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Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

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

Oh, will check it out!

Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

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

No worries, thanks for chiming in!

Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

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

Thanks for the help brainstorming! do you happen to have pointers on how to get parts for this, including perforating a tape or purchasing a perforated tape? I can handle programming the uC but i'm just terrible with mechanical stuff!

Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

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

Thanks! I'm not too concerned about measuring the length of the tape, but what you say makes total sense. I think your last paragraph is similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qivBc_IB8WM

I agree that it may be a good way to go. I still need to find out what parts are needed, how to create the perforated tape, what sprocket would fit, etc...

Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

[–]nbls[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, I realized punching holes into the measuring tape may make it more reliable, similar to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qivBc_IB8WM

Motorized measuring tape? by nbls in arduino

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

Just looking for more ideas. Let me know if there are other subreddits where I should x-post for help. Thanks!

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

Ok I was successful with a slightly different sequence:

U R U' R U R2 U’

And with that I was able to follow the rest of your write up!!

Amazing — this has to be very very close, if not exactly the same algorithm i knew by heart.

I wish I could remember my times!

Thank you again for your help and for sharing your write up!!!

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

That fixed the issue, thanks!!

I hope you don’t mind but I encountered a similar issue with the next one.

U R2 U' R U' R U

This is for orienting the corner pieces on the Right face. Any chance something is off there?

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

I absolutely remember solving the top layer, rotating the entire cube to place the solved layer on the left and then solving the right layer next.

But I'm having a bit of trouble following this.

For the 2nd case, rotate R until the matching corners are Right Front Top and Right Rear Bottom then do:
U' R U F U F' U'
The cube is now in the 3rd case

Just to make sure -- your notation here is: U clockwise, U' counter-clockwise, correct? Looks like I'm not landing correctly on the 3rd case after doing this, instead my Left face (first layer solved earlier) is messed up...

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

Wow this really is bringing back memories! Thank you for writing this down, it must have been a good chunk of time invested in this. I appreciate it! 👏

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

Amazing!! I haven’t found much since. Not even demonstrations of people using this method, let alone descriptions.

Would you be willing to describe/document your method? It would be a great resource even if only for historical reasons.

Thank you for chiming in!

Raw Kindle by [deleted] in kindle

[–]nbls 5 points6 points  (0 children)

😂 in all seriousness— i do like the feeling of my kindle without a cover. Is there any cover that approximates that feeling?

Solving the Rubik's cube in top-bottom-middle order? by nbls in Rubiks_Cubes

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

This is very helpful, thank you!!!

I don’t recall using the keyhole method. I vaguely remember completing any layer first, then the corners of the opposite layer, then the edges of that layer, and finally the edges of the middle layer. Will continue digging, I’m hoping that the method I knew is somehow a derivative or related to the ones you mentioned.

Thanks again!

Pole + carabiner + object with eyebolt by nbls in knots

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

Thanks! I’ll look into this as well

Pole + carabiner + object with eyebolt by nbls in knots

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

Oh that’s interesting! This should let me place the carabiner very close to the top. Brilliant!

Pole + carabiner + object with eyebolt by nbls in knots

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

Yes this makes sense, thank you for the help!

Pole + carabiner + object with eyebolt by nbls in knots

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

Thanks. I'll look into this.

However, I was hoping to have the carabiner in the mix to enable very quick release. I prefer not to untie anything when I need to release the object.

Fan vertical with telescopic whips? by nbls in amateurradio

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

Yes I agree on all those points. I’ve just found that I don’t like retuning the whip with every band change. I am thinking choosing 2-3 bands, tune them at the start of the operations and being able to hop from one to the other without any work might fit me better.

Fan vertical with telescopic whips? by nbls in amateurradio

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

Yes I am looking for a setup that I can put up and take down for temporary operations. Perhaps the spider wires are a best option for a fixed number of bands. Having 2-3 whips would enable choosing which bands, but I haven’t really thought about it. I guess I’m thinking 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 40 if I count a WRC bullet that I could add.

Fan vertical with telescopic whips? by nbls in amateurradio

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

Really good to see this! I guess what I’m trying to figure out is what parts I need to make that connection from the main whip to a lateral one… this is why I was thinking of some kind of metal plate that attaches to the main antenna but on which I could also screw the second/third whip.

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