This one is designed to boost 12V up to 200V. My previous circuits to do that were all flyback designs using off-the-shelf parts.
#general-chat
late fulcrum
delicate stream
Winding giant coils from super thin enamel wire is fun :D
tardy badger
Are you making a toroidal type?
late fulcrum
No, I'm not attempting a toroid, this is an ordinary two-piece pot core transformer with cylindrical windings I can do on the former, then assemble the ferrites onto it.
tardy badger
Oh okay cool
late fulcrum
Pic from the article
delicate stream
Toroids tough
late fulcrum
I like toroids, but prefer to pay someone else to make them for me.
tardy badger
Oh that’s not bad
spice moss
what if you print them?
static flare
i used to be really confused as to how those are made until i realised that the wire probably has an enamel coating
late fulcrum
Yeah, it just looks like bare uninsulated wire
delicate stream
Have any of you ever done paper-shield transformers?
late fulcrum
I'm not a fan of stripping magnet wire, but then I discovered solderable insulation magnet wire, where the insulation just turns into flux at soldering temperatures.
spice moss
i have seen plasma channel use uninsulated wires to coil
static flare
I've been working with electronics for too long to not have realised that sooner
spice moss
late fulcrum
There's this one with a fiberglass insulated primary and an uninsulated secondary of copper ribbon
delicate stream
Pretty
burnt tendon
Seems like it'll be a transformative experience for you then, @late fulcrum
delicate stream
groan.wav
delicate stream
Random idea: Pi Pico as a USB VGA adapter? Plug Pico into PC via USB, use it to drive a VGA display for the PC?
static flare
yknow how JP made a camera shutter button with the neotrinkey? could also totally be done with the neokey, plus you could make it clicky
delicate stream
I did not, but that's smart
static flare
it was when he did the neotrinkey as the product pick
static flare
I wonder what this week's Product Pick is
delicate stream
static flare
I just realised I'll have like, $900 when my tax return comes, because I've been treating it a bit like a savings account (cause I don't need to pay nearly as much as I do)
delicate stream
Yay!
static flare
but that isn't until july
delicate stream
Boo!
static flare
just lets me put more money in
delicate stream
Yay!
static flare
I technically don't make enough to need to pay taxes
delicate stream
... yay? boo?
static flare
although, it does mean I need to cut down on the adafruit orders
I'm adding an extra 20% so that I'm putting in a quarter of the money i get every fortnight into taxes
swift hatch
delicate stream
is spreading!
delicate stream
The person(s) responsible for the silkscreen design for Adafruit's products deserve an entire truckload of cookies
topaz juniper
If a J-Link is outside of my budget for commercial use, what debugger would you recommend?
stray wind
If a J-Link is outside of my budget for commercial use, what debugger would you ...
OpenOCD is open source debugging software that runs on quite a few different bits of hardware. Black magic probe for one https://1bitsquared.com/products/black-magic-probe Any stlink works as well. Also RP2040's "picoprobe". Here's the OpenOCD docs list of hardware though: http://openocd.org/doc/html/Debug-Adapter-Hardware.html#Debug-Adapter-Hardware
orchid zephyr
turns out the outlets in my school cafeteria are wired wrong
delicate stream
oof... did they release the magic smoke when you plugged something in?
orchid zephyr
nah
they just didnt do anything
turns out live and earth were swapped, so there was no power in the two prongs
delicate stream
Ah... At least you didn't have a hot ground!
delicate stream
Oh, oof
orchid zephyr
had i plugged in anything with ground it would have been worse
delicate stream
Yeah, thank God you didn't get zapped!
burnt tendon
It would have been quite shocking.
short pulsar
Compelling article about outsourcing and losing technical edge with the mental example of making toasters and the telecom industry: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/
wild temple
yeah, because it can be crushed on shipping
dusty citrus
I get those yellow SMT boxes from Adafruit with most orders.
None have arrived broken.
delicate stream
yeah, because it can be crushed on shipping
Ah... Fair. Teeny tiny dent in the back of mine
delicate stream
Ohhh, maybe I should get those...
dusty citrus
I gave my brother two of them (so he could interlock them) to see what he'd do with 'em. ;)
delicate stream
I kinda just want to print all my storage going forward
static flare
those are a little large for me, usually, so I'd probably go with a smaller set, but just seeing they sell them is great
delicate stream
Xenia, storer of smol things in smol storage
static flare
das me!
delicate stream
I realized my Circuit Playground Express says Developer Edition -- do they all say that, or am I special? :O
delicate stream
"hey dummy, why not check the product page and see if the one they show has it?"
Oh yes it does, durrr
static flare
I wanna get some of the free stuff but I also realise that's gonna cost me heaps and it might be better just to buy them at cost
cause to get the playground, it's like, $385 AUD before shipping, which will probably add about about $70 AUD
delicate stream
You don't get the free shipping? D:
delicate stream
Oof...
static flare
shipping for orders that big is like, $50USD+
delicate stream
Probably should just hit the first 2 goals and buy tht CGE outright
If you really really want one ASAP
Or wait for another big order when you have more muns
static flare
Yeah, that seems much more financially accessible
delicate stream
I'm not hitting that top goal again any time soon XD
static flare
There's a whole bunch of stuff I want, if I were to buy it all at once, it would cost ~$700
static flare
I mean, there was like, 68 items in my cart
static flare
eh, my birthday is in June so I might just share my wishlist to some people close to me and they might buy me some stuff
delicate stream
My birthday is also June :D
weary fiber
June & May have so many birthdays lmao
delicate stream
There's a correlation with seasons
weary fiber
side note, someone just tried to threaten me with doxxing?
delicate stream
What?! Someone from here?!
weary fiber
problem is... on every profile, I give fake addresses/personal info in the bio
so they threatened me with a fake address that I purposefully made public
delicate stream
Not smrt
weary fiber
Felt like a massive brain moment
weary fiber
oh nah, was on reddit
static flare
oof
weary fiber
still, I've kinda been waiting for that moment
delicate stream
Lol
weary fiber
I literally never divulge actual personal info, but I leave lots of decoy info everywhere
but I'm also pretty public about being a furry
just for those few golden moments of "you think you doxxed me? omae wa mou shindeiru bruh"
ancient kindle
has anyone used these?
they look really nice, but idk if they're nicer than the pile of esd tweezers I have accumulated
stray wind
has anyone used these?
