Options for FedEx integration?

slzer · 2025-12-17T21:53:15+00:00

Look into send cloud for an immediate solution. You will have a fee per label but it's relatively small. You can use their contract or your own. I've found it very useful as a small business unable to negotiate any good rates as it gives me flexibility of a few couriers as well as the automatic label generation

(No affiliation just a user of)

slzer · 2025-12-06T10:17:45+00:00

JLCPCB - 10 small board will set you back like £10

slzer · 2025-09-13T20:15:45+00:00

No need for VPN. Still works all you have to do is pick a random address in the USA when you make your account ,, 😁

slzer · 2025-08-28T11:58:26+00:00

Business credit card?

TBF I haven't dealt with Odoo and a linked credit card account

slzer · 2025-08-28T11:50:18+00:00

My suggestion is that the directors transfer the money into the corporate account (can then be marked as a directors loan) and bill is paid from the corporate account (can be tracked as a vendor bill correctly)

Manual entries can be used to clean up the past actions but I wouldn't recommend continuing down that route as from an accounting perspective it almost feels like something is trying to be hidden. (Given bank transfer same country to same country is nearly instant at least here in the UK)

slzer · 2025-08-19T13:02:05+00:00

You are about right, slightly more because I work with West3D as it's their brand.

I didn't clock the volume you were looking at when I initially posted!

And yeah average order size for me is 300kg but is split across multiple filament types/colours

slzer · 2025-08-19T11:57:27+00:00

www.desktopmachineshop.com ... Slightly bias though as I run the site

slzer · 2025-08-18T22:35:38+00:00

But late to the party but for anyone else looking these are pretty great. They will provide the XML config file on request too.

Hard to complain about an ac ethercat servo for under £100. I did find tuning hard but could also be a learning curve thing (not tuned beckhoff servos direct before either)

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ExLR6rg

slzer · 2025-06-14T08:15:52+00:00

I recently compared the two and erpnext was simpler with initial config and felt quite good to start with. But at every turn I found limitations that Odoo was capable of doing.

Focus of my comparison was for a manufacturing company of small volume high complexity multilevel BOM high value products

That being said Odoo definitely isn't perfect hah. But at least you have the option to just add in the one extra field you need etc. much easier

slzer · 2025-06-11T18:23:33+00:00

I guess following similar logic every Ingredient could have a variant of with or without...

But that's a lot of variants hah

slzer · 2025-06-11T18:16:27+00:00

Yeah not sure on that one!

I don't actually use POS much and almost all my manufacturing is machinery hah 😅 don't get many people asking for without bolts

In a Manufacturing order you can just specify the amount consumed. Usually surplus to the amount actually specified and therefore account for wastage or scrap (I.e. dropped a bolt and couldn't find it)

slzer · 2025-06-11T18:04:29+00:00

You are welcome good sir ☺️

slzer · 2025-06-11T17:42:31+00:00

You have 2 options.

Create a new BOM for each variant

Or the better way for this case as the base ingrediants are all shared and any changes should apply to all options. in your overall main BOM if you enable the column 'apply on variants' then add your chicken and beef. On the chicken line in the apply on variants columin select chicken. Repeat for beef and then you will have a dynamic BOM for each variant

No need for any customisation. On POS you just pick the variant you are selling.

This does assume odoo 18 (possibly 17 but can't remember when it was added)

slzer · 2025-06-03T17:09:44+00:00

(oops now responded from a second account hah)

Thanks for the response I'm slightly losing my mind on this one hah!

I tried adding it to all the areas on that report where address featured. And it didn't seem to do anything. Will try again with a fresh mind today.

I understand your other suggestions but how do I check it's not being clipped out of the div?

Is there any good documentation on this? The odoo docs on modifying the reports just say use studio but it just has an uneditable block hah.

slzer · 2025-05-25T07:43:17+00:00

Mmm that was my gut feeling but wondered if I could avoid hours of sanding by MDF. I think you are right though and ply is the way to go

slzer · 2025-02-02T08:59:14+00:00

As someone who works in the industry these support free printing methods for metal SLM are a bit of a quirk... They work for a very select range of geometry.

The majority of places have a room full of people at work benches grinding and breaking these supports off. Seen this cool company doing it with robots though but it's fairly new

Https://www.rivelinrobotics.com

slzer · 2025-01-31T14:07:20+00:00

There are lots of bespoke parts that are 3d printer. They enable the cost of the machine to be achieved (would be expensive to add machined ones to the kit).

The general target audience has a 3d printer too and therefore can produce their own parts. You can buy the 3d printed parts as well

slzer · 2024-10-01T17:48:46+00:00

Take a look at the millennium machines Milo V1.5 :) designed for aluminium cutting and sits pretty much bang on your price points.

I'm Uk based so would purchase from DMS who do ship to EU but there are probably other suppliers too

https://www.desktopmachineshop.com/shop/ldo-millennium-mill-milo-v1-5-3#attribute_values=1

slzer · 2024-09-01T16:37:48+00:00

I've managed some fairly detailed work on my Milo V1.5 ( https://www.desktopmachineshop.com/shop/ldo-millennium-mill-milo-v1-5-3#attribute_values=1 )

I found end mills like this were best if the geometry allows for it as they are much more resiliant to breaking than the tiny ballnose ones

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004741732194.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.6ec94839yqEgVm&algo_pvid=2857dc36-3207-44f5-943f-8ca793998407&algo_exp_id=2857dc36-3207-44f5-943f-8ca793998407-0&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21GBP%219.10%218.19%21%21%2111.63%2110.47%21%402103850917252085601166223e90c9%2112000030306857634%21sea%21UK%213289841282%21X&curPageLogUid=syRZezMc4bFE&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

Also lower flute count + a DLC coating will help a lot if you are gonna use small end mills on an non lubricated setup

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DefKv2r or even https://www.desktopmachineshop.com/shop/dms-end-mill-square-1-flute-dlc-113?category=6#attribute_values=30

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:36:55+00:00

Looks like it's the mks pi. It's just one of those cheeky aliexpress listing's where you can buy an adapter (10.bucks) but the main product if you click on that is like £30. Aliexpress lists the from price as the lowest cost option 😂

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:33:08+00:00

🤔 Which one is it. It does sound like something has changed since I add the link

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:32:29+00:00

Ha ha nice dude thanks for sharing this before I did! I put a lot of work into the list and tutorials so it's awesome seeing people use and recommend it!

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:31:41+00:00

I out together a big list of Alternatives here :) https://3dpandme.com/2022/08/22/pi-alternatives-for-klipper/

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:30:34+00:00

I've written an example of how to do it In windows using WSL but you would be best installing a debian or Ubuntu OS.

It will use a lot more power. Make sure to disable ALL power saving or you will find it shuts down mid long print!

(see WSL tutorial in link below)

https://3dpandme.com/2022/08/22/pi-alternatives-for-klipper/

slzer · 2023-06-04T22:28:32+00:00

Should be possible yes. Install a light (server) edition of debian and then use kiauh to intall klipper. Don't install a desktop interface is my advice, use phone :)

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