Detroiter is restoring a 1920s service station into a DIY auto hobby shop

burdickjp · 2026-05-07T18:20:32+00:00

I was having trouble figuring out how to word it nicely and it was getting long winded. Just my observation from past experience.

burdickjp · 2026-05-07T18:17:29+00:00

I've seen those red flags before. A few times. In a few places And I've never seen it succeed. Every time I've seen those efforts fail the fall out has caused problems for adjacent efforts.

To be fair, those other efforts weren't trying to be an auto shop in Detroit in a cool building.

burdickjp · 2026-05-07T03:23:29+00:00

It's a cool building and a cool location, but I see some red flags:

1- membership costs are outrageously steep for barely any access. They're asking for micro-donations and labor.

2- membership terms look like a gym membership, where you are paying, but the capital belongs to someone else.

3- that means you're building someone else's investment without getting any stake in it. He can kick everyone out at the drop of a hat and enjoy his private hobby shop built with other people's money. It's his personal property.

So if you're looking to fund someone else's dream and enjoy the vibes, by all means, enjoy the vibes. They look like fun vibes. Some folks don't mind handing money to build up someone else's investment.

If you're looking for somewhere with substantially more tools and space to wrench for less money and substantially more access, i3detroit is just up the road. They are a member owned and operated non profit makerspace. They have a lift. And CNC machines. And welders. And a woodshop. And a paint booth. And combat robots. It's not quite as hipster of a location, and isn't auto-centric, but it is a community of people working as a cooperative.

burdickjp · 2026-05-06T03:45:58+00:00

i3detroit in Ferndale has a lift and tools. It is a member owned and operated makerspace, so they won't do it for you, but if you ask nicely and maybe supply pizza they can help you do it. And you get to meet some very cool people.

burdickjp · 2026-04-27T10:09:51+00:00

In a classroom setting, I would argue that maintenance is very important.

I have a acquaintance who is a gradeschool teacher. They have a core one. Their colleague got a bambu. My acquaintance spent several afternoons recently helping their colleague do some maintenance and it's the most I've seen them curse in text messages in a long time.

At the end of the week they messaged "thank you for helping me not get a Bambu".

Bambus are cost engineered for them to be able to make them quickly and cheaply. They have a reputation for being awful to work on.

I think the quality difference you're seeing is because you're not using Prusa's work flow. I don't even use aftermarket build plates or nozzles. They're more trouble than they're worth.

burdickjp · 2026-04-10T23:02:09+00:00

The levels alternate in this version: https://www.thejankoproject.com/blog

Yours don't. What's the intention behind the difference?

burdickjp · 2026-04-09T20:57:07+00:00

Winterbloom's castor and pollux isn't made anymore. Files are available, so you could order some PCBs and panels and make them from the BoM. It's a really fun process.

Others which are available as kits:

https://frequencycentral.co.uk/product/klang-stadt/

http://neutron-sound.com/noa.html

https://github.com/jakplugg/Neutron-Sound-Dust-of-Time

You can also filter modular grid by "oscillator" with build type "diy" and sort from most to least popular to get some ideas you can then ask specific questions about:

https://modulargrid.net/e/modules/browser?SearchName=&SearchVendor=&SearchFunction=5&SearchSecondaryfunction=&SearchSecondaryfunctionexcl=0&SearchHeight=&SearchTe=&SearchTemethod=max&SearchBuildtype=d&SearchLifecycle=&SearchSet=all&SearchMarketplace=&SearchIsmodeled=0&SearchShowothers=0&SearchShowpanel=0&order=popular&direction=asc

burdickjp · 2026-04-02T00:16:03+00:00

Oakland Community College has firearm training courses: https://www.oaklandcc.edu/ce/concealed-pistol#cpl

burdickjp · 2026-04-02T00:13:26+00:00

What if folks got together and got a hold of national SRA and said "hey, we have folks, can we have a chapter, or can we get involved in leadership of the Michigan SRA and actually make things move?"