They're pretty great, but I also have ESD tweezers and I like them both. So, I'm no help.
delicate stream
I use flush cutters as tweezers sometimes
ancient kindle
living on the edge eh
delicate stream
Indeed
delicate stream
looks at crooked tweezers, coughs
ancient kindle
yeah they bend like crazy
probably cause they're the lowest quality metal possible
delicate stream
Mine will NOT bend, at all, but they were joined out of alignment
static flare
just had a conversation with my fiancee as to why i need to spend the money to have someone do my SMT parts for me
(i say just, it was a while ago, she's asleep right now)
delicate stream
"If you enjoy my current level of sanity, this is a requirement"
ancient kindle
I'm too much of a cheapskate for that
static flare
mostly cause I don't have the coordination or eyesight for small parts, nor the soldering ability, but if I got a reflow oven it might be easier
delicate stream
I'm gonna build my own pick'n'place eventually
static flare
These are prototypes, so I don't want to put the time into doing it, especially if I've designed it wrong
delicate stream
It might cost a bit more muns, but you can recoup that in sales if you sell the thing
delicate stream
Hand fun
static flare
but for prototyping, i don't mind it being a little more costly, just to save the work
delicate stream
Yee
static flare
actually might see if I could get it made soon, I'll order the Adafruit parts i need for it next time I get paid (cause the PCBs are going to take a while anyhow)
delicate stream
:D
static flare
Technically it only needs headers, both male and female, and a JST connector from Adafruit
delicate stream
SMD headers or thru-hole?
static flare
Wait they make SMT headers?
static flare
that's actually insanely helpful for this board, I might actually be able to condense the size and better position things
delicate stream
:D
static flare
Ultimately I want to see if I can put stacking headers on the outside at all, but I'm really unsure about that
delicate stream
Which board was this we were talking about? fuzzy brain memory
static flare
The super secret project I've been working on
delicate stream
Ah, that one. checks notes
grave crest
@ancient kindle I have that set of Rhino tweezers, along with other Rhino ones (different shapes, ends, etc). They're fairly nice. Only complaint is their printing on them is a bit smudgy. But they work rather well.
I also think Hakko's CHP brand of tweezers are the bee's knees too.
Hakko makes some really high quality & affordable pliers, tweezers, cutters, etc.
delicate stream
I will learn all the pins
limber jackal
They're pretty great, but I also have ESD tweezers and I like them both. So, I'm...
Look at that, another "Just get one of everything, it might come in handy later" type shopper! lol
static flare
that's a mood
delicate stream
Just buy all the things forever, they'll come in handy eventually
ancient kindle
And never throw anything out
delicate stream
Never ever
umbral phoenix
I look at having a rich variety of parts in inventory as risk management, and a source of creative inspiration 😉
that said, as processors have evolved, I have a bunch I really don't expect to use ever again and need to find a good home for
delicate stream
Adam Savage would agree XD I often adopt things in need of homes...
delicate stream
What font is best font?
polar bloom
Topaz
polar bloom
Have you tried http://www.comicneue.com ?
static flare
I don't dislike it???
delicate stream
Oh, hey, it's Comic Sans after getting a degree and a proper job
polar bloom
If we're talking old school fonts, I like the one from IBM daisy wheel typewriters.
delicate stream
They had a few font wheels, lol
I think it was a mix of OCR compatible and more human-liked fonds
Forget what the default was
polar bloom
Yeah I don't remember exactly which wheel we had.
delicate stream
I had an IBM Selectric II and III, which were the ball style, and had about a dozen fonts for each
polar bloom
It's been ages but I think we had a Selectric II, but just the one font.
delicate stream
I miss mine...
polar bloom
I just used to type on it for fun. No idea what happened to it.
delicate stream
I used to use mine for retro stories when I needed to get into a time period mood. I used the Selectric II until it died, and the III caught fire
static flare
I love monospaced fonts
delicate stream
This is the Way.
weary fiber
uwu
delicate stream
OwO
static flare
I have to use a function key on my keyboard cause I don't have it on my 60% keeb
delicate stream
Oof
delicate stream
120% keeb forever
static flare
I mean, I don't need a numpad or like the fancy other stuff, I barely use the F keys
delicate stream
MOAR KEYS
static flare
I actually want to make a keyboard with F1-F24 tho
maybe even just a macro keypad
just for the function keys
delicate stream
I need to figure out how to make a Windows key to put on my Model M without modding it
I'm getting tired of realizing I did Ctrl+Esc instead of Windows on keyboards that have a Windows key
umbral phoenix
static flare
I mean, I like it, but it makes me uncomfortable
limber jackal
I mean, if you need moar keys...
static flare
But like, the C64 doesn't have more than 8 function keys
limber jackal
Old XT keyboards only had 10 "F"unction keys, in 2 columns and 5 rows on the left side of the keyboard, at least in US/ANSI layouts
delicate stream
I've considered getting an XT keyboard with moar function keys, but I can barely fit my Model M on the desk
limber jackal
If @static flare or any other Aussie needs moar of teh keez on a key boar...
https://www.aussiepos.com.au/pos-keyboards-cherry-chg86-61400-b-programmable-qwerty-keyboard.html
static flare
gdi now i want it
limber jackal
lol
static flare
It has a card reader
limber jackal
I'm sure it can be found used for less. For really wack-a-doo out there commercial keyboards, just search for "POS keyboards"
I'm pretty sure some must approach the 200 key count
delicate stream
moar
static flare
I mean, it can have a card reader
delicate stream
MOAR KEYS
limber jackal
Card reader - for when you can't be bothered to type your Driver's Licence/ID or credit card number(s) yourself, or use a password manager to make it easier!
static flare
hahaha
delicate stream
For security, you can have a set of cards that need to be swiped in the right order to unlock the machine. If you don't swipe them in the right order, then it deletes everything. If you do a specific wrong order, the house explodes
Gotta keep them secrets safe!
limber jackal
House explodes, but since it's a POS keyboard made to be used and survive disgruntled angsty teenagers ringing up rude customers, it will survive
By the way, if you look at a keyboard and think "Yeah, that's too easy, anyone can do THAT with enough keys"...
https://community.devexpress.com/blogs/aspnet/archive/2009/10/20/mark-miller-will-beat-you-with-a-guitar.aspx
static flare
is it a chord keyboard using a guitar hero style keyboard
delicate stream
No I mean the video downloading instead of playing
I gathered it was a keyboard guitar, lol
delicate stream
Yes but embeded video players were a thing then
static flare
i was a child then idk
delicate stream
quiet old person sobbing
limber jackal
*quiet old person sobbing*
Get off my lawn!
delicate stream
Get off my lawn!
WHO ARE YOU, WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE
limber jackal
He (Mark Miller) actually used a Guitar Hero controller to write code in Visual Studio.
