ComplexMoth

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Mechanical engineering uni project in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sure, I'll work off that copper coin lad's dimensions and try and make it adjustable like the smelter. Could you point me towards an example of the little coffee can forge?

Mechanical engineering uni project in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Very cool stuff. I might have to look a bit more into this. There's a chap melting copper here with a 13 square foot lens - looks like a pretty small beam, not sure if usable for your purposes. But cool idea, have you got some lens dimensions in mind?

Also, definitely not guaranteeing any safety, but think i'll give it a shot.

Mechanical engineering uni project in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I think I'll see what I can do with this, Does something like this look suitable? From my back-of-envelope calculations, this gives 17000N force (about 1750kg-force like they've said).

And then the challenge is to release the pellet, and refill from a hopper containing more biomass material. Can you tell me what biomass material you would be using?

Mechanical engineering uni project in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Any material, the software i'll be using has some basic material properties built-in, but theres room for customisation.

Size limitations - any sort of dimensions. Complexity - i could probably do a few mechanisms that are less than maybe 5-10 parts. Or else one large, say less than 50.

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Mechanical engineering uni project (slrpnk.net)
 

I'm a mechanical engineering student with a fairly open brief for a short project. Have to draw a 3D cad model of a mechanism and do some motion analysis. So i thought i'd ask the fine folk of slrpnk if they had any projects that need a bit of ironing out.

Probably best suited if you have an idea and want see how the parts might move in 3 dimensions. I'd be able to tell you stuff like how much force/torque is in a particular part, letting you know how strong bits need to be.

Has to be a mechanism of some sort that i draw from scratch - let me know what dimensions i need to accomodate. And i have to present it to the class.

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Should we allow job-sharing in parliament? (www.theguardian.com)
 

These two potential candidates want to try become the first job-sharing parliamentarians. I can see the benefits of opening up possibilities for people with kids/dependents. I think a broader range of perspectives in parliament would be great. And these people would be there to do the job, rather than career politic-ing. The linked article mentions how they'd both have to be sworn in as MP's, essentially giving their electorate 2 votes, but I don't think that'd necessarily be the case. However, you would have the power of two people's voices when lobbying.

But I'm also wary of how much easier it would be shirk responsibility to "the other person". Assuming it would work as a shared office rather than a representative person, would a line be drawn between 2 people and a group of people?

Delving into the speculative fantasy, suddenly the 2 mums with kids at home who couldn't commit to full-time parliamenting were pioneers for rotational council representatives, getting rid of politicians altogether.

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stremio open source implementation (slrpnk.net)
 

I'm a big fan of stremio, just wondering if there's been development of an open source desktop app. I'd like to avoid the ads and the login component. https://blog.stremio.com/announcing-stremio-core-embracing-open-source-and-rust/

Software to loop and change tempo in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for that, i expected something a bit more lightweight, but i suppose its a fairly niche use case.

Will put out some feelers for a code

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Software to loop and change tempo (slrpnk.net)
 

I'm trying to learn to play some folk tunes on mandolin. I'm looking for some software that will let me loop sections and change tempo (without changing pitch). To help learn by ear, i want repetition and then slowly build up speed.

I thought Audacity would do it but it looks like it is lacking the real-time component (or at least seems to be in its infancy) unless there's something i'm missing?

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What to do with my avocados (slrpnk.net)
 

Getting a ridiculous amount of avo's on the tree this year. In a rental so i'm not knowledgable about this. What's a good way to make the most of the season? Theyre staying green on the tree, and taking 1-2 weeks to ripen once picked atm. How long will they stay like this? I presume they start dropping off eventually, is that likely to happen all at once? Do they freeze well?

Is The Future Of The AeroPress Clear? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've had my aeropress for around 5 years, and i reckon i'm about half way through the pack of paper filters that came with it. I use them until they get a hole in them (or hopefully just before), which is maybe 5-8 times.