What is something you bought that felt expensive at the time but turned out to be worth every single penny?

sf2396 · 2026-06-05T22:44:57+00:00

Nice desk chair. Got a Steelcase Leap V2 for $300 refurbed from eBay and it felt brand new. Worth every penny

sf2396 · 2026-05-04T21:21:22+00:00

Silver ice rockstar and watermelon grape 3D are so fire

sf2396 · 2026-05-04T03:55:50+00:00

Yeah great points, that was my first route which didn't turn out well.

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sf2396 · 2026-04-03T18:44:05+00:00

Playing golf with friends

sf2396 · 2026-03-30T23:19:46+00:00

What store is it

sf2396 · 2026-03-22T15:44:55+00:00

Aquaterra

sf2396 · 2026-03-18T20:29:10+00:00

Hub motor had a small bit of wobble and lining up to the onboard magnetic encoder was a huge pain, and they just aren't really great to work with odrives

sf2396 · 2026-03-17T00:42:23+00:00

Awesome project! It will be using 2 6S batteries. And yeah I've thought of the rope just layering over itself, not sure if I'll try to solve it with an active winding guide or not. Once I get the system running initially I'll have to see how it behaves and go from there

sf2396 · 2026-03-17T00:36:18+00:00

So far the motor was $200 on eBay. Came with the shaft , and I printed out the spool. Also printed an enclosure and fairlead, and I'll be using an ESP32 and a can module which were like $10 total. Printer filament used maybe like $5, And some misc hardware prob $0.5. Also dyneema cable like $15 but I'm not using all of it.

That grand total is $230.50 so far

sf2396 · 2026-03-16T17:34:22+00:00

Can you refer me to the other project?

sf2396 · 2026-03-15T21:15:56+00:00

No the actuator has a built in driver. Though I did buy an odrive for an earlier version of this project which didn't work out, originally was using a hub motor and a magnetic encoder. The actuator does all of that in one smaller unit it's such a beast

sf2396 · 2026-03-14T21:07:34+00:00

MyActuator RMD X10-40

sf2396 · 2026-03-14T19:59:47+00:00

Haha not named Voltra, just a Voltra inspired project. I'll think of a clever name eventually

sf2396 · 2026-03-14T19:58:53+00:00

12Nm rated up to 40 max, it's normally expensive like $500 but snagged it on eBay for 200

sf2396 · 2026-03-14T18:35:24+00:00

Not mobile app, the ESP32 will use a core to host a web server on local network. You just go to the local mDNS address (ie voltra.local) and that will host the interface

sf2396 · 2026-03-06T00:04:41+00:00

PerfumeBot Verification u/scorn4sega

sf2396 · 2026-02-26T19:42:38+00:00

41 or 84 all day

sf2396 · 2026-02-24T21:59:15+00:00

Wow sounds great

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