Youtube demo link, for you young'n hipster types
static flare
I wanted to see him actually type quickly
limber jackal
You can see him do that on Twitch, but not with a guitar tho
He's a really smart and awesome person
limber jackal
Take care, and talk later! 🙂
real falcon
static flare
gdi
slim shard
ohm my
delicate stream
I am GIFmeister
wild temple
do you read "gif" as "graphics interchange format" or as "jif peanut butter"?
delicate stream
Yes
And also no
It depends?
I don't always have internal voicing, but when I do, or when I say it out loud, I switch
wild temple
that sounds complicated O.o
slim shard
"moms like you choose gif"
delicate stream
When someone uses that phrase, I lock on ghiff
slim shard
dead format IMO, pronounciation is irrelevant, all hail ... MNG?
delicate stream
🤔
wild temple
many cases it's mp4 wearing the skin of gif
or webm, as some websites do (9gag, imgur, tenor and others)
wild temple
i see no reason for mp4 at all
intra-frame compression
delicate stream
I don't see MP4 so often, lots of webm... but I see a lot of regular GIFs
real falcon
can do pretty much same to png format if i recall right
delicate stream
AVI best video don't @ me
slim shard
avi is a wrapper for just about anything, might be able to stick a gif in an avi :-)
wild temple
can do pretty much same to png format if i recall right
no, it can't. not even close. apng is a png file with multiple idat chunks. an mp4 is a video container, which can contain audio, video and other metadata
with an apng, you can do tricks with layers to do something quasi-like keyframes for h264
wild temple
.tiff is not a good format for pictures
but an amazing format for faxes
and scans too
but maybe pdf/a 1.0 is better?
wild temple
that's the best for photos, yeah
slim shard
.mov, apple ruined that format for me with their terribleriffic player a while back
wild temple
quicktime player on windows was just atrocious back then
delicate stream
I thought QuickTime on anything was atrocious
slim shard
the format is probably better than they let on, but I won't pay mactax to see it, and I won't use it if thats the only way to do so
hmm, wikipedia says apple killed it
it was apparently the basis for mpeg 4
slim shard
alas, I was never supported by them, they cannot discontinue me
delicate stream
static flare
I wish that was transparent :/
slim shard
greenscreened, not far away
delicate stream
I wish it was at least a match to the Discord background
slim shard
pop it into gimp, work that bucket fill
wild temple
i agree, it is NOWHERE close to the background
delicate stream
i agree, it is NOWHERE close to the background
you are a monster
slim shard
light mode!?
delicate stream
MONSTER
delicate stream
pop it into gimp, work that bucket fill
slim shard
wheres the tenor link for "your choice, Im a lighthouse"?
delicate stream
People who use light mode are monsters who are trying to kill me with the bright
I know the game
wild temple
dark theme gives me some headaches
delicate stream
Light mode is searing pain
wild temple
and other issues
slim shard
some people like staring into a lightbulb, and thats okay
delicate stream
actually the text in dark mode can still be too bright
wild temple
i use light mode + dark sidebar
wild temple
light theme causes strong headaches
^
wild temple
dark theme gives me some headaches
^^
wild temple
this is light mode
wild temple
i use light mode + dark sidebar
^ it's way different from this
delicate stream
it's still not dark mode and it's mostly bright bright
wild temple
it's enough for me to use discord without issues
light theme: massive headaches
dark theme: headaches
mix of both: all fine
delicate stream
wild temple
what a weird guitar
delicate stream
What's weird about it?
delicate stream
Hmm... yeah, it does look opposite of this, maybe it's a leftie
wild temple
yeah, and it's a bass, not a guitar
the pickup is split and has an offset
and only 4 cords
delicate stream
yeah, hard to say
wild temple
hi very sleepy, im ἔρως#2937 :x
delicate stream
I thought you were epwc
wild temple
im also 542699284810694660
delicate stream
fascinating
wild temple
yes it is 😮
wild temple
381566293368897537 <-- and this is you too
delicate stream
delicate stream
triple display Pico should be fun
sick adder
http://oeis.org/A102288 a paradoxical sequence of numbers
delicate stream
:O
dusty citrus
It's gif like git
polar bloom
It's pronounced "jit"
delicate stream
G.I.T.
polar bloom
K.I.T.T.
velvet pelican
Huzzah! My back hurts from all that overhead work
tardy badger
Those look amazing
polar bloom
Yeah, very nice
zealous ermine
Just passed my driving test!
dusty citrus
Get somebody you trust, to operate the car. Then have them let up on the brake (engine OFF) on a slight downhill. Try as hard as you can to hold the car back from rolling onto your position.
That'll give you some appreciation of the inertial mass of the missile you're about to launch at pedestrians.
delicate stream
Cars scary
drowsy meteor
http://oeis.org/A102288 a paradoxical sequence of numbers
I look forward to seeing him try to explain that one on Numberphile.
static flare
http://oeis.org/A102288 a paradoxical sequence of numbers
the more i read it the more confused i become
velvet pelican
That'll give you some appreciation of the inertial mass of the missile you're ab...
I think people need to also appreciate the mass of other larger vehicles too. I drive a box van for work that weighs in at 12,000 lbs and people seem to think my stop gap is me letting them infront of me lol
@tardy badger @polar bloom thanks guys. One day ill get to say its completed lol
dusty citrus
@velvet pelican I try not to impede trucks going uphill when I'm on my bicycle. They earned their climb and me being inconsiderate of their inertial requirments causes a lot of extra stress on their mechanical systems.
OTOH if I'm in a climb and have been at it for a while it's not my fault if someone gains on me, starting from far away and out of sight. They can just wait.
There's a narrow road rated for at least 45 MPH - with a huge whup-whup-whup punishment etched in the pavement for crossing the double-yellow (center) line.
People will routinely cross that line rather than apply their brakes.
It's like they'll do anything to not use the brakes.
At least on a bicycle it sounds terrrible when they cross that line - really loud.
