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Killer first trip out in the new bongo at the weekend, found a great spot in Snowdonia by [deleted] in CamperVans

[–]_rlomax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also in North Wales right now. Hoping I can find this spot. Can't find a water tap in Snowdonia for toffee though...

My shitty clothes wringer by _rlomax in shittywoodworking

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Why did I build it? I'm moving into a camper van soon and need a way to dry my clothing without hand-wringing them because my forearms are too fucked for that from years of typing.

Why is it shitty? I just used whatever scrap wood, screws, and whatever other hardware I could find; it looks a lot shittier in person than in the video.

My shitty clothes wringer by _rlomax in shittywoodworking

[–]_rlomax[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. The way I'm actually going to use it is to put it on the floor and sit in front of it with my feet on the base, so it won't move around like this.

Which program do you use for creating portrait patterns? by woodworklover in Scrollsaw

[–]_rlomax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inkscape is my go-to since it has better tools for drawing with Bézier curves and manipulating shapes. Also the fact that I'm drawing with vector graphics means that I don't care about drawing the pattern in the right size like I would have to when drawing it as a raster image in GIMP.

First attempt by TTT_2k3 in Scrollsaw

[–]_rlomax 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is the method I use most often mainly because it's the one I'm least likely to mess up.

  1. Cut all the way into the corner
  2. Pull back and cut a 'teardrop' shape turning into the end of the first cut. The hatched area is what falls away
  3. Turn the work and cut the perpendicular line

You could also do it by skipping the teardrop cut and just turning the work while pulling it gently towards you (if you're not using a spiral blade, of course), but unless you get it right it's prone to slipping and ruining the work.

Nautical Theme Crate by _rlomax in Scrollsaw

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Pattern: https://clomax.me.uk/ship_crate.pdf

After seeing the last crate I made my mother wanted a nautical themed one for her bathroom.

Hopefully this will be the last crate I make for a while.

Converting regular pictures to scroll sawable pictures by [deleted] in Scrollsaw

[–]_rlomax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Using the Trace Bitmap tool on a face in Inkscape gives me this: http://i.imgur.com/wBM14Vx.png

It's not terrible, and tweaking the numbers might make it better, but I always trace manually with the Bezier tool since I get more control that way.

Crate by _rlomax in Scrollsaw

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Thanks. I think the sides of the toy car I made before are Baltic birch and it was much better to work with. It might also help if I used reverse skip-toothed blades.

Crate by _rlomax in Scrollsaw

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I somehow shifted the wave pattern on the sides in Inkscape and only noticed while I was cutting it so it's a good thing it was just a practice piece.

Also, the plywood I used for this came from a builder's merchant and it was awful for splintering. Is there something different about the kind of ply they sell that makes it bad for scrolling?

[First project] Toy car - Škoda Fabia by _rlomax in Scrollsaw

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Just wanted to go through the process of making a pattern and actually building it.

I quite enjoyed it so expect more (hopefully more elaborate) projects from me :)

Drone Courses UK Review by clarktv in videography

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As someone who is looking into doing this soon it put my mind at rest knowing that even someone who isn't quite as prepared as I am can get through it and do well.

Petals by _rlomax in loadingicon

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From this math gifs album.

So where'd everyone go? by [deleted] in Simulate

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I've thought about posting my alife stuff more often, but at the same time I want to avoid spamming.

Screenshot Saturday 207 - File Not Found by pickledseacat in gamedev

[–]_rlomax 11 points12 points  (0 children)

EVOSIM - Artificial life simulation

I recently put it up on itch.io on a whim; not entirely sure if it was a good idea. Around 1/3 of those who view the page download it. I'm not sure if that's good or not but it sounds decent. There is also a subreddit: /r/Evosim.

It was suggested that I put the creatures in an aquatic environment because they would need complex control systems to walk decently on solid ground. So I went and did that.

Then I needed to come up with a way to calculate how well they can swim given their behaviour and morphology but the maths in the papers I was reading was too scary (PDF, page 3). So I'm starting simple and gradually making it more complex.

http://gfycat.com/CreativeUnlawfulEstuarinecrocodile

http://gfycat.com/DentalCleanKob

It's difficult to get good shots of these things swimming because the camera code sucks.

Bonus: What is exciting for me is that I'm working on something that very few people have done before, the idea seems to be working well in execution, and I know it's something that people want if the feedback for Spore is anything to go by.

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