Rolive
@Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on 'Clanker' is social media's new slur for our robot future 1 week ago:
Frakking toasters.
- Comment on DIY experimental Redox Flow Battery kit 1 week ago:
Hmm. I have a 12 channel peristaltic pump at the moment that is meant for watering plants. Meaning they have a lot of downtime so the tubes are compressed for quite some time at the same spot.
Ignore the yellow rollers in the image below, that was experimental. The final version has 3 all metal rollers so the tube is always compressed at one point.
It’s an entirely custom design from scratch and haven’t uploaded the model to a 3D printing website yet but plan on doing so.
- Comment on DIY experimental Redox Flow Battery kit 1 week ago:
Hmm… I use cheapass silicone tubing, 5mm ID 7mm OD and wear hasn’t been an issue. Perhaps you compress the tube too much. The tube should be held shut so that no liquid flows backwards but also not compressed so much that it wears the tubing out. Your pump should have a variable tensioner on it.
Perhaps also you don’t have enough rollers. At least one roller needs to be in full contact with the tubing (compressing) so that there is no backflow.
- Comment on DIY experimental Redox Flow Battery kit 1 week ago:
I have experience with peristaltic pumps. What issues do you mean?
- Comment on Is it wrong that i would like to start a small 3d print business? 1 week ago:
I would not bet on 3D printing alone. Perhaps consider CNC engraving or lasercutting to go with it. The techniques are all very similar and you can appeal to a wider customer base.
Perhaps with 3D printing it’s worth making lithophanes for people and an engraver to make a nice frame out of wood. I’m considering doing this.
- Comment on When this post is 10 minutes old it's time to start!!! 1 week ago:
Turkish football match?
- Comment on It's not just kind, it's kinder 1 week ago:
A is for ASS!
- Comment on Does anyone else find it suspicious that there wasn't any criticism on here about Stop Killing Games until after it hit 1.4M signatures? 1 week ago:
This is one of the biggest reasons Reddit has turned to shit.
- Comment on GET BOMBADEERED, IDIOT 1 week ago:
Assblasters!
- Comment on Ode to the HPLC 2 weeks ago:
Highly Problematic Liquid Chromatography.
- Comment on phone stand in PETG with drooping overhangs 3 weeks ago:
Overhangs are always difficult in 3D printing and your part cooling fan makes a huge difference in this. Also your print speed and temperature are factors.
This model however can also be printed sideways, you’ll have lower bed adhesion but it won’t have any overhangs this way.
- Comment on What sort of grill needs a firmware update lol 3 weeks ago:
Looks like it is a crysis already.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 3 weeks ago:
Me ordering a vegetarian meal in the airplane.
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- Comment on The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon 4 weeks ago:
I hope aliexpress is better. I buy a lot of stuff from there like electronics components which aren’t really sold locally anymore. Also tools and arduino related things…
- Comment on I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all. 4 weeks ago:
Ackschually, you don’t need to print them entirely sideways for structural integrity. Printing at an angle should also work and you don’t get so many artifacts from support material.
- Comment on *Now you're playing with power!* 4 weeks ago:
Can confirm. So far I’ve gotten an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, docking station and a stand for it so it can be used as a laptop as well while traveling.
It certainly has issues but it’s an impressive device.
- Comment on Partially 3D printed CNC machine 4 weeks ago:
Nice to hear! At the moment the spindle, if it has the right to be called that, is a 775 motor with a chuck attached to it. Which is good enough for circuit boards and wood. Perhaps aluminium is doable as well as long as the feed rate is kept slow enough.
Should milling steel ever be on the table I’ll make a larger machine and will use leadscrews on X and Y instead of belts and perhaps dual Z motors.
I’ve also designed the build around materials that were readily available such as the 18mm X rails. Apparently they’re quite obscure since they aren’t sold on typical Chinese webshops.
- Comment on Partially 3D printed CNC machine 4 weeks ago:
Thanks! Indeed the Z axis rests on only one MGN12H block. For stability it can be changed to two sliders per rail at the cost of work area. For circuit boards and wood it should be strong enough to handle the load.
As for github/launchpad, I never used those before for sharing anything. I will look into those.
- Comment on Partially 3D printed CNC machine 4 weeks ago:
Nice! Once you get the hang of it FreeCAD is quite pleasant to use in my experience. I’ve updated the OP with a gdrive link.
- Comment on Partially 3D printed CNC machine 4 weeks ago:
I’ve updated the OP with a Google drive link.
- Comment on Cow eggs 4 weeks ago:
Okay now tell me where bull milk comes from.
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- Comment on How to dry silica gel 4 weeks ago:
I use a small hotplate at about 125 degrees and an aluminium baking tray. If you spread the beads out thinly it will dry pretty quickly.
Alternatively you can use an old microwave and that should remove moisture from the silica gel in a matter of minutes. You can easily overheat them though.
- Comment on I think I bought the wrong game 1 month ago:
A meme about a meme about memes. Impressive.
- Comment on Gen X and millennials three times more likely to be diagnosed with appendix cancer than their parents, study finds 1 month ago:
Well that is one thing I’ll never have. My appendix got removed years ago.
- Comment on Threaded Insert Press Is 100% 3D Printed 1 month ago:
I just use tweezers and a blue flame lighter. Heat it for 5 seconds then put it in the plastic. Then use the back of the tweezers as a flat surface to push it all the way in.
This worked well so far and I really don’t see the need for a special soldering iron bit or a press like this.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 1 month ago:
I played it too.
- Comment on Bugs 1 month ago:
Would you like to know more?
- Comment on At what point is an Ender 5 no longer an Ender 5? 1 month ago:
I got an Orbiter 1.5 extruder and have been quite happy about it since. These days you’d be better off getting an Orbiter 2. As for the toolhead, there should be Ender 5 compatible mounts available on Printables or Thingiverse, if not you could design your own.
You can import a STEP model of both the Ender 5 and whatever mod you want to make to it and model your toolhead around it, that is what I did with the Mercury One project.
- Comment on At what point is an Ender 5 no longer an Ender 5? 1 month ago:
It’s worth the effort imo.
