Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 12 minutes ago, yen_powell said: I used to hang plastic things on the radiators that held water. Always forgetting to top them up though. I forgot about those things. Then again humidity is something we’re generally trying to get rid of in this country 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, XTreme said: Should be here Wednesday with any luck! You could try holding your breath until then, that should help too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I forgot about those things. Then again humidity is something we’re generally trying to get rid of in this country Damp!! Tell me about it. We are waiting for date for the guys to come and sort out our kitchen and bathroom ceilings. There is more culture on our ceilings than there is in Australia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Clive said: Damp!! Tell me about it. We are waiting for date for the guys to come and sort out our kitchen and bathroom ceilings. There is more culture on our ceilings than there is in Australia. Not hard that though is it 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Gina Lollobrigida has died at 95! She was stunning! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Just had a phone consult with the hearing peeps and a couple of bits of cool bluetooth tech are now winging there way towards me. Look out world 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 ps @Clive my current bluetooth pen will then be gathering dust from then on but it's still being supported by phonak and it just needs an update so if you know of any takers pm me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 1 minute ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Just had a phone consult with the hearing peeps and a couple of bits of cool bluetooth tech are now winging there way towards me. Look out world Apart from the aids I cannot get anything from our local audiology dept...... Hope they work out great for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Just now, Clive said: Apart from the aids I cannot get anything from our local audiology dept...... Hope they work out great for you. See above 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 The new bits of tech are not funded by the NHS, it's the company they recommend I'm dealing with and when they arrive the NHS audiology dept will set it all up 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I can make or tail of what accessories will work with my aids..........thicko me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: The new bits of tech are not funded by the NHS, it's the company they recommend I'm dealing with and when they arrive the NHS audiology dept will set it all up That's good .....the girls are good at our audiolgy dept......but not very up to date with accessories which are not available.....as they do not stock them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Clive said: I can make or tail of what accessories will work with my aids..........thicko me. That is because it's a mind melting minefield with information holes bigger than the Grand Canyon! You'll need receivers (boots) for your hearing aids and the pen updated. These people are who my NHS audiology dept recommends and who I purchased the original pen from, they are excellent and will be able to tell you what receivers you need. Get your wife to ring them with your hearing aid make n model at the ready and ask them what you need, they don't over sell, in fact he honestly told me two pieces of tech were of no use to me. They also let you return stuff that doesn't work for you. There will be someone in the department who specialises in the Phonak accessories (usually the senior audiologist/technician) so you have to ask for an appt with them. That is why I have to go back, because the technician who set up my hearing aids can't navigate the compatibility minefield either! https://www.fmhearingsystems.co.uk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Oh and it's the Phonak Roger 1.1 that it needs to be compatible with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 I think we should switch to PM to avoid bunging up the thread with deafy tech talk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I think we should switch to PM to avoid bunging up the thread with deafy tech talk Definitely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Brilliant. What to you paint/coat it with or will it be staying white? It won't be white. It most likely won't even be that actual part. I won't worry about the type of paint until the part is finally finalized for the final and last and final final time, instead of that white part which will be bolted to the bike during the mock up phase. Basically I'm putting everything in the general shape I'm going to use for now, then I'll tear it back down and do the final finish on everything, painting and polishing the bits as they go back together. I may reprint the light housing in ABS (the stuff things like Legos are made out of) before it gets painted? That would require building an enclosure for the printer though. The ideal case would be to print it out of wax and use that for a pattern to have it cast out of aluminum. There are filaments available intended for lost wax casting but that would probably take another redesign or three to make it better suited for the task. I thought about trying that at home (my dad sandcast some things for me back when I was a little guy, he taught metal shop in school) but will probably try to find an artist type to do the actual casting. But if I do that it'll probably come back to me in bronze... hmm... a bronze tail light... that'd set it apart in a crowd I suppose. And now through the wonder of mock up parts, I've found my fancy fender mounts prevent me from fitting/removing the chain guard with the fender/chain in place. Which isn't ideal. Looks like a two piece guard is in the cards. Back to the drawing board... and the last part for the one piece guard hasn't even been removed from the print bed yet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, DesmoDog said: ... hmm... a bronze tail light... that'd set it apart in a crowd I suppose. Lots of those on old HD's. It's a look - not necessarily a good look though. Do they turn green with patina over time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, Earache said: Lots of those on old HD's. It's a look - not necessarily a good look though. Do they turn green with patina over time? I should have figured the Harley crowd was doing it. I'd prefer the look of raw aluminum over green bronze... and there's no way I'm constantly polishing the damn thing to keep it shiny. I've got better things to rub out. Wait, that didn't sound right... