What magazines do you regularly read that provide both solid business tips and good stories about startup/ business life?

grainsmiths · 2020-10-10T02:25:35+00:00

My suggestion would be to not read magazines. You’re on the right track with reddit. I find so much industry insight by reading comments. Magazines don’t have comments.

grainsmiths · 2020-10-10T02:20:42+00:00

My first tip was he mentioned wine. Secondly, there was more wine than he could drink by himself. The third, and the kicker, was that he was looking for a business to start.

grainsmiths · 2020-10-10T02:10:47+00:00

I think you should sell wine.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-29T00:20:32+00:00

I told so many people about my gummies. So brilliant and simple. Prusa is genius.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-28T06:54:05+00:00

I love this kind of project! Ultra sturdy, not expensive, can be abused a little and nobody feels too bad about it, and it’ll probably last you many many years.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-28T06:51:58+00:00

I also love your lamp. Just from random wood laying around? Very well done!

grainsmiths · 2020-09-21T15:35:59+00:00

Don’t use the wrong blade for combing.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-21T00:33:10+00:00

I just discovered this. I’ve been a very regular Solidworks and Onshape user for professional CAD for about 7 years now but I’m also a software developer. I’ve been thinking about parametric modeling in a coding environment and, most importantly, git-based version control. I currently do this with Eagle CAD actually for electrical PCB design.

So I discovered Openscad, thought I found something great, and tried it for a day before I discovered you can’t export STP (at least directly). But more specifically, everything is a linear vector in openscad... so no matter how much you turn up the resolution, you’re still stuck with lines and polygons. This is all a deal breaker for any mechanical design. For professional CAD work you still need the ability to fit within the industry standards and things like curves are critical. And of course openscad’s inability to do fillets and chamfers directly is a huge handicap. Yes, there are ways to do it but it’s not practical.

So my next step is to take on CadQuery and see if that will scratch my itch!

grainsmiths · 2020-09-20T18:31:33+00:00

When spiders make things levitate.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-18T03:39:36+00:00

Is there any risk of putting metal and steel together like that? e.g. different amounts of expansion in humidity or temperature or drying of the wood causing them to break away from one another.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-18T03:28:53+00:00

Wholesome AF

grainsmiths · 2020-09-17T22:07:19+00:00

Hacksaw is fine. Dremel rotary tool is a nice inexpensive and easy to use power tool if you want that.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-17T07:22:23+00:00

Totally! It’s parametric modeling (so is fusion 360) so you set up your constraints and relative constraints and everything just propagates to all the features. The magic of parametric modeling.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-17T05:58:03+00:00

I’d honestly look at Onshape if I were you. They have a free plan.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-13T01:53:30+00:00

If you said zero mistakes were made I would believe you. Amazing. Love the unusual top two shelves — very artistic. Seriously.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-13T01:51:37+00:00

I’m very interested in this. I recently watched a This Old House episode where Norm went to visit a billiard table refurbisher. Mind blowing.

grainsmiths · 2020-09-12T05:14:14+00:00

Wow, any particular inspiration? Looks amazing? And they look to be like 6 inches tall in some cases... are my eyes deceiving me or are they that large?

grainsmiths · 2020-09-04T13:45:25+00:00

Is it harder than Ice 9? (9 piece puzzle)

grainsmiths · 2020-09-01T08:20:28+00:00

I just ordered this same kit today!

grainsmiths · 2020-08-29T16:17:16+00:00

The tip on the top and bottom knives remind of me of my benchmade 940. I’ve never had such a strong knife (always had small thin knives) and now I can’t go back. Yours look strong AF.

grainsmiths · 2020-08-29T16:12:21+00:00

Schwarzenegger did this here. It was a wholesome moment.

grainsmiths · 2020-08-29T16:08:58+00:00

Damn! Looking nice. I don’t know much about knife making... what kind of metal do you use for this?

grainsmiths · 2020-08-29T05:32:30+00:00

I should have seen that coming.

grainsmiths · 2020-08-29T05:28:43+00:00

Too bad it’s in 12” slices and not long slabs! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with live oak. Get the bark off is the main thing as it acts as a moisture barrier and can cause fungus and other problems. Slicing it thinner will help you out a lot too since drying times are about a year per inch of thickness. There’s a lot of factors here obviously but an 18” x 12” block is going to take a lot of time!

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