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  1. StevSmar

    Prusa mk4

    Thanks for the screenshots! The number of variables seems quite extensive. I can see one day I’ll be finding space in my workshop for a 3D printer…
  2. StevSmar

    Video- The Turbo Encabulator

    If you’ve never watched this, it’s a fantastic overview of a generator utilizing reluctance and capacitance:
  3. StevSmar

    Prusa mk4

    Thanks @David_R8 , @jcdammeyer and @Matt-Aburg for providing your experience. That’s a great analogy, thankyou. This part is to check fit, non-functional.
  4. StevSmar

    Prusa mk4

    Thanks @PaulL , @Matt-Aburg & @jcdammeyer I’m surprised that the printers software doesn’t “automatically” compensate for contraction of the different types of filament, or that it’s better to do this in the CAD software. For a part like this, would the bottom or the top (with supports) be...
  5. StevSmar

    Prusa mk4

    I‘m modelling some parts for a friend who sends them off to be 3D printed before he gets them CNC machined. I have a couple of questions about the printing (slicer?) software thats used: - Can you change the orientation of the model within the printing software, or does the model have to be...
  6. StevSmar

    For all you Radio Control buffs

    Yes, thank goodness for small victories. Unfortunately the easy paddle was more than erased by the 600 grit roads.
  7. StevSmar

    Rear mounted parting blade.

    Basically, to sharpen the tool you only grind one surface. it works well with interrupted cuts and different materials. I know you dislike youtube, but: I had them recommended to me by several people, and have yet to grind my own single point tools, just the 1/4” square for the tangential...
  8. StevSmar

    For all you Radio Control buffs

    Fair enough. $3k just seems an unbelievable amount of money. I guess if I didn’t like building and I had only a small amount of time, spending $2k (difference between a flat kit and the fiberglass kit) would be an easier decision. Does that mean that transponders like those which are needed in...
  9. StevSmar

    Machine Laser time!

    Wow, that’s a great addition to your shop. Living room sounds ideal to me…
  10. StevSmar

    For all you Radio Control buffs

    If it’s built from a kit like the one above, yes I agree that’s going to be significantly more expensive. That’s like an Almost Ready to Cover type kit? When I was a boy I had to make a raft out of balsa trees, paddle it back to Australia and cut the sheets of balsa using a dull pen-knife and...
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