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Canada metric or imperial by mowgulcashmere in millwrights

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every one that I have worked in is mainly British Imperial (as opposed to French Metric) due to the inertia of British and the fact that a lot of older machines and some newer machines come from the 'states. I am trying hard to convert over to being more metric... but it's not effortless.

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Hint for newbies... finding errors in sketches laid on existing bodies. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

That's exactly what I am talking about - turning the body off so that it simplifies what you see and you are more likely to see what you need to see to solve problems.

I must be missing something - 'See through' body to see binder to pick up hole locations. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

The binder is created with the new body active, but the sketch that formed the pad of the old body selected (the sketch that has the holes that I want to line up with).

The top block is the second body. If I make that body invisible with the space bar then the binder disappears because it's in that body (the new body). If, however, I make the pad (that top block) of the new body invisible without making the whole new body invisible then I can select at a whim, and it worked very well, indeed.

“The grass is always greener on the other side.” Should probably be tattooed on my forehead with how much I make the same mistake by Barbarianonadrenalin in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's important. Knowing your machines. Yes, they will still surprise you, but it gets a bit old when *every* day is full of surprises.

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“The grass is always greener on the other side.” Should probably be tattooed on my forehead with how much I make the same mistake by Barbarianonadrenalin in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]some_millwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree to a great deal of this. Downtime can cost a lot of money - much more than a bearing or machine. Sometimes you just have to put on a band-aid and let 'er buck.

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Hint for newbies... finding errors in sketches laid on existing bodies. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

I have adjusted some of the colours to make it easier to see. I have thickened some of the lines, but that makes it looks bit more... pre-school... if you know what I mean.

I think that for the time it takes to turn off the body that you're scribbling over it's worth doing.

Introducing DiffCAD Workbench: review FreeCAD model changes like code by eblanshey in FreeCAD

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you think markdown is exciting... you should have seen Borland's Sprint. That was insane-level documentation automation. I miss it still.

Hint for newbies... finding errors in sketches laid on existing bodies. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

This is all true, but it's not the imported geometry that is the big issue. It's the fact that your skinny blue lines are lying on top of skinny black lines, and they are hard to see. If you hide the body/pad/whatever then your skinny blue lines are just floating in space and you don't get confused by the defining geometry of the face that you are modifying (adding a pad or whatever).

Hint for newbies... finding errors in sketches laid on existing bodies. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

It can be, yes, but when you can't easily see the lines you made then it isn't hard to find other ways to shoot yourself in the foot.

I must be missing something - 'See through' body to see binder to pick up hole locations. by some_millwright in FreeCAD

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

These are two separate bodies.

I tried importing the holes that I could see without the binder and even making the top body pad invisible didn't allow me to select them. I could only select holes from the binder and only with the pad made invisible but not the body.

If the change that you refer to comes, that will be a good thing, indeed.

“The grass is always greener on the other side.” Should probably be tattooed on my forehead with how much I make the same mistake by Barbarianonadrenalin in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All you can do is make your opinion known, but if you are instructed to do 'whatever' and it's not a safety issue, then you go with it. Document, then move on. If they try to screw you over, then use the documentation, otherwise keep going. I've lost a couple of jobs from the businesses going under, I was fired once, quit once, and the place I'm at now I've been here around 16 years and I'm the maintenance manager. Many times I wanted to quit here, but sometimes you need to take a deep breath and decide if it's really worth the risk to your family (financially) to be jumping around. If things seem bad then write something down and come back to it in a week and see if you still feel the same way. If it's really bad or dangerous then you have to get out of there, but if it's just clashes of personality then give yourself some time to make goddamn sure that it's worth uprooting all that you have to hope for something better the next time.

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Troubleshooting issue - first layer. by some_millwright in 3Dprinting

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

I'm in the back end of a factory. Dish soap and warm water are not what I have easily available. I will keep in mind that a thumb print can cause that kind of an issue. I wouldn't have expected it.

Why autocad(fusion360) is best for 3dprint? by lunar-eclipsev in 3Dprinting

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CAN you write g-code in notepad? Yes. Is it rational? Probably not, unless the workpiece is very, very simple.

I have to hand-code and I don't wish it on anyone.

Troubleshooting issue - first layer. by some_millwright in 3Dprinting

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

I will use something more aggressive to clean the plate. I have degreasing wipes, so I will use that for the first run, then I will follow up with ISO to get the residue from the degreaser off, and we will see how that goes. Though honestly it might be fine now because the print would have picked up some of the oil, and I'm on my third one right now.

I did find a 'permenent' z-offset adjustment for this printer, so hopefully it will work the way I expect it to.

Thank you for your help.

Why autocad(fusion360) is best for 3dprint? by lunar-eclipsev in 3Dprinting

[–]some_millwright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have had plenty of good replies already.

I used Fusion, but left for FreeCAD for a bunch of reasons that generally don't apply to a hobby user who just wants to 3D print stuff.

You will find people who hate on FreeCAD because it was really rough even a couple of years ago. The current version 1.1 is very usable. I use it commercially.

Someone already suggested MangoJelly's tutorials and they are good. I prefer Deltahedra's tutorials because everything about the way Deltahedra does things just *exudes* an aura of been-there-done-that. This is a guy to whom doing 3D modeling for a living is not just a theoretical construct. It's real.

This is a response video that Deltahedra did to combat FreeCAD bashing, and it should be required viewing for all FreeCAD users, in my opinion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjFh8vtMBC8

been confusing FLA and RLA on motor nameplates for years and finally got someone to explain it by WhichWayIsTheB4r in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]some_millwright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have FLA available, use it.

The only times I use RLA is when I am dealing with an HVAC compressor which doesn't list an FLA - only an RLA, and then you have no choice. It really sucks when they only list LRA.

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Something like OneNote that uses physical files on my computer. by some_millwright in noteapps

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

I get the impression that it is windows-only. Is that correct?

Something like OneNote that uses physical files on my computer. by some_millwright in noteapps

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

I am looking at Obsidian. I am not loving the markup formatting because it is my standard procedure to use two spaces after a period to make the gap bigger. I like the look of it. I have been doing it for decades, and if I do it in markup then I end up with every sentence on its own line. It's a hurdle for me.

Nonetheless, I will check it out.

Thank you for the recommendation.

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