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By the determination of the FCC, I am extra (but you knew that already) 2 hours ago
I passed all three levels of Amateur Radio written exams today, in one sitting, because of one of my spouse's friends. Passing all three is maybe unusual, but there's a story behind this and maybe some things to think about. Like, for example, why did I just swallow a giant gumball of knowledge…

The iWiss SN-01BM crimper and Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 connector 1 month ago
tl;dr: With the iWiss SN-01BM, I am finding that I can get a decently sturdy connection on JST-XH, JST-SH, JST-SM, and Molex Micro-Fit 3.0, where the audience at the Bay Area Maker Faire spent three days futzing with some Micro-Fit 3.0 connectors I crimped and didn't break them. A lot of hobbyist…

Step 6: A CAN do attitude 3 months ago
Manta M8P plus CM4 cooling What I really want to do is mount a fan to directly cool the stepper drivers and a second fan to directly cool the Raspberry Pi. So I found one mod that mounts a 40mm fan on the CM4 module and a second mod that mounts a 5015 blower fan in a air duct for the steppers…

Step 5: Toolhead and final integration prep 3 months ago
The eventual Dragon Burner upgrade While purchasing things I keep thinking that maybe I should just get the much-hyped Nitehawk 36 and just go straight to DragonBurner. But my LDO Sherpa was a pain in the butt that left me asking "Wait, isn't LDO supposed to be the people who don't send you weird…

Step 4: Frame and bed 4 months ago
Getting tired of not having a large printer, actually. Also, I have a bunch of other stuff going on. Tap Okay, so two problems here... First, the manual is from Tap R6 and then there's an errata file explaining what the differences are. Second, part of why you are urged to build a stock…