Got Ideas?
Added 2019-10-03 22:27:12 +0000 UTCHey Patrons! I'm considering doing something special for the 300 patron milestone. I'd like your ideas for what I should do. A special project? Another Q&A? A livestream of Sprocket getting her teeth brushed? The sky's the limit. Throw out any ideas that you have as comments on this post. Let 'em fly!
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Great idea! I've been meaning to find a good project combining the two. I'll keep thinking about it.
Blondihacks
2019-10-13 00:59:37 +0000 UTCp
Kwick Aronson
2019-10-12 17:34:21 +0000 UTCPerhaps a project that crosses boundaries, displaying your machining and electronics talents mixed with the whimsy only possessed by crazy cat owners. :)
komradebob
2019-10-12 14:20:07 +0000 UTCMr. Brutton has the right of it I think - a project with a goal (and a plan to achieve it).
David Wurmfeld
2019-10-06 22:35:23 +0000 UTCOK - then how about an end to end project that is designed using CAD (your choice) - material - tool considerations (in the way only you can do it!) execution and evaluation. I spend my day (I am not a machinist) executing physical manifestations of designers' dreams using a manual mill, lathe, CNC, (Wazer, Tormach, ShopBot) and I desperately need a "recipe" for using my limited knowledge in the shop to use each tool.
David Wurmfeld
2019-10-06 22:34:11 +0000 UTCI do not, I'm afraid. Some day!
Blondihacks
2019-10-06 22:26:58 +0000 UTCI am not sure - do you have a CNC mill?
David Wurmfeld
2019-10-06 22:24:31 +0000 UTCA 3D Printer can recreate itself also. :-)
Kwick Aronson
2019-10-05 20:50:58 +0000 UTCOooh oooh oooh π€©π a ToT collab.. now thats gonna have me genuinely rofl. can hardly wait. Further to Mark Brutton's comment, a metal lathe can replicate itself. I just can't get my head around making the bed π€
bill baggins
2019-10-05 00:25:00 +0000 UTCOh, that's interesting! A little "production run" of sorts. Good idea! I'll put some thought into that
Blondihacks
2019-10-04 23:54:32 +0000 UTCA whole video on weird setups would be great. I'll think about that.
Blondihacks
2019-10-04 23:00:12 +0000 UTCI haven't done much for electronics on the video yet, but I may well do so! My electronics bench isn't set up for filming (wrong kinds of lighting, backdrops, etc), but I hope to do that soon.
Blondihacks
2019-10-04 22:59:56 +0000 UTCThanks for asking us, Quinn. The lathe is the only tool that can make itself! We are thrilled by that idea. Trouble is, we then get trapped into making nothing except things FOR the lathe. So I say, must be something with a raison d'Γͺtre beyond the lathe itself (eg cat toothbrush). And should be something that can be made quickly, in quantity and perhaps gifted to special people as a tiny ... Xmas present! I once made a puzzle joint (in wood) and friends still talk about that. Some are still trying to put it together. So what might we be talking about here? In metal. Something that entails some single-point threading, I think. A lick of knurling, interesting finish. Common set-up, so making ten is as easy as making one (sort of). Easy for you, easy for us, and non-machinist friends will be dumbstruck with awe. What is this thing? Dunno. Over to you (and everybody out there).
MR MARK BRUTTON
2019-10-04 12:17:02 +0000 UTCMeasuring the oddballs, setups, tips on drilling, lathing and or milling of angles.
John Crane
2019-10-04 05:08:18 +0000 UTCI had a blast a few months ago building a tube preamp kit from Bottlehead, and there are a lot of tube guitar amplifier kits out there. What about something like that? Kind of smacks of the Heathkit thing, and simultaneously new and old school. But I will watch whatever you produce just because you seem like a cool person to hang out with virtually. :-)
Fred Patton
2019-10-04 05:07:03 +0000 UTC
