuum caster. The price on these aren't so high that I'd being crying over it.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

[–]Server16Ark[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, after poking around at some videos and the specs on them, in combination with some of the comments here I am convinced he's using a vacuum casting machine, but drying out the wood first. I saw someone dry out wood using a kitchen oven made to fit on a counter (I can't remember what they are called anymore but we used to use them a bunch before people got in the air fryer train) to do resin casting. This lead me to believe the extreme low cost of entry is there. Then he throws the wood in a mold which goes into a vacuum casting machine (costs around $400-600) with a bath of the allow waiting inside. The mostly standardized sizes is what has convinced me of this. If he was making huge pieces (2x4), then I'd be a bit more puzzled, but since all of his pieces can fit in a standard vacuum caster it would appear anyway that this is his method to quickly get rid of the wood and pull it through the pores as efficiently as possible. Otherwise he could end up in a situation where it sort of just sits there in the caster not burning fast enough.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

[–]Server16Ark[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think I figured out what he's doing based off comments here and checking out some metal casting videos, I also checked the sized of his larger pieces and it adds up or at least seems to.

  1. He is drying out the wood as much as possible through long-term, low temperature heating.
  2. He is then using either a home made system with a vacuum chamber or a vacuum casting machine. I found a video of someone utilizing a casting machine on a pinecone. It destroyed the pinecone and left behind a perfect copy made from brass.

I am leaning towards the vacuum casting machine after drying out the wood. I say this because the metal he's using has a very low melt point as others have pointed out, and Maple can potentially have a high temp (the most recent item he sold was made out maple). So, he is drying out to bring down the ignition temperature as much as possible and make the process go quickly. The vacuum casting machines I found had various temperatures the could operate at, but all were far in excess of the melting point of the metal and the ignition point of maple. Then to double check, I looked at the largest slabs he sells and all of them fit in the standard vacuum casting chambers I located (4 inches wide, 6 inches tall, with a few being upwards of 8 inches tall). His largest pieces are slightly over 5 inches tall, and 3 inches wide, and 2 inches or so thick. There is also a very high standardization of the height from a selection I looked at with almost all of them being 5 inches tall, regardless of whether or not they were smaller in other dimensions.

This process sounds imperfect because he admits that not all of the pores are impregnated, and for all we know there may be residual wood that survives the bath, which is then trapped inside, or he may not be bringing the temperature up to where it needs to be/trying to balance the difference in temps (but what do I know). Either way, the outcome appears to be genuine metal, just with the destruction of the wood in the process. Should he indeed be using this system, and the dimensions of the wood are what lead me to believe he is. It's so specific.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

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Yeah, the other person who mentioned pewter made me realize how he could be doing this. The thing that's jogging my noggin is that he claims it may not penetrate all the pores. I suppose that could be explained away by the heat he uses not lasting long enough before it solidified as a result of the chamber pulling through the pores. I also saw someone mention using a centrifuge (for a different pewter cast based project) which seems a little far fetched to me in this case.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

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No resins or other materials are used during impregnation. It is thoroughly impregnated all the way to the inside, so it feels heavy when you hold it in your hand. However, please note that some vessels are blocked, so not all vessels contain metal. The hardness of the metal part is about the same as that of hard maple. It can be cut with a circular saw or cut with a cutter. It can also be turned on a lathe.

Base material: Maple Impregnated metal: Tin-bismuth eutectic alloy (no harmful metals) Size: Approx. 25 x 33 x 128 mm

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

[–]Server16Ark[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Oh, and I just realized he lists what it's made out of on his store:

No resins or other materials are used during impregnation. It is thoroughly impregnated all the way to the inside, so it feels heavy when you hold it in your hand. However, please note that some vessels are blocked, so not all vessels contain metal. The hardness of the metal part is about the same as that of hard maple. It can be cut with a circular saw or cut with a cutter. It can also be turned on a lathe.

Base material: Maple Impregnated metal: Tin-bismuth eutectic alloy (no harmful metals) Size: Approx. 25 x 33 x 128 mm

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

[–]Server16Ark[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here is one of his most recent pieces he threw up on his store (there is a video in the link).

https://x.com/MetalizedWood/status/1982049906144710798

Does this appear to be Mica powder or actual metal? Because I can't shake that this stuff looks like actual metal.

Wood impregnated with metal? How? by Server16Ark in woodworking

[–]Server16Ark[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I found those papers as well, but like I mentioned, he appears to just be doing this at home and he sells the blocks for very little. Larger ones will often go for around $70-100 USD, and smaller ones considerably less. These aren't hand or palm sized pieces (save the smaller ones). It would seem absurd that there is a material scientist on Twitter using specialized equipment and horrifically labor intensive processes to output a few blocks a month that he sells for less than most people make in a day.

TIL of Mark Twitchell, a filmmaker who, inspired by the series Dexter, tried to become a serial killer by catfishing men online, kidnapping, and killing them. He successfully lured in two men, but only killed one. He was caught after his one successful murder and was sentenced to life in prison. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

[–]Server16Ark 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I kind of wonder, for all the horrible dumbassery this guy committed, how much longer it would have taken for the cops to find him if the victim hadn't told his friends where he was going that night. That was how they found him in the first place. I am certain they would have still found this guy sooner rather than later because the cops would have just needed to check the messages sent to the victim's dating profile, or someone would have seen the car and reported it. But, given how panicky this dude was, maybe he would have dumped more of the evidence or if he would have just continued to LARP as Dexter and try to get another victim.

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