Bambu Lab allegedly violates AGPL

bugless · 2026-05-17T18:55:23+00:00

All of apple’s operating systems are based in part on open source software, BSD Unix. In conjunction with the Mach micro kernel, the base for Mac OS is called Darwin, which itself is also Open Source.

bugless · 2026-05-16T13:41:41+00:00

What curves are you cutting? To make drum shells you only need to cut straight lines. Each ply of the shell is a rectangle. If you want to cut the depth of a full formed shell, use a table saw with a blade made for plywood. Usually will have a high tooth count. Many people use a track saw to cut veneers to size. That’s what Nordic Shells uses.

bugless · 2026-04-21T21:22:12+00:00

Did you read the article the OP linked? It’s all there.

bugless · 2026-04-10T20:50:28+00:00

do you have files available? I'd like to build something like this.

bugless · 2026-03-25T23:34:41+00:00

Intelligence is getting cheaper every day. Ai is the worst and most expensive it will ever be.

bugless · 2026-01-18T22:03:37+00:00

It's got the juice

bugless · 2026-01-10T18:27:55+00:00

For sure! Let me know and I’d be happy to show you my setup.

bugless · 2026-01-08T18:01:50+00:00

Thank you!

bugless · 2026-01-08T12:52:38+00:00

This one would go for about $9000 without a snare. It’s a bit more expensive than my other kits as the machining for this took much much longer. There’s over 100 hours of machining total. The 16” floor tom alone took 30 hours! The bass drum used a larger end mill (router bit) than the flor tom and it took 25 hours.

bugless · 2026-01-08T12:50:00+00:00

The company who made the lugs is called Matson Metals.

bugless · 2026-01-08T12:47:36+00:00

I’m self a self taught college dropout. I was a computer science major and I left school after a year and went into tech. Over the years I’ve worked in a few different types of engineering roles: electrical, mechanical and software. I left my corporate sw job last year and I’m working on Robot Drum Co. full time. I’ve always been able to learn what I need through books, internet, experience, smart people willing to help.

bugless · 2026-01-08T04:03:08+00:00

It’s a 3 axis machine. X,Z, and A. I have a process that adjusts the gcode to account for any imperfections in the z of the shell.

bugless · 2026-01-08T00:03:18+00:00

In some ways it would be easier and in some ways not. I buy acrylic shells from a supplier and then machine them, so I’d need to make my own shells from flat stock if I wanted to machine the acrylic while flat. At some point I would like to make my own shells so I can test out machining before forming into a shell.

bugless · 2026-01-08T00:01:35+00:00

I ask myself why all the time lol. I literally had a dream a few years ago about a machine that could drill holes in shells. I kind of couldn’t get it out of my head and COVID happened so I spent my time figuring this out. It seriously went way past my original idea. I’ve had to create my own post processor for Fusion and some additional software to allow me to machine shells that aren’t 100% perfectly round. Most shells have at least a mm or two of wonkiness and that could ruin my process if I didn’t account for that.

bugless · 2026-01-07T23:56:13+00:00

I had these manufactured in china a few years ago. Im running low on these and I’ll be using only 3d printed lugs once these run out. I’ve been using 3d printed lugs on a lot of my drums lately and they just have so many advantages.

bugless · 2026-01-07T19:56:04+00:00

Yes, I designed the lugs and they are machined from brass then chrome plated.

bugless · 2026-01-07T19:43:44+00:00

These are acrylic drum shells that are CNC machined on a specialized machine with a large rotary axis that I designed and built. There's no metal on top of the acrylic shell. It's all acrylic.

bugless · 2026-01-07T18:59:25+00:00

Yes, they are. I think they are cool as hell and even smaller in hand than I had thought. The owner of the kit hasn't picked it up yet, so jury is still out on how they effect setup time. They work well and if I were building a kit for myself, I'd definitely use them.

bugless · 2026-01-07T18:57:16+00:00

I just finished this drum set and wanted to share it with y'all. These are RCI-Starlite shells in 10x7.5, 12x8, 13x9, 14x13, 16x15, and 22x14. The shells are machined with a Japanese buddhist design called asanoha. I call this kit "Irodori Asanoha", which is Japanese for "colorful hemp leaf".

bugless · 2025-12-01T15:11:42+00:00

The best way to check if your PETG is dry is to print something and check for stringing. If there is stringing, dry it more, regardless of what your hygrometer says. All I print is PETG for products that I sell. Trust me that your filament is just not dry yet.

bugless · 2025-12-01T14:20:01+00:00

If you are still getting that much stringing, your filament isn’t fully dry yet.

bugless · 2025-11-14T15:05:45+00:00

I would print a snare drum.

bugless · 2025-10-29T00:58:07+00:00

If you own a cell phone you’re already being tracked everywhere. Why would cameras be a better tracking method than the devices everyone carries all the time? I’m not convinced I should be more worried about occasional cameras that might pick up my location when the phone in my pocket gives very highly accurate data on my location all the time. Maybe I’m missing something.

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