We have to go deeper! https://c1ic.link/urgent_vFqmTD_backdoor_install.xlsm

I wonder if it will be less annoying with a point cloud. You’ll still need to model it, only with a digital reference, correct?

Might be a good opportunity to justify buying a Flipper Zero.

A Bambulab A1 Mini costs 200 bucks and churns out incredible prints with zero hassle. There’s literally next to no barrier to entry anymore.

Well that certainly makes a lot more sense now. I wasn’t familiar with Philips shavers with replacement blades. 🙄

Making their product live longer is not usually the top priority for manufacturers. I like the initiative, of course, but I’m sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop. Sounds too good not to be a greenwashing gimmick.

I mean there are robot arms for a lot more than that, but that’s not the point. It’s like saying a Parol 6 costs 5 bucks, but it’s actually the price of the mounting screws.

Their build instructions state 242 for a single arm. Lots of contradicting information. Maybe they are betting on insane economies of scale… 🙄

Edit: Haha, I think I figured it out. USD 120 are the 3d print parts alone. That’s not a false promise at all!

The BOM for the components alone without the print is USD240. Why is the article talking about USD100?

Freecad is well worth your time. Yes it is a bit unwieldy at first, but once it starts to click you can be fast. For me, the most time consuming aspect is usually wrapping my brain around what the model should look like. Achieving it is then either trivial or you quickly look it up if it isn’t. There are lots of good tutorials.

If you’re trying to design anything functional, you should really go with a parametric modeller.

I’m a big fan of Radiohole, especially their song Grape (“I’m a grape, I’m a raisin.”)

I never designed a speaker. I have been looking for designs a few weeks ago, and there’s too much stuff out there and too little to go on if it’s actually worth it/better than HiFi speakers I already have. Maybe some day, if I find a good bookshelf speaker project that seems achievable.

Awesome, thanks for the reply. I’ve been curious about printing speakers myself, but it seems like a daunting task.

Do tell about the speaker. Did you design it yourself? What does it sound like?

Thanks, good read. Which dryer does everybody use?

Is it? 😂

Short blogs with few but high quality articles are actually the salt of the earth.

I encourage you to do it, there are many options like Hugo, and your intellectual property will never be locked in a company’s app store (Prusa seems trustworthy for now, but as we’ve seen, lockout is always just a TOS change away.)

You already have the writeup and hosting a static site on github pages or similar doesn’t incur costs, so the only thing you need is some time and a domain. 🙂

Anyone remember that video of a guy proving he can cook chicken by slapping it many times?

this one, probably

Bambu-Farm self-hosted server application works well for me together with a VPN into my home network. Made to control print farms, but single printers work all the same.

The star, of course, being the almost universally accepted sign for “entrance” in braille++. Or “exit” in certain dialects, conveniently.