Maybe it doesn't feel like much inside the vehicle.
static flare
I have the Girl from Ipanema stuck in my head :/
delicate stream
404
static flare
Might record my own cover of it, idk
delicate stream
I do not know this song
stray wind
Might record my own cover of it, idk
Best response to an earworm that I've seen.
delicate stream
lol
polar bloom
Reminds me of this movie I saw last week, Deep Rising.
static flare
The only thing I do that makes me money so far is singing, so it makes a bit of sense~ (busking)
delicate stream
busking sounds intensify
weary fiber
windows brokey
ancient kindle
windows bein windows
delicate stream
Imagine only using 90% of your memory
weary fiber
it was a choice between fast memory & lots of memory 😔
I decided to go with 32GB of 3600MHz CL16
I kinda wanna OC it, but I've heard there's like 0 benefit
delicate stream
computers why you so expensiiiiive
ancient kindle
I'm running 3600 cl16 on a 3700x
ancient kindle
computers why you so expensiiiiive
global shortage doesn't help
delicate stream
No, no it does not... I had to wait months to get my latest build's parts
CPU was a little more expensive than MSRP, but thankfully I got the GPU at the regular price
weary fiber
I managed to get my 3080 at MSRP tbh
It's from Zotac, so it's a TINY bit better than a stock 3080
but not by much
delicate stream
I spilled my cereal and there was milk everywhere and now everything is sticky and gross
I quit
flops
honest jolt
delicate stream
Also it is hoooooot
delicate stream
I realized my "8W" USB soldering island is under 6W draw, lol... I do cold soldering
stoic mesa
even 8W is really low... typical soldering irons start at 30W
stoic mesa
but does it melt solder?
delicate stream
Yup!
short bone
I have similar model, its good for small parts
delicate stream
Yeah, I love it for all the little stuff I do. I do have a 15-45W one for bigger stuff, but rarely use it anymore
And a 120-240W soldering gun for the really really big stuff >:3
late fulcrum
There should be a "soldering cannon" for really huge stuff 🥴
delicate stream
arctic peak
There should be a "soldering cannon" for really huge stuff 🥴
Stained glass soldering irons are those. Tips like 30mm wide and 600W.
bigger boi
stoic mesa
600W
wow
arctic peak
Would it be cheating to use one of those for those competitive smt soldering kits?
delicate stream
More like self sabotage, lol
Get near the thing you need to solder and it catches fire...
stoic mesa
you can use one of these instead of a reflow oven...
just place the whole board on the tip of the iron
delicate stream
Lol, get a metal box to redistribute the heat
quartz wren
Hello
quartz wren
Diavolino for scale
This looks like it would be great for doing SMD by hand
I'm used to doing stuff like this
with tools like this
^actual soldering iron I used
overall not a terrible experience if you take surface tension into account and use gravity to your advantage
delicate stream
Yup, the tiny guy is good for SMD! Man that tip looks rough... but if it works, it works!
quartz wren
tip has since been changed, actually right after I did this because taking pictures of it up close showed me how bad it had really gotten
and I had a few spares around so no reason not to
I think I just got so in the flow (excuse the pun) of soldering that I hadn't noticed the level of degradation
delicate stream
I need a new tip for my 15-45W iron, the one it has basically melted, lol
quartz wren
y'all want to see a project I'm working on?
making a game console out of picos
(handheld)
delicate stream
Sure, #show-and-tell is a great place for that :D
quartz wren
alrighty, sounds good. I'll get a few pictures together and share them there
quartz wren
looks like it needs a nap
delicate stream
Yeah XD
honest jolt
One time my computer was so heavily loaded that when I ran this code in the Python REPL:
>>> i = 0
>>> while True:
... print(i)
... i += 1
It printed a number once every second.
delicate stream
lmao
quartz wren
apparently I'm a perfectionist with my shots because I'm trying to convey as much information in as few images as possible lol
and I have a half decent camera with manual focus so why not
delicate stream
lol
late fulcrum
I've been known to replace the focussing screens in my newer cameras to make manual focus easier.
burnt tendon
Try shooting an ancient RZ67/RB67. Best focusing screen ever, can't reproduce on modern hardware, not really.
delicate stream
I just had the idea of writing a book on a Pi Zero with a tiny tiny keeboar and a tiny OLED
delicate stream
Commas and shift are important
And Ctrl if you're using nano
And Esc
Also numbers
And return
I think you could do about a 50 kee keeboar to have full functionality keyboard would be the most expensive ever
umbral phoenix
interest in custom keyboard projects seems to have spiked recently... anyone know why? (or is it just in the Adafruit ecosystem due to new products)
quartz wren
can confirm, have seen an interest spike across the board in several communities
ancient kindle
interest in custom keyboard projects seems to have spiked recently... anyone kno...
They’re already very popular in the DIY community since they are pretty easy to make, relatively cheap, and extremely useful
I think ladyada got hit with the bug too so she started doing stuff with it in adafruit
delicate stream
I bet a keeboar would be the most expensive
dusty citrus
They got a good trend sniffer
I heard a pretty good anti-custom-keyboard rant the other day - it was funny. ;)
I think he was looking at it from a security vulnerability POV, come to think of it.
I thought I was .. the process-table king .. but I just handed my root password to hiim
burnt tendon
I am disappointed in all of the worlds of nerdity that nobody has yet made a keyboard kit to build the absolutely absurd MIT Space Cadet keyboard with modern parts.
It seems obvious
dusty citrus
I thought they were gonna do, like, knees and elbows and stuff.
delicate stream
Dis one?
static flare
I've been hit with the bug myself, everyone seemed to get it like, right as I ordered the parts for my first mechanical keyboard
delicate stream
Teriyaki risotto!
delicate stream
I wish I had a yard like that
zealous ermine
Its nice but hard to maintain
delicate stream
Gotta make millions so you can hire a landscaper XD
zealous ermine
Gotta make my own startup!
delicate stream
:D
burnt tendon
Dis one?
Exactly. It's the most bizarre keyboard possible but if you want to use emacs in the original keyboard, it's what you need.
delicate stream
I could do a variant with moar keys
burnt tendon
The way I was describing it to my new team at $dayjob is that I started out wanting to make light up solar-powered toys but in order to do that you need to know a bunch of things about 3D printing and laser cut acrylic and electronics and switching power supplies and everything, so I keep going off on side quests.
Like my keyboard.
Which I have just the separate numeric keypad for and it doesn't yet have a chassis.
delicate stream
side-side-side quests
delicate stream
Would the Big Sur fix for sticky notifications work on Catalina?
quartz wren
sad day...I just remembered I gave my friend all of my copper sulfate and I need some for electroplating a paperclip...
