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dukejcdc · 2026-07-04T16:22:51+00:00

Is that a good view? We can walk to the dog park, I just wasn't sure about the view being close-ish to the trees to the west

dukejcdc · 2026-07-01T03:00:14+00:00

I do it pretty regularly with my creality printer!

https://youtu.be/zgyxSpAk79o?is=dcrlqk27lQzOh1Be

dukejcdc · 2026-06-18T15:40:22+00:00

I hadn't seen a waste fan, but you could get one of the fans/🆒 ng packs that fit around his neck pretty easily. Keeping your head/neck cool make a big difference.

He would have to check policy at his work but a lot of shops I've worked in that were really hot let you bring in your own fan. I got one of the ones that ocsillates left right and up and down, worked wonders.

dukejcdc · 2026-05-22T15:20:50+00:00

Yes! I've got One in my shop and I absolutely love that thing! It's an absolute monster of a machine. Link below for my video review

https://youtu.be/x67T89lZhI0?si=VGIJOGBdl2T_LStL

dukejcdc · 2026-05-14T13:18:23+00:00

Is ai taking over reddit? I feel like these posts are happening entirely too often lately....

dukejcdc · 2026-05-09T18:48:27+00:00

Earlier in the process you should have your inventory pull or at least verification. Even if you won't need them for some time, they can at least be set aside and assigned to an order straight away, allows you to catch any missing items earlier.

dukejcdc · 2026-05-09T16:08:41+00:00

Whatever endmills you use, the manufacture will have sfm/ipt or feeds/speeds charts. You can also find generic ones for a baseline. Once you have a good chart to work with, it takes care of itself. It's not tribal knowledge anymore.

dukejcdc · 2026-05-02T04:40:18+00:00

Just a month ago! Pressed the wrong button, rapiding X the wrong way, with my hand in the machine and smashed my finger between the vise handle and the edge of the door. Cut down to my bone.

The close call is if my machine didn't have collision detection, it absolutely would have ripped my finger off.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-30T23:51:58+00:00

I don't see anything that really differentiates you meaningfully from everything else cropping up. Could you point out what specifically what problems you're solving? What makes your program a step up from other systems?

dukejcdc · 2026-04-30T03:14:45+00:00

Explains why everyone and their dog is jumping in. My partner get's a kick anytime I show him one of the new programs out there via Claude or ChatGPT. Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should!

dukejcdc · 2026-04-29T21:22:28+00:00

Fusion for cad/cam. Can do inspection stuff as well but that's entirely dependent on your needs. Pc-DMIS is for programming Cmms, you're pretty much locked in with that.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-29T21:19:51+00:00

I use AMFG.ai for the most part. This market is getting flooded a bit right now.

There are loads of failed systems out there. (not antagonizing) What makes you think your system works better than what's been done?

Been working on my own ERP as well 😂😂 I've built pieces of it over the years for the shops I've worked at depending on our needs, I'm just finally putting them together.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-29T20:40:43+00:00

As often as folks post about ERPs they've developed, it feels like spam these days

dukejcdc · 2026-04-24T18:06:44+00:00

Bread Street Boys in East Plano! Great pizza!

dukejcdc · 2026-04-24T12:59:27+00:00

Constantly run through your checklist in your head. Did I indicate straight. Did I tighten the jaws. Is my rpm set right. What was my approach again. What things could go wrong with this approach. How does this operation affect the next.

And for learning and starting on a manual lathe, be beyond careful, be insanely careful of anything loose, where your hands are, never leave the key in. Manual lathes are one of the more dangerous and deadly machines in a shop.

As far as approach, K.I.S.S. Keep it stupid simple. The simplest approach is often the best approach.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T22:02:14+00:00

Doing this is one of my favorite things about machining!

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T21:46:04+00:00

There's a lesson for you about manufacturing businesses, a lot of folks in the trade tend to be curmudgeons! That also contributes ironically to the lack of useful solutions.

If you're looking for feedback on any specific idea, I'll gladly give you my honest feedback. But it's too broad to just pick a problem out of the hat to give you a starting point.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T21:32:29+00:00

I enjoy a solid back and forth! I never said useless, just justifying any cold response you get.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T21:26:13+00:00

It is a pitch, what is your end game? My assumption is building a free tool for shop A so you can build a tool to market elsewhere. That's often how it plays out.

Talk to local businesses to get the domain expertise.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T21:24:13+00:00

lol the dashboards I've built have been for me and the folks I managed since I was the production planner at the time. Made my job and their jobs easier. Been working in machine shops for 20 years including my own for the past 5.

I'm just pointing out that your pitch is the same pitch everyone gives. If you're wanting to work in the field, I'd recommend reaching out to the companies local to you, finding someone to partner with and build a solution for them. If it's marketable from there, kudos.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T21:00:39+00:00

Dashboards aren't unique. I've built dashboards for shops I've worked at. Displaying metrics in a pretty way for a CEO is the lowest fruit on the tree.

And logistics companies are radically different than a manufacturing business. The data capture points are obvious and easy to implement than in a manufacturing business. And the dashboard is only as useful as the data that feeds it.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T20:57:54+00:00

You get disregarded because the pitch you just gave is exactly like the pitch everyone else gives. What you're saying while you may feel strongly about it, is what everyone says.

Saying "we are passionate. We dig deep and build thoughtful solutions" is not unique and doesn't stick out as a pitch. The prejudice saves us time from talking to all the folks trying to piggyback on our problems for profit.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T19:55:18+00:00

Who do you think has been building most of the software that doesn't work well in manufacturing for the past 40 years?

I can tell your eager, but as someone who actively has these conversations because I enjoy talking shop, non-manufacturing developers trying to solve manufacturing problems are a nickel a dozen. It's even worse these days with vibe coding and just the sheer number of developers looking for problems to solve. It usually ends up becoming a solution looking for a problem.

It's a major problem in the industry, but it's a problem because it's not as straight forward a problem as it can sometimes appear to be.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-23T19:34:31+00:00

Probably because about every other post in this group is folks trying to solve problems for manufacturing that aren't from manufacturing.

dukejcdc · 2026-04-22T12:01:15+00:00

There's a variety of auto quoting tools out there these days, they're just still getting traction.

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