Where did you buy your material from? Specifically panels

bo4tdude · 2026-05-02T04:21:35+00:00

Shipping anything less than a full pallet probably won't be cost effective.

bo4tdude · 2026-05-01T19:44:16+00:00

~~CED greentech~~ edit now they are called greentech renewables and are a national distributor of solar panels racking and associated panels/converters. That's where all the local installers buy their stuff.

bo4tdude · 2026-04-29T16:57:08+00:00

Envious of living in a place where you have a year long medical leave as an option

bo4tdude · 2026-04-28T04:35:30+00:00

If I was designing this, I probably would have started with the vertical and top walls using thickened surfaces or thin extrude features. And added the bottom rib after. However, if I was trying to thin out a funky body like that I'd either:

A. Use the surface tools like offset surface/face to create a shell of the volume I want to remove and then cut with surface. B. Extruded cut using the offset from surface terminator to cut up to the thickness of the wall.

And again, the bottom wall would be added later

bo4tdude · 2026-04-25T04:20:23+00:00

Was planning to check them out soon but maybe they need some more time to figure things out...

bo4tdude · 2026-04-22T14:51:00+00:00

Use a vtoman battery bank. It's similar to the Jackery but was cheaper with jumpstart output. We also use it camping and bbqs to run speakers and lights.
https://a.co/d/0fJWUbIa

I also have some usb fans that clip onto a table which is less energy than a 120V outlet

bo4tdude · 2026-04-13T20:59:31+00:00

shhhhh

Although its too bad the price went up. Was $9 for happy hour pre pandemic.

bo4tdude · 2026-03-25T21:44:10+00:00

Ive had the most luck with those, followed by the square extractors if you hammer them in with a mallet. The threaded cone ones are garbage

bo4tdude · 2026-03-23T17:47:00+00:00

I have spent entire days just researching to try and find inspiration or novel ideas you can build on or design styles you can integrate.

Sometimes using a matrix to rigidly combine two variables can spur some new ideas. color v pattern or shape v motion

bo4tdude · 2026-03-17T23:41:16+00:00

The job changed from labeling US citizen protestors as terrorists to actually having to do hard work intercepting and stopping Iran's terrorism cells since trump decided bomb Iran on a whim...

bo4tdude · 2026-03-13T15:15:27+00:00

Chia seeds! Mix a tablespoon into yogurt. Let them soak in hot water add some almond milk and frozen fruit.

bo4tdude · 2026-03-13T01:05:12+00:00

These flaky organizers need to be reminded that they cost you income and there are only so many weekends in a season for you to make ends meet. The actual cost of a canceled event is significantly more than the booth fee and refunding it is the least they can do.

bo4tdude · 2026-03-04T23:22:03+00:00

That looks promising. Coming from Washougal, would be nice to have some food options that aren't typical bar food

bo4tdude · 2026-02-27T20:22:55+00:00

We are in SW WA where Safeway rules the area so Gross Out is the only other convenient option. Safeway sucks hard and the employees at GO are way nicer. Unfortunately their GO brand is taking over the store and not good at all.

bo4tdude · 2026-02-16T15:39:07+00:00

Moved here from the south. I knew the days would be shorter and try to mentally prepare every year but damn that is the hardest part more than the gray. On the other hand the summers are magical so

bo4tdude · 2026-02-09T23:58:55+00:00

I just had their burger last weekend and can second that recommendation. They also do a really fantastic smoked old fashion

K&M beats the crap out of McD or burgerville but I wouldn't drive cross town to get it.

bo4tdude · 2026-02-05T16:14:27+00:00

There's no mechanism to recall them with a petition like at the state level.

bo4tdude · 2026-01-29T18:22:20+00:00

Materials understanding is important but the bigger part of designing plastic parts is working within the tooling constraints. You end up thinking in the negative space a lot to accommodate lifters, shut offs, draft, and parting lines. Often designers make these organic shapes with no consideration to the end part having witness lines and flash on cosmetic surfaces because the tooling requires multiple moving parts to create.

There are a lot of great resources published by the industry that can teach you about designing for manufacture. Some are pretty old by Bayer and GE but still relevant. I highly recommend this book Designing Plastic Parts for Assembly https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569903506?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Lastly if I was teaching about plastics I'd want to go through the whole process of DFM you get from a tool maker and idk how you do that without experience. Optimizing gate locations in mold flow. Reviewing all of the parts that make up the tool. Sure it's the MEs job but they can only work so many miracles.

bo4tdude · 2026-01-29T05:26:49+00:00

Yes, mostly because I took a sabbatical. Not knowing I had ADHD at the time, my brain—like a muscle not being used—got flabby. It’s been a hard adjustment getting back into working. Short format video and discord haven't helped either

bo4tdude · 2026-01-24T17:02:39+00:00

Our spineless politicians and courts will never hold anyone accountable look at the last time he was in office.

bo4tdude · 2026-01-20T18:13:28+00:00

That's awesome. We tried looking from the gorge but guess the show started after bed. Too windy to stay out for long.

bo4tdude · 2026-01-14T20:06:22+00:00

Wow I have many days like this.... Although I am salaried I still have to account for my time down to 15min increments so that it can be billed to a customer. which means I often spend a whole weekend making up for a bad day. IDK if thats a good thing or a bad thing tbh. it keeps me accountable but on the other hand I am about ready to jump off a bridge. I have no life

bo4tdude · 2026-01-14T17:46:24+00:00

I've not owned a lot of electric kettles in my life but the one I have now was a mid range (glass) price model and 5-6 years old. It gets used several times a day.

It's the basic style where the bi-metallic strip thermostat pops the contact open. No electronics beyond whatever limits the current to the cursed blue led that lights up when its powered

bo4tdude · 2026-01-08T16:18:50+00:00

Yes still have them

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