flynnguy

@flynnguy@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do you guys buy your 3D print and such at?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much all the functional models I use are free. I get them from www.printables.com makerworld.com www.thingiverse.com thangs.com or I design them myself. Back when I was on Mac I would use Fusion but lately I’ve been 100% Linux so I’ve been using FreeCAD and it’s way better since v1.0.

  As far as paid models, it’s mostly been things from www.myminifactory.com and generally sculpts because I want to support authors. Sometimes it’s through patreon but they usually send myminifactory links to redeem.

  But yeah, get yourself a pair of calipers and learn a CAD program.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D design software for 3d printing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been down this rabbit hole and have some thoughts. Personally I’ve been trying to stick to Linux which makes things harder but since you have Mac and/or Windows, you have more options.

  First, my main app I use (and why my laptop is still dual boot) is Fusion 360. I have a hobbyist license so it’s free with some limitation that don’t really matter. It doesn’t work great on linux (I’ve gotten it to run with WINE but it seems to crash and not run great) so I’ve been looking at alternatives. However, it works great and will do pretty much whatever you want. Also works well with CNC if you want to branch out into that.

  Lately I’ve started looking at www.onshape.com/en/ as it’s all browser based. The free version means nothing is private but because it’s browser based, it works with Linux. I’ve just played around with it once but it looks promising.

  I really want to like FreeCAD but it’s been confusing to me when I’ve tried to use it in the past. I think I just need to sit down and watch a view videos and read the docs to learn it. I’ve heard good things about it after it hit 1.0 so maybe I need to revisit it. I feel like this will be best to learn long term.

  openscad.org isn’t your standard CAD program but it can be really powerful. I’ve used it a few times but you need to think of your models programmatically and I’ve found this to be difficult for some applications. It’s really cool though and worth checking out.

  I’ve found TinkerCAD to be ok for simple things but it seems a bit simplistic for the things I’ve been trying to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Want some advice on which filaments to use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I almost exclusively use PLA and I’ve had no trouble but all my stuff is indoors. I’ve heard that it doesn’t do as well in the elements so for anything outside, I’l probably look at using petg which from what I’ve read, holds up pretty well outside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you guys know how awesome a printer is that is just working?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an ender 5 which I’ve had to do all sorts of things to. I’ve also had terrible luck getting z-probes to work with it. They’ll work for a while and then just die on me…

  A while ago I backed the Phrozen Arco on Kickstarter. It was a mess of a compaign but I eventually got the printer (Over a year and a half late). However it’s just worked and makes nicer prints than my ender 5. I love it so much. My makerspace has a Bambu which seems to have the same results. I love just printing something and having it work and not having to fuck with the printer. It’s been so nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Filament splicing? Do any of you guys do it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried it a few different ways and the best outcome I’ve had was using some tubing, like this one: youtu.be/yuZ0DA8w9XI

  I don’t always do it but when I do, I do it this way from now on. The tube makes sure the filament stays aligned, I also cut the two ends at a 45 and try and join them up inside the tube. Usually I’ll save the ends and then do a few rolls at once, can usually get another few prints out of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I get started designing and making and/or acquiring my own pcb?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched the getting to Blinky from Contextual Electronics and it was super helpful. It covered everything from beginning to end, including uploading files to get a PCB manufactured.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So take the knife, put your thumb and index finger on either side with the web of your hand on the blunt side of the knife with the sharp side away from you. Squeeze the back of the pit and it should pop right off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Sale on Facebook: Fraudulent Uber Driver Accounts.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a whole darknet diaries episode 153: Bike Index where he basically talks about stolen bikes being sold on Facebook and Facebook doesn’t seem to care. They can’t get the facebook pages shut down and this guy continues to sell stolen bikes on Facebook.