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  1. PaulL

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    And with the right filament you can print out dentures!
  2. PaulL

    VFD went nuts!

    That's exactly what my cryptic sarcasm was trying to point out. My new solar charger/inverter serves up a reasonable web interface making it a pile easier than the last one. There's really no reason the programming of these VFDs is so awful except for the "it's good enough" nature of what's there.
  3. PaulL

    VFD went nuts!

    I can't wait until these things just expose a wifi web interface so that passers-by can reprogram my VFDs.
  4. PaulL

    What's Paul up to?

    Very little proper shop time lately. Kitchen reno at the cabin, too much software work ahead of a conference in May, a ridiculously long honey-do list that is mostly comprised of replacing old can-style pot lights with new LED ones. And winter. But the TIG is starting to look better: This is...
  5. PaulL

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    And the arms race is on: https://hackaday.com/2025/01/19/bambu-connects-authentication-x-509-certificate-and-private-key-extracted/
  6. PaulL

    Bambu Labs to implement an authorization and authentication protection mechanism

    That is some straight-up doublespeak. You only get to play with their permission. I think Prussa has more sense than to go there. Which means I'll upgrade in the Prussa line and avoid Bambu.
  7. PaulL

    Welcome to Westwood Metalworks, What is he building in there?

    What are they called?
  8. PaulL

    Inexpensive Tig welders

    Yeah, I didn't show yesterday's coupons. "Straight". Haha.
  9. PaulL

    Inexpensive Tig welders

    Ugh. Tomorrow I'll probably frame it and put a $240 price tag on it. </sarcasm> The progress is mostly bottom to top, with some better beads than others. I've been going out to the shop, putting down a filler rod's worth of bead, then coming in to do other things for a while. I figure short...
  10. PaulL

    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    @Janger does the v-notch in the front serve a purpose?
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