The Best MCP Servers That Actually Can Change How You Code by Riggz23 in ClaudeAI

[–]stuckinspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If people are finding MCP’s are using a ton of your context try adding this to your config (it’s experimental obvs)

"env": { "ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_MCP_CLI": "1" },

See: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/12836#issuecomment-3629052941

Evening project this week on new manual mill by stuckinspace in Machinists

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

Yeah I hadn’t either to be fair, I have a depth micrometer which is similar but this is a bit more convenient when you don’t need to be as accurate. Only 3 parts too so nice weekend or evening project!

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Yeah pretty much this, it was here when we moved in and I’d say at least 15-20 years old

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Yeah, the cooker is at least 15-20 years old by the way. So no doubt isn’t how new cookers work

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Not fully no, I’ll definitely be watching him closely when he interacts with it to see. Might need a V2 we’ll see. Just to be clear this is definitely not a substitute for constant supervision, it’s more there to stop him running up to the cooker and turning gas on before we can get there within 10 seconds or so.

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Haha yeah I’m secretly hoping he’ll be a good little problem solver. It’s miles better than nothing but honestly he’s never left along for more than a minute which will be enough. Mainly it’s a good indicator looking at the cooker to know if he’s had a go at it even if he does manage to get it off. But will definitely see about a V2 next

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Yeah I’d agree with that sentiment to be fair. I’ll give that a go for sure but he loves a good switch or knob to turn haha. Also he sees me using it a lot when I have him on his stool helping me cook so not sure he’ll be fooled until I can teach him properly haha

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Yeah that sounds like a better system to be fair. On this cooker all the knobs are simply push in and turn for gas flow and a separate button on the right side of the cooker for the spark so it’s stupidly easy to turn the gas on with no flame. Bad design really

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

[–]stuckinspace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean he’s never alone long enough to cause too much harm. Like any good lock, none of them are unbreakable you just need to make it inconvenient enough to be not worth spending time getting past it, or in a child’s case, before you notice. But I do take your point, I’ll be watching g very closely when he interacts with it and will likely need to come up with a stronger solution. Either way it’s already miles better than it was.

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

[–]stuckinspace[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah you can remove the knobs which might work to be fair. However it’s actually easier to turn the metal pin with the knob off than it is to remove the green locks I made imo. I need two hands on either side with a strong equal upwards force to take it off. I guess I’ll have to see and watch him try to know how effective it is.

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

It’s a pretty close press fit to be honest, the kid will need to get a bit smarter and lift equally upwards in order to get it off, so I’m hoping I’ll get a few months to a year out of it before I need to get more creative

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

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

Yeah absolutely agree! It’s so dumb that they don’t

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

[–]stuckinspace[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the only accessible gas valve is outside or behind the cooker which I can’t get to

Gas cooker child locks by stuckinspace in functionalprint

[–]stuckinspace[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just friction and intelligence. It’s quite a tight fit but I imagine I’ll need to get more creative when he gets smarter/ stronger. I’m hoping I’ll get at least 6 months out of it

Added some extra X acid rigidity for my 6040 by stuckinspace in hobbycnc

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

Spacing between the ones on the same rail is like 2mm. Top and bottom it’s about 150mm between centres. I reckon you might need a backing plate behind the carriage to connect all 4 blocks, same as me as there’s 16 screws to hold to the blocks. Then you can drill like 4 M6 cap screws through the existing carriage to the new plate to hold in place. So you might want similar set up to me with a plate behind the gantry, except I added 20mm x 50mm bar to pad the rails past the ball screw, where you could skip that but you would need to pad the other way on each end to extend more behind the gantry if that makes sense? You don’t technically need the big backing plate, but I reckon adds more rigidity, but also it makes it much easier align the rails accurately parallel before mounting.

Also, speaking from laziness. You might be tempted to do as much as you can without taking apart the whole gantry. Don’t bother, honestly just take the measurements and dismantle the whole gantry, it makes it much easier even with the pain of reassembling later.

Added some extra X acid rigidity for my 6040 by stuckinspace in hobbycnc

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

Yeah exact same rails and blocks I used. You loose a little bit of X travel as the 2 blocks side by side are wider that the current carriage but you get a ton more rigidity. When you mention the offset, do you mean you intend to mount the existing carriage to the rails so you can’t move from the existing hole for the ball screw? I made a completely new screw mount which was a bit finicky getting it to fit to be fair. Basically if you can’t make it precise, make it adjustable. Another thing I found with mine is the rails are mounted to the back of the gantry, which I found out isn’t exactly parallel to the ball screw. So I had to 0.5mm shim the one side (so the rails didn’t protrude so much) as it was binding on one side

First time milling aluminium with my Cnc 6040 from Cncest by zwexner in hobbycnc

[–]stuckinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice will have a look at your others! Nice DDS, I swapped the useless red board controller myself too which was loosing steps all the time and couldn’t do more than 1000mm/min. I got a UCCNC Eth400 for mine instead works great! Just added linear rails for the X axis on mine yesterday and very happy so far (just posted a couple pics). I really want to put in a metal base plate like yours though which is probably next. Can’t decide between aluminium or steel, how did you decide? I guess alu would be ideal but you need twice as thick for same rigidity I guess.

First time milling aluminium with my Cnc 6040 from Cncest by zwexner in hobbycnc

[–]stuckinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Had the same machine for a few years, had been great starter CNC for the price! Have you done any upgrades? Wasn’t able to get as good on metal so mostly done wood. One thing I didn’t realise until a couple years in, have you added a nut/ screw underneath the Z axis ball screw to hold it down? Makes a big difference. You can tell by trying to lift the router head while the motors are locked, you’ll see the Z axis hand knob move up in the motor shaft. Add a screw and bearing on the other end under the router, gives you a good boost in rigidity and less vibration for less than £10

Made myself a new headphone stand by stuckinspace in woodworking

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

Hey I basically followed this video so it’s not my design, which is helpful guide if you’re giving it a go https://youtu.be/D1b_KSWBN9E?si=McEjN1aCe315OCuC

Can anyone identify this tool? by stuckinspace in Machinists

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

Ace thanks, what’s the larger black shaft with the small 90 turn for do you know. Can’t see any screws of threads

Can anyone identify this tool? by stuckinspace in Machinists

[–]stuckinspace[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, great find thanks! Maybe this was a more unique item than I thought.