I will have to improvise...I have plenty of copper metal I can figure out how to dissolve for them sweet sweet copper ions but I need to find a way with the things I have
I think I can do it with vinegar, salt, and a bubbler
(or peroxide, but I don't want to be wasteful)
I'll have copper acetate then, which I should be able to use
mmmm smells like some salt and vinegar kettle chips I had the other day
on second thought, going to try this without the salt because I had a realisation that while this is a good way to dissolve the copper quickly, electroplating with the salt still in the water is a recipe for a chlorine gas disaster
sodium hydroxide would be a better way to get ions in there to kickstart dissolving it with the aid of current flow, but it turns out I gave that away as well
thinks for a moment and decides to just go for it with the acetic acid as the electrolyte for current-aided dissolution
where to find a high current, low voltage source of power...
my bench supply that I built from a PC PSU got commandeered by my brother to give to his girlfriend at the time so that one's out
lol
all my 3D printer supplies are 12+ volts
probably only need a couple amps tops at 5v, might be able to get away with a phone charger brick and a USB cable that's ahem reterminated
just need one without smart handshaking circuitry in it
which I had, but seem to have misplaced
screw it I'm trying the one that came with a USB-C cable and seeing what happens (no, not "reterminating" the cable that came with it, just finding another one and using its port)
quartz wren
looks like someone else had the same idea https://www.instructables.com/High-Quality-Copper-Plating/
turns out the peroxide is going to be needed to make it any semblance of a short reaction...
because bubbling it would be slooooow
quartz wren
electroplating seems to be working 😄
need a larger surface area sacrificial electrode though
got it
I'll use a piece of veroboard
I just heard 3 car alarms go off in rapid succession, should I be worried?
almost sounded like a soundoff from the neighbors
specifically the ones who try to control the block with their politicking
if anyone's wondering why I'm electroplating a paperclip, I decided to make a micro soldering iron for SMD purposes
already formed a nice tip with a file, did a chemical surface cleaning to smooth out the jagged edges and give a nice pitted surface at the same time for nucleation sites of copper crystals (in theory)
and now I'm just waiting for the copper to deposit
protip: if you need to pause your electroplating cycle, remove the item you're electroplating completely from the solution or you will redissolve the layers you had and be sad
either that or it didn't adhere well and I knocked it off when I was stirring the solution
this may be an overnight project
quartz wren
I guess I could use a tip entirely made from copper but with how thin it is I don't know how long it would last
yay! I had a discovery!
iron electroplated with copper accepts solder very easily
which in turn I'm hoping to put another layer of electroplated copper onto until I feel it's robust enough
okay, making 2 variants, one with a pure copper tip (with ceramic heating block) and one with an iron core, electroplating, soldering, more electroplating, etc.
curious to see if I can do this with a crappy dollar store mini screw driver
and then put a heating element around it
would give me a nice solid SMD chisel tip
hmmm
it would seem that much like thanksgiving dinner, when it comes to electroplating, agitation is integral
I have successfully tinned a miniature flathead screwdriver
turns out you could probably use this method to make springs solderable for the thing someone was talking about in #classroom
without needing to go with the extra supplies / effort required for crimping them all
okay it looks like 2 layers makes it pretty robust, time to assemble it and program some firmware lol
quartz wren
Tip complete, will pick this up in the morning
Just commoning the grounds on the heating element and the thermistor to reduce wiring requirements and mount the thermistor more firmly to the chassis but also the heating element is soldered to the back of the heating tip with tension on the wire so if there's a runaway thermal effect it will auto-disconnect
and the thermister will give a direct reading on the tip temperature (more so than it would if I left it where it initially was on the outside of the ceramic, now it touches the metal)
aaaand now I have a bunch of copper acetate to use for future electroplating tasks
delicate stream
Electroplate ALL the thing!
delicate stream
Very interesting read https://www.fastcompany.com/90635203/ibm-chinese-typewriter-lois-lew
hasty quarry
It feels so good to go to my piano school and get to play on the acoustics for a little while
It feels like the piano plays for me, my fingers just floating over the keys. So awesome
delicate stream
The terminal on my Bonsai Buckaroo broke DX
dusty citrus
A good instrument makes a large difference.
delicate stream
And great skill makes the best instruments all they can be!
hasty quarry
It feels sooo good
polar bloom
I wish I could sing 😅
delicate stream
At least you can use computers XD
polar bloom
And computers can make it sound like one can sing 😉
delicate stream
quartz wren
I can play instruments, sing, and use computers, what do I win?
quartz wren
indeed
velvet pelican
I can play instruments, sing, and use computers, what do I win?
The question is what instruments
quartz wren
the answer is "which do you want me to learn?"
velvet pelican
Can play implying you already know how lol
quartz wren
currently I dabble in piano, guitar, ukulele, various whistle type (recorder, pennywhistle)
I can play any instrument I put a little effort into
velvet pelican
Almost anyone can with the right amount of effort
velvet pelican
Drumming is very different from any that you have listed as is playing brass or reed instruments
quartz wren
I do have trouble with fretless string instruments
oh
drums
forgot those
those are one of the ones I'm most proficient in
velvet pelican
And yeah fretless is way more difficult
quartz wren
speaking of drums...I wish my dad wasn't out of town, I'd go play drums in his studio to loosen up haha
velvet pelican
Drums got to be alot more fun when i invested in a double pedal. But I haven’t played in about 5 years
quartz wren
technically drums are the only instrument I've ever played in a band
erm
that didn't last long because the guitarist wasn't nice
let's have nicer rephrasing of things I guess
velvet pelican
Tbh i find bass to be more fun than guitar. But I also don’t follow the guitar around like most bassist
hasty quarry
I've been playing the piano for about 2 years now
2 or 3 years
I suppose that's what it sounds like
quartz wren
I like bass, but I wouldn't say I "play" it...mostly I just noodle.
velvet pelican
Piano is difficult for me due to my fat fingers grabbing more keys than intended
hasty quarry
Oh, dear
quartz wren
I have an 8" span from thumb to pinkie for my reach so piano is fun
I can get just over an octave of spread
hasty quarry
quartz wren
(when I completely disregard proper form)
velvet pelican
And when i say piano I dont have an actual piano just a keyboard
velvet pelican
Thin fingers help alot
quartz wren
yeah, while my hand spread is big, my fingers are very thicc
so I often strike accidental keys
hasty quarry
I played Clair de Lune with no teacher when I first began, and I do have footage
Very embarrassing footage
velvet pelican
My next thing I want to learn is violin
hasty quarry
I played all of it. Terrible to my standards today
quartz wren
I have uh...some mental blocks for violin
I was learning it around 10-11 years old and I had neck surgery around that time so I missed a lot of practices and fell behind...
it was embarrassing
hasty quarry
Ah
hasty quarry
Thin fingers help alot
The problem is strength and tension
I lack control, and shake a bit
quartz wren
hence why I have extra trouble with fretless instruments compared to the usual
I don't know much in the way of others' songs on piano...I just go into a flow and play what comes to my fingertips
hasty quarry
So...I assume you know theory to be able to do that
quartz wren
not formally, but I know enough
I taught myself partially from some lesson books we had when I was growing up
and learned the rest I know in choir during high school and college
velvet pelican
I was learning it around 10-11 years old and I had neck surgery around that time...
