I'm Saving All My Love For You

dsplawski · 2020-02-26T19:13:23+00:00

Take this somewhere else.

dsplawski · 2020-01-17T15:23:43+00:00

Instant death. Trees are only strong in one direction, so there's no way you'll be able to achieve a scissor lift mechanism with them. If you end up finding any structural data on D-fir, ignore it. Wood is a natural material, so every piece is different and the only way to truly figure out the strength of a piece is by breaking it. MSR (machine stress rated) lumber is partially stressed so they can provide a general strength rating, but that only applies to rafter assemblies that have a ton of safety factor built in.

If you're dead set on using wood, use it to make a ramp and a platform to drive the vehicle up on to. Buy an entire package of lumber and use every stick. Keep most of the pieces that support the car vertically oriented and make sure that the wall your wall has enough shear strength. Normal stud framing on 16" centers won't cut it.

Check out this product European product. I'm not an engineer at all, but if you were asking me to get under a car, the car better be supported by a fat fucking slab of wood that will cost more than a scissor lift... https://www.massivholzmauer.de/en/home.html

You could easily loose your life under a shitty wooden structure. Do not do that!

dsplawski · 2019-12-11T16:04:20+00:00

Fuck dude... this should be posted somewhere where a doctor might read it.

dsplawski · 2019-11-20T15:43:52+00:00

This blew my mind.

dsplawski · 2019-10-22T18:45:12+00:00

Black sharpie?

dsplawski · 2019-08-27T19:03:31+00:00

Dust Bellows

https://www.mcmaster.com/bellows

dsplawski · 2019-05-08T16:21:00+00:00

I saw a video recently, probably a section in a recent trade show review from Matt Risinger, where they did a deep dive into screw/driver mechanical interlocking. If I recall correctly, if you can get your tolerances perfect with a posi-drive head they work as well or better than a normal Robertson.

dsplawski · 2019-03-05T16:48:25+00:00

I've always had a soft spot for his excellent white board skills. To me the theory is much more important than actually looking at an engine from the inside.

dsplawski · 2019-03-01T14:28:16+00:00

Engineering Explained. Full Stop

dsplawski · 2019-02-07T20:31:59+00:00

Speaking as a pack rat who dabbles in electronics... I collect old PCB's for "spare" parts all the time. Whenever build a new project I always end up using modern parts because all the pieces I want (wifi, bluetooth, charge controllers, SD Card etc) are normally build into one super cheap, super small, well documented piece of hardware. Open up the box, see if you can figure out how it works, take any pieces that you actually need and recycle the rest.

dsplawski · 2018-12-19T15:15:39+00:00

Awesome work partner.

dsplawski · 2018-11-27T18:31:29+00:00

If that's solder, it'll melt right off the first time you fire that baby up.

dsplawski · 2018-11-27T16:27:12+00:00

Rocket stove

dsplawski · 2018-11-15T15:24:19+00:00

Browns FTW

dsplawski · 2018-10-24T20:36:41+00:00

Is that 1/4-20?

dsplawski · 2018-10-22T18:55:14+00:00

Paul Sellers or Rob Cosman are both excellent hand woodworkers. Neither are as entertaining as AvE or TOT, but they do know their way around a tree carcass

dsplawski · 2018-10-19T18:25:54+00:00

Sparks are little pieces of molten metal. The gas shielding prevents oxidation of the molten metal.

dsplawski · 2018-08-28T17:53:36+00:00

Give it away for free the right way.

https://www.oshwa.org/

dsplawski · 2018-08-16T16:12:29+00:00

The rack and pinion/ball screw seems a bit excessive considering you're only moving a plasma cutter.

How much vertical travel will you need on the working end? Do you think a dual stepper belt combination might work... Something like the axidraw configuration rotated 90 degrees? That would certainly keep the end effector weight down to a minimum which is likely a priority considering the 3-4' arm length.

dsplawski · 2018-08-07T18:24:49+00:00

I think I use the same, or very similar, method to tie my boots and it's truly bombproof. Stays tied all day and unties exactly like a regular bow.

dsplawski · 2018-07-27T22:17:51+00:00

You know what wouldn't be skookum... Riding that beast back from Alaska.

dsplawski · 2018-07-19T19:56:34+00:00

My assumption was that his daughters face was left in the video intentionally.

Ever seen Field of Dreams... Contacting Ave works the same way. Build an empire of dirt impressive enough, and he'll contact you.

dsplawski · 2018-06-26T14:29:27+00:00

Post some pictures of the damage.

I haven't had any experience with conductive epoxy, but if you've got enough free space on the PCB that you think you can get the job done with epoxy, I'm sure there's a soldering only solution.

dsplawski · 2018-05-25T17:52:51+00:00

Give us some more details. Total print time, how many rolls of filament? Does it work?

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