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What have you made lately?

PSA for all ye maker types or anyone who likes to play around with electronics and batteries. All cells are not created equally. Pro tip, don't buy cheap cells.

 
Mike95060 said:
PSA for all ye maker types or anyone who likes to play around with electronics and batteries. All cells are not created equally. Pro tip, don't buy cheap cells.

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Oh yeah been a known bad thing for ages. even be aware of batteries shipped in your chinesium goods from our favorite chinese websites they can be dangerous.
 
I made a platform for our (Absolutely, batshit-f-ing crazy) husky so that she can get treats from my neighbor Joyce. Our beloved dog Annie (RIP baby) used to be able to get pettins from Joyce without needing a platfom. Skye the (Absolutely batshit-f-ing crazy) husky isn't as tall so she needed a lil lift. Any time Joyce is in her yard, Skye, the (Absolutely batshit f-ing crazy) husky, jumps on the platform ad looks for treats. As you can see, the fence takes a rather dramatic step downward. This is because when I was replacing the fence I had planned to make it taller. Joyce basically cried and so I changed plans and made it so she could still pet the doggies. The platform is pure shite in terms of quality, but I used left over pieces of wood and cut nothing. It works though. :D

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Bubba_s said:
I made a platform for our (Absolutely, batshit-f-ing crazy) husky so that she can get treats from my neighbor Joyce.
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Dogs absolutely love these things.

They love having something they can stand on and look over the fences.

Of course, our dog, tried to make the leap from the platform over the fence (to wit we came home to him with blood all over his leg, and his knee torn open -- with a big, stupid grin on his face). So, make sure they can't launch from it. But boy, do they love to look over.

We could always tell when our Mom was coming home, because our dog heard the car and would jump on to look over and see her coming.

Always fun driving around down to see other dogs doing similarly.
 
BTW, I had to dig through four or so pages to find this thread. Let's keep it going, I know you guys are still makin shit. Post it up!!
 
Dude bro! I am an aspiring 3D modelling guy. Using Solid Edge because that's what we use here. It's hard for an old manufacturing guy but I'm trying!!
 
Bubba_s said:
BTW, I had to dig through four or so pages to find this thread. Let's keep it going, I know you guys are still makin shit. Post it up!!
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I make some cool stuff at work but cannot share pictures of the parts. 😞
 
byke said:
Pretty much all large and/or non-standard size orings are "custom" made, where you buy linear stock and then glue or melt them together depending on the material type. The orange polyurethane is nice because you just use a lighter to melt the ends and stick them together, but the regular buna material is normally glued, which if you ever have to do that, the black max from loctite works well.
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I just had to do this, fixing out the pneumatic booster on the drawbar system for our shops Akira Seiki. non-standard 100mm o-ring 6mm thick got some cord stock off mcmaster and glued away. 3-d printed jigs are a great idea for that and would have made my life easier had I seen this earlier. That being said, my shop doesn't have a printer for me to readily whip up jigs.
 
bojangle said:
That's awesome! My daughter was on the robotics team in high school and currently on the team at her university. She's an aerospace engineering major, and probably wants to get into a career field like this.
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If she's got questions, I can connect her with my friend. He loves to talk about his industry! He got his PhD from MIT's Media Lab biomechatronics group.
 
Abacinator said:
If she's got questions, I can connect her with my friend. He loves to talk about his industry! He got his PhD from MIT's Media Lab biomechatronics group.
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Dude, that's awesome! I'll send her this video and ask her about it. I know she's interested in the Robotics field and is also looking for any internship opportunities for summer 2027. She's got 2 years left (hopefully) until she gets her BS degree.

I'll send a PM your way once I hear back from her.
 
So my metal garden shed sprung a roof leak. Never liked metal garden sheds, so i decided to build a brick and tile shed to house the garden tools and all my small engines (mowers, edger, mulcher etc to match in with the existing workshop and house (same bricks and roof tiles). Trickiest part was connecting the power underground from the nearest source.



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