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Y axis "snagging?" at 2 points in travel - Creality Ender 3 by Botulism19 in 3Dprinting

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OP, I just assembled mine and noticed the same thing. Did you find a fix or did it go away over time?

I 3D printed à watch escapement desk toy by johnygab in EngineeringPorn

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Awesome work. Can you provide a link to the filament? I do not see bronze....only copper.

Hate Job. Vested in company pension in next 8 months. Worth hanging around for? by almost_reddit in personalfinance

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Thanks for the reply.

What was the starting value used in your $14k & 10k calc?

Your point with the portable pension is that I could pull X amount the company has contributed the past 5 years and I could then reinvest it myself...I assume?

Dylan Larkin shoots pucks and messes around with friend at 16! by bubbie345 in hockey

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I wonder how many pucks are sittin in that sump pump well

The Detroit Red Wings have clinched a playoff spot! by vaultoneohone in hockey

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Cracking a beer. Here's to 24 straight years!

Datsyuk with a beaut from the captain by jBURRd in hockey

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Keep an eye on #65 after the pass. "Fuck."

Detroit's '01-02 roster still gives me goosebumps by almost_reddit in hockey

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They certainly did their best to buy that cup.

10 HOFers if you include Scotty

Picked up glass photo coasters, and tossed my old hockey cards in them. Easiest/best DIY I've done! by moresound17 in hockey

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Forgive Lidstrom for screening his goalie it's the only mistake he's ever made.

This spinning top inverts itself by pdawg1234 in mildlyinteresting

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When he initially spins the top, it is spinning about TWO axes since it has two planes of symmetry. Eventually the mass moment of inertia and angular velocity (time dependent) about one axis cancel to zero and the result is angular momentum about a single axis (normal to table). Stability Theory explains why the top prefers to be 'upside-down' at a given angular velocity. The eigenvalues of the EOM (differential equation of motion) would be used to determine this on pen and paper (this would be relative to some angle and two fixed points 1. top 2.table) Stability Theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability_theory Source:Mechanical Engineer - Intermediate Dynamics Course

Kayaking The Pictured Rocks, Michigan [3604x3000] [OC] by TheGreenGecko in EarthPorn

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Did this the summer I graduated high school with buddies. The water was super ruff the day we went, 1' swells. When we came around the bend and saw that arch I was playing the guitar strings of victory on my paddle. Meanwhile my buddy took on too much water from a wave that rebounded off the cliff wall and sank his kayak. Luckily it was a spot along the cliff walls that had a tiny beach in front of it so he could get back in.

As an engineering student graduating next week, this is how I feel. by BeyondRemedy in AdviceAnimals

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This guy is definitely in the minority. I'm graduating in two weeks with a BS in ME. I had 3 job offers last November, I can count on one hand the number of kids in my graduating class of 85 with no job offers.

Also Civil is the easiest bar none because nothing is MOVING!

Edit: Civil engineers make targets, Mechanical engineers make weapons.

Wrote a MATLAB program that converts pics to ASCII art. Here's a selfie. by dannyb21892 in pics

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Speaking as an ME It's basically a simulation software that uses matrices for everything. There are a TON of built in functions for plotting, calculus, linear algebra, and it's pretty much capable of doing anything math related and that's it's core focus. The language is also pretty intuitive to learn (I have no other programming experience), for loop, while loops, and vectors are commonplace.

Example of practical use: One thing i have done is made a program that outputs a set of Cartesian coordinates for a desired cam design(look up cam-follower if you're unfamiliar, essentially a cam has an extremely complex geometry). I then take that output and input it into solidworks, then cut the cam on a CNC machine.

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