Neck surgery?! No fun
quartz wren
one of the requirements to audition for choir was to read sheet music to a piano piece and I barely knew how to do it for singing so I asked if I could take a few minutes to plunk it out...got the go ahead and apparently I nailed it when he came back
(yes, I had to read sheet music and play it on a piano to audition for choir instead of just showing I could read it to sing from)
dusty citrus
They made us read the notes off a page to play in a 'recorder' ensemble.
quartz wren
ooh I love recorders
dusty citrus
Those tooti flutes kids get as a free instrument
quartz wren
they're great for giving to young children before they go home to their parents
dusty citrus
I wish I had one of those stupid wide ones they had.
(now)
My dad had some good ones.
He had a sweet chromatic harmonica too.
hasty quarry
I am currently with the strictest teacher I've ever had. Having some sense knocked into me has improved my technique tenfold, it's great
dusty citrus
My friend was what he called a 'technical' player and was unhappy with it, even though he sounded somewhere between okay and pretty good to me.
quartz wren
I got a pennywhistle as a gift from my friends a few years back as a cheap silly thing because they weren't sure I was actually going to use it...within the day I was playing all sorts of things on it and the next instrument they got me was a ukulele
which was basically a toy and kept going out of tune so I bought real strings and tuning pegs
hasty quarry
My friend was what he called a 'technical' player and was unhappy with it, even ...
I assume that means playing etudes and showoff pieces?
dusty citrus
I think he just meant he was about technique - muscle memory maybe would be the approximate.
hasty quarry
I see
dusty citrus
Maybe the opposite of improvisational?
I kind of knew what he meant because he was contrasting me with himself. ;)
He said I had a better ear.
quartz wren
as far as I know "technical" in the music world just means you're very keen on theory
but don't have much feeling to it
hasty quarry
Herbie Hancock says that improvisation is the art, and written performance is the craft
dusty citrus
That's some of it I think.
polar bloom
Playing my bass right now in fact.
quartz wren
okay now I have a song going through my head that I've been working on for piano...I need to get it out be back later...
dusty citrus
What's his name .. Bob Dylan .. said one of the members of 'the Band' was the 'only mathematical musician' that he (dylan) liked.
My jazz guy (tried to tap me as his protege when he was in his late 70's) talked a bit about math vs jazz.
quartz wren
😦 well, there's a baby grand near me that's inaccessible because of hectic moving situations...
polar bloom
Math and music goes way back to the beginning of both 😄
dusty citrus
I'm not sure what the jazz guy was on about because I didn't pursue it with him.
He was a bass player (primarily).
polar bloom
He was probably on something haha
dusty citrus
The only person I knew well who sounded like 'the record' if you had your back turned.
He was a living swiss watch.
quartz wren
He was probably on _something_ haha
often musicians are 😉
speaks from personal experience
dusty citrus
And he never played sloppy - ever. if he was tired, he put the instrument down.
I think he was the one who was big on never (ever) 'practicing' .. he said you always play your very best, each and every time.
quartz wren
sounds like a prodigy
dusty citrus
Well the funny thing was he was a 'common' person - not .. oh, like, formally educated upper class any of that stuff. Was an autobody technician by trade.
quartz wren
prodigies come in all shapes, sizes, creeds, and classes
dusty citrus
Whatever he was I had a lot of respect for him.
(flaws and all)
A guy claiming to be Joe Pass picked me up hitchiking once. ;)
I had know idea who that would have been, at the time.
Whatever else that guy was, he was definitely brilliant.
velvet pelican
Playing my bass _right now_ in fact.
Writing your own music or playing something someone else wrote?
quartz wren
either way, the music is felt 😉
as is a crochet hat you've accidentally left in the dryer too long
(because...you know...felting)
polar bloom
Writing your own music or playing something someone else wrote?
Right now I was just practicing, so stuff someone else wrote. 🙂
velvet pelican
Right now I was just practicing, so stuff someone else wrote. 🙂
Cool what genera of music do you like?
polar bloom
Funnily enough, I like to play pretty much any genre of music -- even stuff I wouldn't normally listen to. Anyway, dinner time.
velvet pelican
Funnily enough, I like to play pretty much any genre of music -- even stuff I wo...
By that dinner bell i am gonna guess your in Europe. If i can think of some fun bass line songs ill send em your way. Used to have a number of them I enjoyed playing that were fairly busy lines
delicate stream
Yay!
velvet pelican
May it be fruitful
delicate stream
I did a dumb
I got a potentiometer knob cap for my Rotary Encoder Trinkey's rotary encoder... is no fit
late fulcrum
When I was a kid, I managed to get an old oscilloscope. I enjoyed it and its wonderful big 7" screen for a long time, but it got thrown out. I finally got another one on eBay, and have been restoring it. After swapping out a whole lot of old capacitors and resistors, I got a dot on the screen but no sweep. I eventually realized I had omitted a jumper but when I installed it, I didn't have the dot any more. I traced it down to a failed plate resistor in the horizontal amplifier. I don't have the right high voltage high power precision part so I ordered one, but I wanted to see if I was close, so I tack soldered in some "close enough" resistors from the junk box and violà! I get a trace and sweep!
velvet pelican
When I was a kid, I managed to get an old oscilloscope. I enjoyed it and its wo...
This makes me know you are dedicated to your trade. Most people would just scrap it due to the time/money aspect. I applaud your work there very cool.
late fulcrum
During the lockdown, I've kept myself sane by fixing the pile of broken scopes I've accumulated over the years.
I've attempted some fairly advanced stuff, figuring I have little to lose. I had previously never attempted to reattach a base to a CRT.
The base cement involved a 150°C bake to cure it
late fulcrum
I found a replacement CRT online for $225 but I'm not going to spend that kind of cabbage to restore ... this
I figure if I fail, a garbage scope is still garbage, and I've learned something. If I succeed, I get a working (if obsolete) scope and I've still learned something.
delicate stream
And with the cool cases and knobs of scopes like that, you could always repurpose upon failure -- put a Pi and a bunch of advanced stuff in that old casing, like a sleeper device, lol
dusty citrus
You could always just spraypaint the whole thing a single color and claim it's 'art'
delicate stream
Or just have it sit on the shelf because it's cool
quartz wren
I don't know about you folks but I don't think I'd be able to have something that cool just sitting on a shelf...it would be apart and together again as many times as I didn't break it...
