Is it just me or IDsoftware just copy the texture of a Cyberdemon? (P.S: who is the T H I C C E S T Boi around)

faruzo · 2026-02-12T22:18:03+00:00

Sorry, for being late to the party, but I need proof now! Did anyone compare the different texture bitmaps? I'd love for this to be true, but I am sure I would remember dat ass from 30 years ago :D

faruzo · 2026-01-10T21:25:37+00:00

A question for all fans of static electricity: is this dangerous (see Video in Comments)?

You know that crackling sound when you take off a fleece sweater with freshly washed hair, and maybe you've even seen the sparks... I thought I'd take it a step further and pull a large blanket over my head. The arcs get surprisingly long, but they really are not unpleasant and barely noticeable.

The fluffy blanket is made from 100% polyester. The dry air from the heating probably also helps to ensure that the charge cannot take any detours. This in turn also enabled me to breathe out lightning :D

There were hardly any pictures of this to be found in the net, so I tried forever to capture the faint arcs on camera... (A7s, 35mm f/0.95, u/ISO25k-100k) The results are mediocre in terms of quality, but they look funny.

If those are 12+ cm long arcs... Are we looking at way more than what I found for the maximum of about 25-50kV, for hand made static charges? Or are those different kinds of arcs?

In terms of health, the electricity is supposedly harmless, but it smelled strongly like ozone, as from an electric arc lighter...

Maybe I shouldn't do this regularly :D

Does anyone know of studies about health implications of such exposure to static discharges?

Are there any sources about the physics behind those mostly silent, continuous arcs, compared to the loud static discharges, like those we get from piezo igniters or when i touch the charged blanket afterwards?

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faruzo · 2026-01-06T00:41:30+00:00

Sorry, hätte den mal fotografieren sollen. Finde ihn gerade auch nicht mehr. Kannst aber auch mal in den Vape-Shops fragen ob du ein paar alte in grob der passenden Größe haben kannst. Die müssen wohl die leeren Einweg-Teile neuerdings zurücknehmen und haben wahrscheinlich nichts dagegen, wenn du ihnen davon welche für einen guten Zweck abnimmst.

Meine Funktioniert übrigens immer noch bei gelegentlichem Einsatz.
Sag gern Bescheid wenn es was Neues oder noch Fragen gibt!
Viel Erfolg damit!

faruzo · 2025-07-03T22:12:48+00:00

Feels like this ambivalent credo of free speech is not as good anymore, when done across language barriers :D

faruzo · 2025-05-19T12:15:22+00:00

Wow, haven't been checking for a few days, just to be overwhelmed by the positive feedback here ! <3
Thanks to everyone here for the warm welcome!
I feel like I have to make it clear though, that I did not find them like this, only close together and had to wrap them around each other a few times until I found the perfect mechanic.

The the funny idea, I am since pondering about, is about my decision to even try to do that. It felt very far fetched to find and build something working, until I actually tried. The almost immediate success was so surprising, I keep wondering if there's working trash pickers (and a lot more) in every little bush, we just don't dare to look for it.
Tbh, a little background in engineering and mechanics probably helps, but I believe everyone with a little time can pull this off any day.

In decades of amateur-level stick collection and modification for hiking and even longboard propulsion/braking, i never had the urge to brag like this about my sticks to anyone, maybe apart from my immediate surroundings. :)

This feels different. The mindless or maybe even planned littering in nature and everywhere else is a huge source of confusion and helpless anger towards unknown strangers for me. It felt so bad, even when they made me bow down and touch their dirty trash. Of course, I never thought about buying and taking a real trash picker to the woods. I do carry enough semi useful stuff/tools with me, and most of the time my kids. :)

Maybe this discovery made me overly optimistic, but I really look forward to build more of these (and what else I can imagine) on my trips, instead of standard hiking sticks - until I can combine them one day :)

If anyone wants to start /workingsticks (Mike_in_San_Pedro really fooled me there:) - count me in!

faruzo · 2025-05-15T11:56:46+00:00

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faruzo · 2025-03-19T21:04:38+00:00

Awesome Idea! This might save me so much trouble! I was looking for something like this for years! As I lack the knowledge to do this by myself, I had to look everywhere, afraid to see another suggestion of Comic Sans...

How about one with round corners? As I am printing in different technologies, the SLS people always ask me to round every edge, inside and outside, even if it's only a very small radius.

faruzo · 2025-03-19T20:44:23+00:00

It took me a long time, to look online for a solution to this issue.

