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I use the Zero to replace arduinos in a lot of control projects. I also really like it for telemetry projects as the built in SD card give plenty of storage unlike the arduino. The ability to run python, makes it a good bit easier for internet connected control. I know you have moved past...

Rookie, you don't need an intervention. You need more toys. Right now in my office I have, a Pi3B running OctoPrint for my 3D printer and laser, a Pi4 running my home automation project, a Pi4 running PiHole and Rasp AP as my office wifi and DNS server, a Pi3B running and LED matrix with a...

Nope. COO is irrelevant, quality of the product is important. I don’t generally carry cheap knives, but I have been happy with my small spydercos. For a cheap disposable knife it is hard to beat one of the razor blade knives. I have Milwaukee version and a SnapOn one, but there are...

The majority of people have no idea how to use a cane or crutches for that matter correctly. It is inherently not natural. Spend the money on a few visits to the physical therapist. Worth the money in injury prevention. You would be amazed at the number of people my wife (PT) sees with...

Tray printing. I made some poor layout choices so it is a 13 hour print. Could cut that in half with some better choices. This is the next one, probably more interesting as it has individual pockets. Took about two hours to model as my picture was bad again. However with parameteric CAD...

Work flow: Take a picture with something to use as a scale. Picture imported to Fusion and use the scale to bring the picture to real size. Trace: Export to Slic3r: About 5 minutes of work. This time I actually didn't end up using the picture. I forgot the iphone camera is not...

A pallet jack is just wheels or casters with a handle. If you can move it with a pallet jacket you can move it on casters. With weight it is important to get good casters rated at the load. They generally are not cheap. Thrust bearings in the collars and ball bearings wheel will make a 2-3...

i don't know Florida, but in Norfolk it was not worth it to make my own lines. Pirtex was the local hydraulic line company. The cost of an assembled line was maybe a dollar more then it would cost for me to buy the components. I get nicely packages, properly crimped and hydro-test lines in 15...

HF Crimper -$60 Astro Pnuematic -$65 Klien -$38 Tool Aide Set -$119 I use all of the above regularly. You don't need a $1000 dollar crimper. You just need to understand this is not a crimping tool.

I love and hate my college education. It was annoying at the time that they didn't teach any particular program so it felt like I didn't have any particular skills. You had projects, but you basically had to learn the system on your own. However, they taught the theory and how the systems...

Thanks, I think I’m covered on the modeling with almost 8000 billed hours of F360, Catia, ProE, NG graphics, Ideas, Fluent, and AutoCad R14 over the last 25 years. I have one of the older SnapOn tech boxes where the trays all matched the drawed. I’m going make identical layouts but filled...

You’ll see me doing this with the 3D printer in a few week. Movers trashed my tool box so all the little trays are destroyed. Will not strictly necessary they do make for great organization. As soon as I get my office setup I’m going to model and print trays in ABS.

That is basically what I did when I painted my 4Runner. I had a 10x20 portable garage tent thing. Some plastic, a couple of filters, a box fans and some drop lights and it made a great booth. Don’t forget the floor. I did and my driveway had a very obvious orange tint from the overspray...

Even that is like asking what car should I buy. People can throw suggestions at you all day, but without something to arrange them by it is just noise. What do you want to make? What is your budget? What precision do you desire? All of those things are kind of tied together. I like Seco...

I assume he is looking for a boring head in R8 and boring bars to go with it.

I paid $500 for mine, running with all the threading gears. Sold it for $550. Not running I would say $200 max. Of course location and condition are important.

This. None of your main line normal car washes are going to strip the wax. In general you don't want them to. That is the realm of specialty products. However, dish soap is made to trip grease and wax..

Dawn, clay bar, polish, seal, rewax. Win.

Dish detergent. I'm partial to Dawn.

I do enjoy a little war driving, but no you have never read about any of my work. I'm a systems guy not a programmer by trade. As my professor said, to be a good systems engineer you have to know a lot of different be able to speak coherently about a lot of topic. The only way to be to...