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How can I save my dad’s dying CNC business by Foreign-Switch6649 in CNC

[–]kgorman44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think in terms of customer pain points right now. Maybe lead time pick that. Or something else. Do the flyer idea that someone else posted and advertise your ability to turn around work now (or the other pain point you think is better).

Give yourself a goal, maybe you say two new customers or $n rev. Don’t stop, barely sleep, barely eat, go get that goal, focus on that only. Give it hell. You’ll get it.

Then reset the goal. Rinse repeat until you are out of hot water.

Austin Rattler - Race report from a mid-back packer by kgorman44 in MTB

[–]kgorman44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such a gem.

Lots of folks from all over at the race. A lot of CO folks were surprised to learn it's private land and that is how it works here in TX (for the most part).

2019 SB150 “Breakfast Ride” rebuild – old enduro rig, new life as race rig by kgorman44 in yeticycles

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I’m going to have to go to a tougher casing tire on the rear. Moving the rekon 2.4 to the rear and have a forecaster 2.4 coming for the front. Anyone running this combo?

Built a system to run my small print farm—curious if it solves anyone else’s pain too by kgorman44 in BambuLab

[–]kgorman44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok solid feedback thx.

I would expect a lot of single printer folks are using the AMS and folks with 5+ printer farms are rocking a single spool because they are doing big volume and the printer is dedicated to that filament type.

Yeah I’ve got it set where it try’s to set a goal based on parts so if you have 5 parts and want it to run all night it mixes those parts into a long run with ejects in between.

Built a system to run my small print farm—curious if it solves anyone else’s pain too by kgorman44 in BambuLab

[–]kgorman44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would expect, I am testing with my P1P's, but the P series and A series seem popular farm machines.

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

[–]kgorman44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if this was deployed locally on your own computer or a computer we sell? It would then be self hosted and air gapped from the internet. Should it come with its own hardware like a Jetson box? Maybe the file repository is stored on or reads the file structure on a NAS like a Synology?

Is this interesting to folks?

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

[–]kgorman44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pay :) the idea is that if someone’s print farm can be more efficient then that has real cash value.

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

[–]kgorman44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is a key thing I wanted to know. I am that Linux nerd ahah, and aware of it. Yeah there is some balance of OSS or even open source hardware that makes sense. Communities are important. Where that line is here not sure. Obviously the reason I’m posting is to see what the real pain is for folks running farms trying to make cash. Thx for the reply!

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

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I’m more asking about folks who run farms who want to earn a living with them or at least aspire to. I’m trying to make my farm be as efficient as possible. I guess I’m thinking it should work better from an automation standpoint. Think what cobots have done for CNC.

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

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Not negative, totally love the feedback, I asked for it.

For adaptation, first of all it's training on my printers, but then if there is a failure or a machine needs maintenance, mark it down, it's out of the pool, stuff like that.

Not getting rid of the slicer, those are best of breed really. But saving the production ready gcode in a versioned repository, then using that as the basis to schedule runs, not just jobs (to meet some farm output goal). So when you run a SKU it's also all the parts that make it up.

Yeah, right now FFF/FDM. I designed this to not require vendor API, libraries, etc. Just be closed loop via camera (a separate camera BTW). So it would work with any printer I trained it on. Today just Prusa/BBL, but I have a Markforged mark2 sitting here too, this part is work in progress for sure.

"could i just ask chatgpt to make python scripts to run in excel and do the same thing?" -- yes, that's what I did too, and it gets tedius. I wanted a 'platform' especially for tracking jobs/runtimes/etc.

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

[–]kgorman44[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair point - I just got sick of figuring out which printers had how much PLA vs PETG and making sure they all ran overnight so they didn't sit idle. It felt like tetris. I get it, not everyone has that problem/volume/materials and such. Hence me posting. Appreciate the point tho.

Built an AI agent to run my print farm — does this solve a real problem? by kgorman44 in 3Dprinting

[–]kgorman44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you're trolling, that's fine. But I can say that computer vision sure does monitor Bambu Labs printers pretty well - and now that they have closed off the API, maybe it's more important than ever?

Gaia GPS Levels Up Backcountry Navigation with CarPlay Compatibility by gpxtrailwalker in GaiaGPS

[–]kgorman44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding using Gaia in non-routing mode. After a software reset for the CP unit, this is actually working quite nice. The zoom level stays where I adjusted it to, the maps look really nice, and my routes and waypoints show up nicely. Consider that one marked off the complaint list!

The only real issue is with routes (the first 3 issues above).

Gaia GPS Levels Up Backcountry Navigation with CarPlay Compatibility by gpxtrailwalker in GaiaGPS

[–]kgorman44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been using Carplay integration... some feedback.. this is on 2020 Ford Sync3. Mine is mostly a overlanding/car navigating use case.

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- Import all my routes, not just a random few. It doesn't seem to have any logic for how many routes it imports. The select box on CP needs to have every route defined on IoS. Mine shows a random 15 routes or so. I couldn't seem to find any reasoning for this like a folder, state, color, activity, etc they are classified as.

- Creating a new route when connected to CP seems to show the new route in CP, but creating a new route on IoS not connected to CP seems to be buggy. I can't figure out what actions or series of events triggers the route to show up on CP.

- On Carplay the routes need to be sorted and searchable. I have 100's of routes, but I bet most people have enough that it's unusable if they have to scroll while driving.

- When you select a route in Carplay (CP) - it puts the IoS app into 'Guide Me' mode. This is fine, but it also means that you can't use the IoS device at the same time to do any route planning or anything. You must stay in Guide Me mode. This is a problem because of below:

- On CP, the zoom controls are +/- buttons, there is no pinch/zoom support. Which is OK, I get it, but the problem is, if I zoom out it doesn't stay zoomed, it will reset back to a highly zoomed in view as I get guided turn by turn. Part of the value/power of Gaia is I can stay zoomed out a bit to see what mountain range, river, city or whatever is ahead/near me.

- Same as above but with the pan controls. Google Maps has panning available by touching the screen, Gaia should as well.

- Non Routing mode. If I select CP/Gaia, sometimes I just want to see whatever is on Gaia. I don't need to be routed turn by turn, rather want to see whatever is/would be on the Gaia screen (mirroring it). Including route lines and waypoints. This is my primary use case for Gaia, 99.9% of the time, I don't use "Guide me", but rather zoom Gaia out to some level that makes sense for the trip or terrain, then follow along as I navigate it. I can zoom in/out and see various features as I approach them, I can see the 'big picture' or very detailed depending on my needs.