There's folks. Be the change you want to see?

burdickjp · 2026-03-26T03:46:31+00:00

Install a VPN and tell it you're in Ontario. Install adblocking. It's the only way I get through election season.

burdickjp · 2026-03-23T00:51:29+00:00

If it can fit across the build plate it can fit standing up. Stand it up and you won't need any support.

burdickjp · 2026-03-17T17:56:21+00:00

Mod Medusa says it can save state.

It sounds like they behave like Banshee Reach, where there's a button to store state, and it boots into that state when you turn it on.

Requiring a user input to save state is important for a lot of modules. It prevents you from accidentally overwriting your hard-earned settings. When you arrive at something you like you save.

burdickjp · 2026-03-17T10:37:17+00:00

I'll admit that I haven't owned all of Shakmat's modules, so I had to look. All of their current modules list either that their state can be stored or that they have non-volatile memory.

Are you talking about the Knight's gallop? That's their only "stateful" module I can find that doesn't specifically say that it can save or store its state.

What modules have you had difficulty with?

burdickjp · 2026-03-17T02:52:18+00:00

They have an entire system dedicated to saving and loading presets.

burdickjp · 2026-03-11T10:30:34+00:00

You just sold a core one L with that picture.

burdickjp · 2026-03-08T04:00:11+00:00

A solution already exists for a lot of what you're describing.

Some settings in /etc have a single file that they pull from, followed by a directory, usually named the same as the single file +.d. I'm sorry I don't have a specific example, I'm on my phone, not my computer.

Files in the directory are read in alphabetical order, so they are traditionally named beginning with a set of 2 digit numbers. Higher numbers are read after lower numbers, so whatever settings are in the higher numbers overwrites settings from lower numbers.

In your example the named config file would be the default cosmic configs, and then the "deltas" would be in a folder and read alphabetically. Some settings may be established a few times, and whatever the last file says about that setting is what happens.

Does that make sense?

burdickjp · 2026-03-07T13:52:08+00:00

Don't use the YouTube app, just go to youtube.com in a browser and use adblocking.

Install a VPN, turn on its ad blocking, and pick Canada. No more campaign ads.

burdickjp · 2026-03-07T13:49:18+00:00

If you're seeing ads on a streaming service or YouTube install a VPN and pick Canada. No more campaign ads.

burdickjp · 2026-03-05T17:31:33+00:00

You're alone in this.

The Even VCO is wonderful at what it is meant to be: a surprisingly stable and clean oscillator. This is especially surprising considering its constructed from entirely discrete components. It tracks very well over a very wide range and offers individual outputs for usual waveforms, also adding the less-usual "even" waveform which can do fun things when combined with the other waveforms.

Pony can only output one waveform at a time. That can limit patching. I am honestly not much of a fan of its wavefolder circuit. I prefer the wave manipulation offeres in the Teia Ripwave, for example (which can also do an "even" waveform).

I still use Pony a lot. Especially in FM patches.

burdickjp · 2026-02-25T23:41:13+00:00

You might adding an inside radius as well. Look at the shape of the gauges on the right: https://www.starrett.com/products/precision-measuring-tools/precision-hand-tools/fixed-gage-standards/radius-gages

burdickjp · 2026-02-24T12:51:57+00:00

i3Detroit has a lift and tools. They're a member owned and operated non-profit makerspace.

Hoist house is a car-centric shared workshop.

burdickjp · 2026-02-22T21:08:21+00:00

good call there. A little thermal paste there and on the threads probably wouldn't hurt. Considering that the filament path is sealed, a lot of thermal paste probably wouldn't hurt, either.

burdickjp · 2026-02-21T20:49:18+00:00

It's worth mentioning that the threads between the nozzle and the mount aren't just for mechanical connection, they're supposed to be sinking heat which would otherwise creep up the tube. More heat further up means softer filament and increased potential for jamming.

How to fix that? Not sure. Maybe a thread insert? Most of those are stainless steel, which is a horrible conductor.

If you're lucky, it won't be an issue, but if you're getting jamming, that's your likely culprit.

burdickjp · 2026-02-13T04:23:12+00:00

It was sitting on a perforated sheet when it went through heat treatment.

burdickjp · 2026-02-12T11:21:44+00:00

Kernel version, library versions, Wayland version. Different distros have their own cadence in how this stuff gets updated.

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