(beyond possible repair)
late fulcrum
http://www.vitriol.com/movies/scope-symbols.mp4 As these are cool looking but basically obsolete, I do have art projects in mind
delicate stream
Obsolete can be fun :D
static flare
I got a potentiometer knob cap for my Rotary Encoder Trinkey's rotary encoder......
I used guitar knobs for mine!
delicate stream
Shiny
But the pot knob doesn't go on at all DX
So stuck with white and a useless red for the moment
quartz wren
Obsolete can be fun :D
Obsolete is my favorite
I currently have a monochrome CRT from a piece of old optometrist's equipment that I've been playing around with for a couple years and it's still fun
I'm thinking one of the versions of my game console is going to be put into there since I'm making the graphics pipeline resolution-ambiguous until the actual output
(thus allowing me to send the same rendering data from the 3D calculation unit to either the rasteriser connected to the CRT or one connected to a VGA driver, or one that's connected to a TFT...or whatever else I implement)
point is I'm implementing obsolete tech wherever I can because it's fun
much more understandable as far as being able to hold the entire design theory in mind at once and be able to reproduce it in theory (and soon in practice, learning how to make a CRT from scratch)
well, not "from scratch" so much as "from scrap"
delicate stream
CYBORG PLANT
tardy badger
angry bird decoration
delicate stream
Birb is not anger
tardy badger
it looks anger
delicate stream
Birb is jingle bell
tardy badger
perhaps disappointed it isn't christmas
delicate stream
It's always Christmas when Adafruit goodies show up!
delicate stream
insert gift giving occasion here
quartz wren
oh no...I think my meter might have given up the ghost
I'm getting negative resistance readings
delicate stream
D:
quartz wren
it might just be an errant signal triggering cells on the LCD because I've had this thing apart to repair it and the Z strips might just be misaligned
and of course...my phillips drive is too big to fit into the recessed holes...
throws table
delicate stream
I had to shove a tissue in my one meter after replacing the battery, or else the screen wouldn't work... All I did was take off the back cover and replace the battery
quartz wren
yeah, I had to replace the whole battery terminal
it got corroded by a leaky battery
which meant removing the whole mainboard
delicate stream
Weeee
quartz wren
yeah, it's pulsing negative and HV when measuring resistance...
delicate stream
D:
quartz wren
strange...yeah this is a dead meter...it doesn't pulse negative, it only shows negative when it's above a certain value
if I short the probes to each other, the negative symbol is gone completely
but if I put a resistance on it, it shows negative
delicate stream
Weird
quartz wren
calls for a moment of silence
okay moment over
guess I'll just need to figure out how to measure resistance some other way
I can get a rough approximation of voltage using my built in meter...
also known as "the tongue"
but resistance is a bit harder to gaugue using this method ;P
since the voltage measurement isn't precise
yeah, the battery is definitely good
delicate stream
Hmmm
quartz wren
I'll probably just build a meter from scratch using a MCU and known resistances to operate against
no reason to waste money when I have supplies 😉
and you know...don't have money
lol
delicate stream
DIY or bust!
quartz wren
yeah, and since I'm already on the kick of building lab equipment using bits I have with the SMD soldering iron project, I might as well go all out
delicate stream
Heh, good luck
quartz wren
I mean, what could go wrong using solder as a retention system for the tip of a soldering iron...
(I really need to find some thermally conductive epoxy lol)
delicate stream
I hate storms
static flare
I wish that C64 replacement cases were still being made
quartz wren
Mistakes were made...
finds a replacement keyboard and mourns the loss of his favorite
delicate stream
OOF
quartz wren
you know when you get a sense of urgent impending doom and you don't listen to it? this is what happens
had anxiety out of nowhere and just disregarded it, but meanwhile my brain is saying "subtle hints of ABS vapor" and I wasn't listening because I was focused on something else
be mindful, be present.
anyway, sharing to let people know that mistakes are normal, and as long as nobody got hurt and you learned from it, they're actually a good thing
what did I learn? make sure to unplug your soldering iron when you're done with it and let it cool before you start moving things around the desk
am I hurt? only my pride...
anyway gotta reboot because windows still hasn't patched hot-plug of ps/2 mice and keebs
delicate stream
oof
quartz wren
success, though now more of my desk is taken up by useless keys and I can't type as fast...so...ish
delicate stream
RIP keeb
quartz wren
I plan on making a custom one soon(tm) but for now this will work
at least I can hit the shift and ctrl keys on the left side again, which tends to be my go to so it was kind of a double oof because the old one is still technically usable, but if I retrain my brain
losing ctrl is not a good thing
delicate stream
Gotta do metal caps and stems, yo
quartz wren
yeah, then when I accidentally leave my soldering iron on the keyboard my flesh melts instead of plastic 😛
at least plastic gives off warning indicators that it's getting hot
delicate stream
lol
Obviously the keeb needs thermal sensors and cooling to prevent burns during operation
quartz wren
yeah...let's just say that my workstation probably needs more safety features built in than most
I'm a bit accident prone
this is why when I have the means to buy components and equipment, I like to get spares when I can...
delicate stream
Cooldown time is part of why I like my USB soldering iron -- I can just touch it to something metal and it cools in seconds
quartz wren
well, the tiny iron I'm putting together seems to be working great so far, but it holds temp because of the thermal mass I gave it as part of its mounting
and it way overshoots
but that's just PID tuning
and it's good, means that this thing will heat very quickly and readily to replace the heat it loses
but I'm still dubious about the cooldown...might take an old heat sink and use it as a cooling pad for when I'm done with a session
ever soldered to a steel screwdriver? was playing around with electroplating and seeing what will accept solder afterward and had nothing but success
going to prototype another SMD soldering iron using this with a slightly different design approach
you might just be able to see the thermistor taped to the handle
it's a bit blurry, but it's the blobby thing on the bottom of the yellow bit at the left of the screen
delicate stream
This project is kinda insane and I love it
quartz wren
insane projects are basically my thing
I get bored easily
if there isn't a good chance for things to begin smoking furiously, I lose interest
(not true, I guess moreso if there isn't a chance for great excitement)
because I'll sit for hours on a logic design project just to watch the machine tick away in harmony
and to me that's exciting
but uh...funny thing, I ended up hooking things up wrong when testing and one of the pairs of wires somehow was passing a crapton of current at 12v and only through that pair of wires...the heating element didn't heat up but the wires began smoking
luckily they were insulated with fiberglass
I think the smoke was oils from my skin
check your wiring, because that smoke could've easily been the magic smoke from inside of a MOSFET or worse, the microcontroller
I think the only thing that saved the circuitry was the length of the wire making it have enough resistance to not act like a short, but like a heating element instead
delicate stream
So you wanna be like ElectroBOOM and make things go pop and boom and burn XD
quartz wren
no I don't want to
but if there isn't the chance for it, the project is boring
I like to tread on thin ice
it's also not very exciting if you know the pops and booms are coming
like, lighting a lithium cell on purpose? pretty, but not all that exciting. having a lithium cell you're disassembling in high humidity begin throwing showers of sparks? exciting as frig
PROTIP: Do not disassemble lithium cells in a high humidity environment
delicate stream
Pro protip: don't disassemble lithium cells XD
ancient kindle
Brb going to my basement
quartz wren
I know it sounds tempting, but if you're going to disassemble lithium cells, get a certification and a job doing so for a recycler...