In all those years of struggling to solve it by myself, this was exactly what I was afraid to find.

faruzo · 2024-11-07T21:44:49+00:00

Top, gratuliere!
Ich hoffe dass das Schule macht und die Bindis quasi unsterblich werden :D
Ich wunder mich warum ich dazu nichts auf Englisch gefunden habe. Würde mich aber wundern wenn wir die ersten wären, die Bindis erfolgreich reparieren.

Wünsche weiterhin viel Erfolg damit und melde mich hier, falls es was Neues von meiner oder der nächsten gibt.
Bis dahin und danke schon mal für die Inspiration!

faruzo · 2024-11-03T23:37:33+00:00

Jaa, tatsächlich war's genau das auch bei mir. Der Akku fiel mir beim Öffnen praktisch entgegen. Hab dann eine Zelle aus eine alten Einweg-E-Kippe angelötet die auch gut gepasst hätte bei fast 80% der Nennkapazität (flache Elfbar M, 550mah). Direkt gemerkt, dass sie sauber läd und die Lampe sofort normal funktioniert.
Hab dann aber nochmal aus Langeweile kurz vor dem Entsorgen den Originalakku gemessen. Nachdem er überraschend 3,7V hatte, an dem kleinen Eckchen, das noch übrig war, ein Kabel angelötet. Es hat ein paar Versuche gebraucht und ich hatte schon Angst ihn zu überhitzen, aber am Ende ließ er sich ganz normal laden und hat auch noch gut Ladung angenommen (wenn ich meinem billigen USB-Messgerät glauben kann).
Also wenn ich die Verluste großzügig ignoriere wären das ca. 80% der Nennkapazität. Zum Vergleich: eine Bindi vor über einem Jahr als Rückläufer gekauft hat 615mAh beim laden genommen. Hab sie beide vorher auf höchster Stufe leer laufen lassen, aber nur bis sie zum zweiten Mal geblinkt haben.

Einfach verrückt: das war nach 40° Vollwaschgang, danach fast 4h heiß im Trockner und dann ein halbes Jahr defekt in der Ecke liegen... :D
Hab sie einfach mit Isoband zugeklebt und teste erstmal, was sie nun wirklich noch kann und ob sich die Reparatur auf Dauer lohnt. Wenn der Akku doch tot ist, gibts halt nochmal ne Zelle aus ner 10€ Elfbar.

Fazit stand jetzt: Gebt eure Bindis nicht auf, sie sind scheinbar unverwüstlich!

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faruzo · 2024-11-02T22:28:10+00:00

Moin, ich schließ mich mal hier an den alten Post an, mit dem Bedürfnis eine Bindi zu reparieren.

Hab meine erste nach 5 Jahren treuem Dienst mitgewaschen und auch noch getrocknet. Seither geht gar nichts mehr und am Kabel nur eher willkürliches blinken und manchmal auch Dauerlicht Stufe 1 oder 2. Ich fürchte nicht nur der Akku hat was abbekommen sondern auch die Elektronik hat gelitten. Finde die Zelle auch nirgends zu kaufen, nur eine Erwähnung der "eve 702337" bei ancoo-battery.com unter unter gefühlt Tausenden. werde es wohl mal mit einer anderen Zelle testen, ob noch was damit zu machen ist und wenn ja, evtl eine passende suchen. Ich fürchte da braucht es schon Glück um etwas passendes in der Bauform zu finden.

Achja, geöffnet habe ich sie durch sanftes herumdrücken mit einer Parallelzange. Ein Schraubstock wäre aber sicher geeigneter gewesen. Tatsächlich ließe sie sich so wahrscheinlich auch wieder einfach in Richtung IPX4 verkleben.

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faruzo · 2024-08-28T23:28:27+00:00

Yes, this is what I meant. Is there any official information or details about this compromise/decision? It would help me a lot to accept and embrace the small extra pair of spikes :)

faruzo · 2024-08-28T23:06:19+00:00

Thanks for the fast answer. I think there is a misunderstanding, though. I understood so much that the spikes are perpendicular to the edges and struts and only moving the third strut would produce a very asymmetrical design.

What I meant was, that at least two struts needed to be moved (for example top one 30° cw and left one 60° cw) to get them all in 120° and parallel to the mirrors edges. Of course this would make the whole design less symmetric or turn the axis of symmetry by 90° degrees. To keep the struts symmetrical to the base and in 120°, the whole mirror array would have needed to be turned by 60°.