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, DesmoDog said: I should have figured the Harley crowd was doing it. I'd prefer the look of raw aluminum over green bronze... and there's no way I'm constantly polishing the damn thing to keep it shiny. I've got better things to rub out. Wait, that didn't sound right... No. No it didn't. At all. I'll see if I can find the pics from that HD show I went to in Laconia. Guy had bronze / brass lights, fuel petcock, fittings, etc all over his bike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesmoDog Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Earache said: No. No it didn't. At all. I'll see if I can find the pics from that HD show I went to in Laconia. Guy had bronze / brass lights, fuel petcock, fittings, etc all over his bike. When I cleaned up the spoke nipples it took the plating off, so they're brass now. They're small so it's pretty subtle though. When I rebuild the engine some of the fittings will receive the same treatement, so there will be brass parts sprinkled around on it here and there. But probably not the tail light. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 34 minutes ago, DesmoDog said: The ideal case would be to print it out of wax and use that for a pattern to have it cast out of aluminum. There are filaments available intended for last wax casting but that would probably take another redesign or three to make it better suited for the task. I thought about trying that at home (my dad sandcast some things for me back when I was a little guy, he taught metal shop in school) but will probably try to find an artist type to do the actual casting. But if I do that it'll probably come back to me in bronze... hmm... a bronze tail light... that'd set it apart in a crowd I suppose. This is interesting. It didn't cross my mind about casting from a 3D print doh! Could you get it cast in bronze and plated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 Finished my truck … was a Tesco delivery van ,… I’ll do another once this sells 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 39 minutes ago, Six30 said: Finished my truck … was a Tesco delivery van ,… I’ll do another once this sells Nice work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 9 hours ago, DesmoDog said: I do have a camera on it, but it's only to monitor what's going on. I have pretty much given up on doing timelapses since I never did anything with them anyway. That said here are a couple I did when it was set up to do it automatically - obviously I didn't optimize anything to make them look good. There are a ton of choices to make it look different, you can freeze the extruder so it looks like it's just moving straight up, or move it off to the side entirely, or let it move around, or a bunch of other crap. Some of them have an effect on the quality of the print so my default is now "off". Also the webcam I use sucks (doesn't handle anything less than ideal lighting very well, doesn't auto focus, etc) and the position of the camera isn't great for this sort of thing. I guess the second one is recent, I updated some software and reset some defaults, but it's been turned off again already. http://teamyikes.com/Hardtail/06_Phil_A_Ment_20210115052430.mp4 http://teamyikes.com/Hardtail/Tail Light Housing v4.aw_20230107011406.mp4 Anywhos... last week I was working on tail lights. The light I wanted to use was made for a larger fender, it didn't fit the radii of the smaller fender very well so I printed an adapter to make it fit. I thought I liked it but every time I left it a while and came back I decided I didn't like it after all and tried to change it. I've printed so many of them in so many materials and designs it's embarrassing. I finally accepted it wasn't going to work and I may as well do the entire light. It will require sanding and painting but should work. I started out thinking I'd use an incandescent bulb because an LED would look out of place on the bike it's going on, then decided to use an LED panel I had for another light/bike. With an LED I can go smaller and won't have to deal with heat. Here's a family shot of the changes that were made long the way. I forgot, this place doesn't let me hotlink photos from my website cuz it's not https... so the first pic is the family of tail lights. Second is the stl file (digital model basically) for the "final" version. Last pic is the earliest version sitting on the fender. This week's project is a chain guard. It's too long to fit the printer bed so it needs to be done in pieces. I'm on the third iteration now and as per usual, as soon as I start printing it I think of something I want to change. It's now 3;20 am here and the shim I printed to mimic the latest change I want to make just finished printing so the last piece that took two hours to print isn't for naught... no pictures of any of that stuff. It's still ugly. It will be a while before that one's done, each change so far has involved starting over from the beginning, not minor tweaks. So clever this new tech. I guess you can knock up anything that'll fit within the size of the table. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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