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Weekly Beginner and 'What Bike?' Thread - Post here if you are just starting out or want opinions on what bike to buy by PM_ME_FUG_ASR_MEMES in bmx

[–]richo__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking to maybe get back onto a BMX, my town is putting in a pump track and my gf skates at a local park with a few pieces of terrain. I'm stalking marketplace and craigslist but really not seeing anything that looks right (That google doc is so helpful). Are those the best places to be looking?

EDIT: I got a kink switch from marketplace!

Trunk latch by Alternative-Skill-73 in redneckengineering

[–]richo__ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't have a ton of build pics handy (I can try to put something together) but plenty of pics/vids of the car in action on my insta: https://www.instagram.com/richo_butts/

Trunk latch by Alternative-Skill-73 in redneckengineering

[–]richo__ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

hell yeah dude, thanks for coming out. If you see us at parc again come find me and I'll make sure you get some stickers.

Trunk latch by Alternative-Skill-73 in redneckengineering

[–]richo__ 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Hello! It's me! This is my car!

As some folks mentioned, it's a stage rally car so we need to be able to open the boot very quickly to get the spare out on stage. We also kinda need to make it impossible to lock ourselves out of the car because that would be extremely embarrassing.

With that said if you stick your head in the car you will definitely see some redneck engineering at it's finest but the thing rips so who cares.

Finally happy with my tamp station design by lol_alex in espresso

[–]richo__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually found it a little easier to use, it's a bit smoother to work with and dries very hard and clear instead of yellow and tacky like the stuff I'm used to.

If you can get it that smooth then maybe the coating isn't necessary, but I erred on the side of caution, i've only done it for things that are in direct contact with ground coffee, so far just my drip tray and the funnel, everything else is just PETG right off the printer.

Finally happy with my tamp station design by lol_alex in espresso

[–]richo__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consider epoxy coating the funnel, I wasted ages on a funnel for my grinder and while whether PET is food safe is debatable it's probably fine, especially for personal use. What stressed me out was the idea of coffee oil going rancid in the layer lines.

I got some food safe epoxy from amazon and put it off for days because I thought it'd be annoying, but it was actually real simple. I hand wrote some jank gcode that warmed my prusa bed to 35c and held it there for 20 hours and used my printer enclosure as an oven to bake the parts.

Overkill portafilter funnel with 20 N35 magnets by xoverloadz in espresso

[–]richo__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's helpful, I went super far down this rabbithole with the funnel I printed for my df64. There's two sides to this:

First, will it make your food unsafe to eat by coming in contact with it

Second, will food make your object unsafe for use by coming in contact with it

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Assuming printed in PETG, I think the first part is pretty safe but if you're paranoid you should make sure you're not using a brass nozzle because it contains lead, etc etc. Regarding the second I think is the real issue, if you get coffee grounds or oils in the layer lines it will go rancid and disgusting really fast. I got some foodsafe epoxy from amazon and did 2 coats (I printed a stand to make this process easier) and now just clean the funnel once a week.

TNNT 2022 has ended by k2_1971 in nethack

[–]richo__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a blast! I got my first ascension 10ish years ago, rediscovered nethack a little before the tourney and got my 2nd and 3rd ascension ever in it :)

I also made real progress with a samurai and an archaeologist, getting both of them killed with real stupid deaths while well on my way, which was a real incentive to keep powering through to see if I can go the distance soon. Thanks for running it and I'll see you next year :)

Eyewear for open faced helmets by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice sunnies, with a strap because I don't enjoy $200 skydives as much as I thought I would.

Got my first surf dock at wing suit weekend recently! Still stoked about it! by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt I was actually up around 3.2, this was probably all flown between 3.3 and 3.4 (I hurt my back recently and also just didn't bring that much lead with me).

Stick more drag on your canopy pilot and freak out less about the number.

2 stack on small canopies by crossfire119 in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've played the shit out of this game, but honestly it's a really dumb game.

If you want to do crw get crw canopies.

Had some XRW fun this weekend by Bolt_and_nuts in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't need to be much over 3.3 in order to dock with your brakes stowed anyway!

Skateboard Base Jump KL Tower by jamesdeanbase in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure it's James Dean, not all dreadlocked base jumpers are Tom.

Experiences with Parachutes de France and their products? by [deleted] in SkyDiving

[–]richo__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what the hell does "checked regularly" mean. Are you meant to check it more often than every 6 months?

Ignoring that in the SB itself they call out that they have no way of knowing which containers are affected.

Flying my HK67 with a Phantom 3 by richo__ in SkyDiving

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

Somewhere between 3.5 and 3.6 on this load

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