Jay, your work really sold me on using press nuts with 3d printing. Also the hex infill with no top or bottom layer trick. Really stylish design and engineering.
Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
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Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
It could be a bug. If the comment is about to become visible the code that chooses whether to show it at all might think the delay has expired but the code that renders it might still think it should be delayed. Especially if the rendering happens first.
Just a guess: Maybe the person who saw it as [delayed] is using a third party HN reader app and the HN website itself filters out delayed comments while returning it via the API as the [delayed] string and expecting clients to do the filtering?
I use a 3rd party app, and see messages marked [delayed] not infrequently. Just as another data point.
Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#53I have discovered over time that I hate screws. No not really the concept, but there are far too fucking models. I started collecting screws to put together for my "workshop" were I repair whatever family, friends, enemies want me to look at. I am not great at it, not even good, but I am who they bring things to, and over time I have learned a bit of skills. (Also I fail, sometimes I break stuff and sometimes I hide…
I feel this. As an amateur 3d printed project enjoyer in Canada, getting ahold of M* screws is a real pain, even though I prefer their specifications greatly over the weird imperial sizes.
I get my metric fasteners from BelMetric [0].
Huge selection including obscure styles and finishes. Nuts, bolts, screws, hardware, etc.
One of the best things about them is that they sell small lots including single screws if that is all you need.
Another great thing is that they ship quickly and if your order is relatively small it arrives in your mailbox instead of needing to be delivered by UPS or another shipper. They ship orders in packages appropriate to the order, unlike Amazon.
They also add products to their inventory if customers need something they don't normally carry.
Prices are also reasonable.
I found them years ago and now they are one of my main suppliers. McMaster Carr is another.
Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#54Jay, your work really sold me on using press nuts with 3d printing. Also the hex infill with no top or bottom layer trick. Really stylish design and engineering.
Thank you!
Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just a guess: Maybe the person who saw it as [delayed] is using a third party HN reader app and the HN website itself filters out delayed comments while returning it via the API as the [delayed] string and expecting clients to do the filtering?
I use a 3rd party app, and see messages marked [delayed] not infrequently. Just as another data point.
Ok, that tracks. Which third party app?
Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#56I have discovered over time that I hate screws. No not really the concept, but there are far too fucking models. I started collecting screws to put together for my "workshop" were I repair whatever family, friends, enemies want me to look at. I am not great at it, not even good, but I am who they bring things to, and over time I have learned a bit of skills. (Also I fail, sometimes I break stuff and sometimes I hide…
Screws have different thread and pitch sizes. An app won't read that correctly. You can get a tool to measure the size/thread/pitch. I have containers with lots of slots and I label each slot, so I have many dozens of types of metric/imperial screws sorted.
It's actually hundreds of screws, bolts, and nuts, I did the sorting as a relaxing week while watching some shows :D
Re: Show HN: 5 Years Ago I made the Recovery Kit, I just made the RK2
#57I have discovered over time that I hate screws. No not really the concept, but there are far too fucking models. I started collecting screws to put together for my "workshop" were I repair whatever family, friends, enemies want me to look at. I am not great at it, not even good, but I am who they bring things to, and over time I have learned a bit of skills. (Also I fail, sometimes I break stuff and sometimes I hide…
There’s an ancient craftsman trick. A pointy woodscrew can fit any type of hole, whether it fits or not :)
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#58I have discovered over time that I hate screws. No not really the concept, but there are far too fucking models. I started collecting screws to put together for my "workshop" were I repair whatever family, friends, enemies want me to look at. I am not great at it, not even good, but I am who they bring things to, and over time I have learned a bit of skills. (Also I fail, sometimes I break stuff and sometimes I hide…
There’s an ancient craftsman trick. A pointy woodscrew can fit any type of hole, whether it fits or not :)
He says, as design engineers across the world feel a shiver run down their collective spine.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason NASA invests so much in hardened components and redundancy is that their hardware has to continue functioning in an environment where humans cannot intervene. The availability of commodity hardware is one of the reasons projects like the Recovery Kit can exist. Redundancy and durability can be measured in multiple ways, and I suspect it's cheaper to keep on hand a stack of backup components that can easily…
I made a mini Arduino-powered smart home that was used for demos at tradeshows [1]. It had to be shipped first to San Fran, then it went to Vegas for CES and a few more places. I had the same thought at first, "I should really solder these wires." But then I realized that wires coming loose was inevitable given the hell this project was going to endure being handled by airlines, rolled across different terrain, and p…
Just a friendly note: soldering wires causes them to become brittle and more likely to break at the end of the solder joint. If you're going to solder wire, and the item is subject to movement or vibration, be sure that the section protruding from the joint is held rigid with zip ties, tape or even hot glue.