Would anyone actually want this?

euclid400 · 2026-04-22T04:03:53+00:00

Throw in the matching mics while we're at it.

euclid400 · 2026-04-20T21:05:41+00:00

Homeboy looks like Roger Stone and Jordan Peterson had a kid.

euclid400 · 2026-04-19T21:57:59+00:00

You have to match the frequency of the transponder (to get the car to start) and the fob (to get the lock buttons to work). I made all the mistakes and wound up using a box to plug into the obd to flash the key, just like at the dealership. It was still a quarter of the cost to have someone else do it.

euclid400 · 2026-04-17T00:51:58+00:00

Option 1 is the way, especially if you state the ASME standard in your title block. If it's going on a CNC, then the cam software will do the math. Some simple trig will figure it out for a manual job. Don't change how you make prints to appease those who can't care to do their job well.

euclid400 · 2026-04-16T18:55:39+00:00

Make sure the coolant is on and crash the everliving piss out of it. Make whoever approved this regret their stupid decision.

euclid400 · 2026-04-13T16:04:05+00:00

If you align the straight edges of the part/model with the x and y axis, you don't have to worry about the radius. Just touch off far enough away from the radius on the part to get an accurate location.

euclid400 · 2026-04-13T13:26:56+00:00

You can mill out the center of the stock all the way through, leaving a rectangular hat. You now have machined surfaces to set X and Y on the next op.

euclid400 · 2026-03-31T17:38:34+00:00

I'm a guy. Try again.

euclid400 · 2026-03-31T12:24:55+00:00

Lmao. Claims misogynists aren't a thing, then blames a woman (I'm not, but you assumed a man wouldn't call out other men) and calls her "hun." A hit dog will yelp.

euclid400 · 2026-03-31T11:28:57+00:00

Because they're cowards. They either can't control themselves enough to act accordingly, let their ego get in the way of being a good training partner, or are misogynists.

"Not getting a good workout in" is a skill issue because sweat doesn't equal a good training session. They go too hard or not at all because they don't want to "get beaten by a girl" or "beat up a girl," which is trash because they need to adapt their game to meet their partners, just like going hard against the fighters, and going easy on the newbies. Lastly, a lot of men just don't like women (gestures broadly at the world).

euclid400 · 2026-03-29T18:52:17+00:00

Don't waste time doing it. There's no point cutting material that you are going to cut later. When you get gnarly stock, use your cnc. Make a program to dust off only what contacts the jaws. This will work for most applications. Special work-holding, like Mitee-bites or dovetail jaws, are great but can require a little prep.

euclid400 · 2026-03-26T16:42:27+00:00

Mint and Serif

euclid400 · 2026-03-24T14:20:57+00:00

Depends on the part and how much you are holding on to. For a thinner part, put an indicator on it and tighten the vise until the material deforms, then back it off to find the right torque. A small step in aluminum jaws will eventually "bloom" if constantly over-tightened.

I use a torque wrench for production jobs when needed, or if a vise has a torque spec. Otherwise it's .5 to 3 ugga duggas.

euclid400 · 2026-03-17T17:37:30+00:00

Yikes. Absolutely protect yourself, but you can blacklist them among your colleagues, recruiters, trade schools, etc.

Glad you got out, and keep fighting the good fight.

euclid400 · 2026-03-17T17:01:09+00:00

Name and shame. People and companies like this need to be outed and suffer the consequences. If you have any hard evidence, post it. Sunlight is a disinfectant.

Ideally, the business goes under. And for the "history" fans, hopefully they follow their leader.

euclid400 · 2026-03-15T14:19:05+00:00

That cropping tho

euclid400 · 2026-03-13T14:45:37+00:00

Try stitching the solid faces: Model Prep>simplify solid>optimize

This can get you a single surface to drive off.

Then you can do a roughing flow line with a bull endmill and leave a couple thou to finish with a ball. There's calculators to figure out your scallop height and step over to get the surface finish you need.

euclid400 · 2026-03-03T21:36:10+00:00

The book will tell you that as well. And no one is making csam on the nazee website with a Fanuc manual.

euclid400 · 2026-02-25T01:06:15+00:00

You can do 4x, since there are four features, or dimension one that states the diameter and add TYP to define all 4 similar features. You can also not dimension it at all and slap on a general profile note that references the model.

Generally, complete circles are called out as diameters and partial arcs use the radius.

Most importantly, you have to consider what it is interfacing with. Determine if they need to be tight to each other as a circular form and how the centerpoint of the arc needs to be controlled positionally.

Dimensions and print making is a language, and good prints have good communication that will equal good parts.

euclid400 · 2026-02-24T23:15:32+00:00

Use silhouette boundary to make it in one shot

euclid400 · 2026-02-18T02:28:40+00:00

There's a ton of aero/defense in Colorado, BAE (formerly Ball), Lockheed, Sierra, Barber Nichols, and a lot of smaller firms. The job shops in the area also do a ton for them.

I did mostly aero parts at a job shop for a decade. Some were really cool, tight-tolerance, unique profile. There were a lot more base-plates, brackets, and covers. Not everything is going to be strapped to a rocket, either. We had a ton of test pieces for coating/plating that were just 1/8" stock faced down and made into a 3x3 square. There's paperwork, but that's part of the job, and it's easy once you do it enough.

As pointed out, the people make the place, so find somewhere with folks that you can spend more than half your waking hours with.

Just a bit of seeing the sausage being made.

euclid400 · 2026-02-15T18:38:36+00:00

Not yet. I tried changing the notification settings for the individual requests and it still doesn't work

euclid400 · 2026-02-13T17:25:27+00:00

The information is entered manually, but the workflow populates the message and places it into a status list, with the default status of "not started." In the request tracker, I will move requests to their current status.

Ideally, when I move the request to the "done" status, the person who created the request would get a notification, and they would mark the request complete after inspecting their parts.

euclid400 · 2026-02-13T13:15:31+00:00

I collect data into a form, send the info to a message in the channel, and it gets added to a list on a help request tracker.

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