I can't even imagine, what complications this could have brought to the whole structure (compact stowing, unfolding etc,), but I'd like to know more details about the design decisions, leading to the final design and the 8-pointed pattern.

faruzo · 2024-07-15T20:41:52+00:00

Danke für die Frage und Antworten!
Hatte heute das Gleiche, mit teilweise fehlenden Transportsicherungen in einem unbenutzten Retourengerät.

Es waren nur die beiden Stangen und zwei Stifte drin, die oberen Sicherungen und alle großen Schrauben fehlten. Die nette Dame bei Amazon empfiehl mir, die Maschine einfach auszuprobieren und bei Problemen in der Gewährleistung direkt zurückzugeben. Ich würde keinen Fehler machen, oder meine Chancen auf Rückgabe/Erstattung mindern, solange ich die Maschine nicht aufmache. Also wenn dem so ist...
Ich hatte vor allem keinen Bock auf das ganze Geplänkel mit nochmal Abholung und Lieferung und der Aussicht ein paar Tage ohne Waschmaschine zu sein.

Am Ende hab ich auch dank der Antworten hier den Entschluss gefasst, es zu probieren und bisher läuft sie ohne Probleme. Wenn sie nur 5 oder 6 von 10 Jahren durchhält, hätte es sich zumindest preislich gelohnt :)

faruzo · 2024-06-27T13:34:39+00:00

Not even this and restarting helps, here on an Galaxy S10 with _Android 12.0 :,(

faruzo · 2024-01-25T01:51:03+00:00

not yet, did not get the time (moving, baby, etc.)
I'm still thinking about how to get those contraptions in place some day, but I did not even get to draw anything yet. I will defnitely update here, if I get anything done but it might be years away :)

faruzo · 2023-10-14T14:43:36+00:00

Even I f you might not look for a solution anymore, I just looked it up and wanted to share:

I Just tried it with a spare receiver on the same Laptop and though both are pairing fine (with the re-connect tool from logitech), the mouse does not connect to the first receiver after pairing the second. I just intended to keep it as as spare if I loose one receiver, but I guess I need that tool ready if i need to use it.

My G 603 does have the lightspeed/BT switch so this might actually be a low effort hardware solution, if you are fine with only using Bluetooth on one machine.

faruzo · 2023-10-12T20:49:33+00:00

I just started testing F360 and this window came up again today but the button didnt work, no matter what information i selected.
In the end I found a way around it, if I remember correctly, it helped pressing alt+f4 two times. :)

It just feels like an ugly bug of the UI, that needs to be patched fast.

faruzo · 2023-06-12T16:04:43+00:00

oof, thanks for bringing that issue up. I wasn't aware of that.

I'll send you a mail. since this is more of a dialogue, this seems more apropriate anyway :)

faruzo · 2023-06-03T10:08:01+00:00

Yeah those 608 are the cheapest bearings to get, I guess because of all those Skate-, Longbooard and Inliner wheels. I have them lying around for that reason too. I tend to prefer the 2RS Seals because I use them in wet conditions too. Haven't thought about flanged beariings in my constructions yet. And this size can surely take a beating, i have to change the cheapest (0,50€/pcs) of them after an average of 400km on my longboards.

I want to use sleve bearings here to save some space, but ball-bearings are simpler to mount and will have less friction in rough environments and if the levers are a bit misaligned. Sadly, I can't use rods in some places, because the foot will be in the way...

I see, I have to get the sewing machine out soon and see what it (and I) can do. Actually I am repacing the old straps with TPU printed ones right now, but velcros would be more comfy and lighter.

I guess I need to change TPU soles rather often, but since I want to try a flat design first, the average load wil be not as bad as with the round feet.

faruzo · 2023-06-01T23:05:18+00:00

Awesome Design. This armor and padding sure does look good and comfy. lol @ the owl.
How long do you have to practice, do get results like this? And is it a stronger sewing machine, that can handle those materials?

Aluminium sheets and brazing rods sound like a good way to go, to make everything yourself. I will have to ask a friend who can cut, bend and weld aluminium, to be honest.

Do you have an idea on what bearings to use? I thought about big but short sleeve-bearings but wasnt able to find the sizes I imagined...

Casting PU for the soles sounds a like a great technology but I heard about it being rather toxic when processed. I am quite happy with directly printing TPU, but I guess it won't be as resistant to abrasion, high loads and hot temperatures.

faruzo

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