not worth the risk without hazard pay
quartz wren
I mean, if you're looking for pops and booms, that's the way to go 😉
(and have it be relatively "safe")
heh...opening up cura to enter gcode commands to my new soldering station 😆
quartz wren
I'm making my own using 3D printer parts
just remembered cura doesn't have a readout back from the printer...gotta use the arduino serial monitor or smth
delicate stream
Poof?
quartz wren
good thing the PSU I'm using is from an xbox and has fault protection
delicate stream
yeet
quartz wren
no poof, but I think I need to redesign this
delicate stream
No poof is good
quartz wren
pretty sure the thermistor is way too far from the heating element
delicate stream
Close is good
quartz wren
it keeps overshooting even with ridiculous PID values
delicate stream
I think usually it's within like 2-3mm from the heater core?
quartz wren
the cartridge initially had it between the heater and the ceramic
probably going to place it there again
delicate stream
Sounds like a good idea
quartz wren
good news is it's definitely able to melt solder 😄
delicate stream
Progress XD
quartz wren
post mortem analysis says the solder I was using to hold things together inside definitely melted
quartz wren
feel free to use any ideas from this project you find useful
for instance, making a tiny robust soldering tip with an electroplated paperclip filed into shape
delicate stream
Lol
quartz wren
anything I can manage to do with my scraps, anyone who has a little budget can do tenfold
yep that thermistor got toasted...must have way overshot on my last heating cycle and just completely shorted things in there
XD
good thing for spares!
so what made me realise I could probably solder with 3D printer components was when I ended up heating a hotplate up so much it desoldered its own power wires
if you had spring terminals, you could make that into a reflow oven
(spring terminals to conduct the power so you don't melt the attachment point)
oh the rest of the hotplate after that mishap? completely fine.
delicate stream
I feel like you like burning things :P
quartz wren
I mean, yes, but uh...I also like not burning things sometimes......RIP keeb
I might just move to using the screwdriver design, but idk...
apologies in advance if I become too much...I have a habit of over-sharing and it tends to crowd the channels I talk in...
if it does become too much, feel free to tell me to give it a rest and I'll buzz of for a while
quartz wren
alright, thermistor repositioned, fingeres crossed
holy crap it works!
right out of the gate with the PID values I have in there
checks what they eventually settled on
delicate stream
Huzzah!
quartz wren
ah, was the defaults I pulled as an example from the Anet A8 as a sane set of values
makes sense
better run a proper calibration though because it overshot by a degree
better than overshooting by double, then maintaining at 10C higher than the set temperature
it's in range for a PID autotune 😄
just gotta throw a few gcode commands around and hope for the best
but it doesn't seem like it's going to temp fault like it was doing
delicate stream
Yay!
quartz wren
be careful not to short out your heating element wires...especially if your emergency reset button is sitting behind them...
delicate stream
Oop
quartz wren
luckily I managed to miss it on my way to the e stop
and luckily I'm still using fiberglass insulated wire
but it's very clear which one is the heating element wire now as it has acquired a darker hue
hmmm...well it didn't like that...couldn't cool down fast enough for the PID autotune to complete
guess I'll just proceed with a bit of over and undershoot
okay it's holding stable at solder melting temp, time to try soldering something
delicate stream
Good luck!
quartz wren
I see a few problems here...firstly, the tip temp is lower than the readout temp...second, the solder I'm testing is still the same solder I'm attempting to use as thermal mass and binder...
and last, the wire I chose with the fiberglass insulation, well let's just say that it heats up a bit while the heating element is active
delicate stream
I don't know if you can use solder to bind the heating parts
quartz wren
it hasn't failed yet 😉
quartz wren
also, the actual wire to the heating elements is twisted, not soldered. the solder holds the tip inside the ceramic heater core
still not a great idea but I don't have thermally conductive epoxy
well, it's been holding at 220 for a bit, but the problem seems to be too low thermal mass
it might work for tiny pads
but I don't have any SMD projects to actually test it on
¯_(ツ)_/¯
well I learned some stuff
yeah....the solder definitely melted inside the heater core
I just pulled on the back of the tip and it came out and splattered solder on the test article
delicate stream
Oof
quartz wren
oh well, guess it's on to the screwdriver prototype
delicate stream
Yay experimenting
delicate stream
Owie
quartz wren
maybe I should just take a 3D printer heat block and repurpose it...
it has facilities for the heater core, thermal mass, and a way to add a threaded tip
as well as the thermistor
delicate stream
Not a bad idea
quartz wren
in fact, I could probably solder using a brass nozzle...
delicate stream
Might be a little blunt XD
quartz wren
I have some pointy ones somewhere
delicate stream
Lol
quartz wren
but no, I'm going to bore out the nozzle to jam the tip I made into it
quartz wren
I appear to have misplaced my tip...which is bad because it's very stabby and covered with lead
delicate stream
Oof
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okay we're good, it hid under my keyboard
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The one it murdered? XD
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Ah
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and to keep the tip in? I'll just put a bolt on the back end to act as the heat break, mounting point, and tip retainer
(into the other side of the threaded hole from the nozzle)
Beautimus
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Lol
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I made a boo boo...I accidentally cut too much off the back end of the tip
may need to make a replacement
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Oop
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actually...it comes just above flush with the back of the nozzle...this might be usable
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:D
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Looks kind of menacing
yes, that's lots and lots of melted plastic on the heat block
it has had a good life
(pretty sure this is from my very first printer, before I worked out the kinks and how not to crash your head into your print or have ooze out of the block because of improper sealing)
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Lol
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can't seem to find my metric bolt set
found something that will work better though
it's a titanium pin that was poking into my skull for 3 months
halo braces are no joke
but they let me keep it
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yeah, neck surgery when I was a kid
ancient kindle
6-12 weeks of no head movement
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C1-C2 fusion
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At least it was as a kid
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hooray for blocking out childhood memories! /s
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Oof
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Lol