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chrishuck

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Mechanical Engineer, Cyclist, 3D modeling of all kinds, 3D printing, Linux, programmer. Believer in making things better for everyone

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MisterMaker, to random
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I almost never cnc oak. So it's a bit of a learning curve. But it ended pretty well.

chrishuck,
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@MisterMaker Looks great! But, those glasses are far too empty.

MLE_online, to random
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What a crazy kitchen appliance! I have zero need for it, but I want to buy it just so I can try it out.

chrishuck,
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@MLE_online @linux_mclinuxface @jonquass I used to have a Vitamix blender that you could cook soup in because it imparted so much energy to the liquid as it blended. That always impressed me.

Now, we have a Pampered Chef (convoluted events) blender that actually has a heating element, but the carafe is vertical. Haven’t used it yet, but it feels like the heating element is cheating.

lewis, to random
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I’m very glad I prepared my first weeks posts. Moving house this weekend and we won’t have internet until Tuesday at the earliest, so no chance to write anything this weekend

chrishuck,
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@lewis Whenever there was something large that needed moving, my dad would say “Get you and some of your strong-backed, weak-minded friends to come help move this stuff.”

(They paid us and fed us, but only after some desks moved up a few floors)

chrishuck, to random
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As a mostly self-taught player of guitar, mandolin, and bass, I kind of wish I’d learned scales long ago. I will say that learning bass has made me learn where all of the notes are better, which has actually made me a better guitar player. I can usually pick things up by ear, and I can watch what others are playing to follow along. After almost 25 years of playing, the theory is kicking in, and I’ve got a nice positive feedback loop between instruments.

But, I still can’t read sheet music…

elb, to emacs
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One of my students opened up today, opened up a GUI file manager, found a file, grabbed the icon, dragged it onto Emacs, and dropped it. And it WORKED. I'm not sure which part distressed me more.

chrishuck,
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@elb Emacs. Slowly catching up to the 20th century.

chrishuck,
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@elb Not gonna lie, literally this morning, command line skills saved me a day’s work by rescuing some files salvaged from an old laptop drive. GUI file manager couldn’t open the folder because of how it’s configured, even though it’s still just a folder. Sometimes, the “less fancy” tools get the job done.

(Emacs just makes it too easy to pick on 😉)

chrishuck,
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@vt52 @elb I think you dropped a decade there…

(Don’t worry, I do it too. Remember, 1980 was only 20 years ago… Oh, wait)

pafurijaz, to car
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Eric Stoddard the founder of is using Gravity Sketch to do a live trace of a Tesla Model 3, and then export to for a CAS model he working on to boost his Class A surfacing skills. AR is a great way to quickly capture a digital representation of a real vehicle or clay model. but I think soon AI will replace that. Personally I see many problem but is the show for customers.

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chrishuck,
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@pafurijaz That is really damned cool. Mobile geometry capture is a challenge in my industry. It would make our equipment programming way easier when we don’t get customer drawings ahead of time. Unfortunately, we work in very dirty environments. It can fool cameras, which makes the data unreliable. Such a bummer to not be able to use something so useful.

MLE_online, to random
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Ceramics class!

I finished building my ring jug and I started on an abstract piece of pipes

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chrishuck,
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@MLE_online I don’t know why this made the Super Mario Brothers theme pop into my head

18+ scollado, to random French
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Are there any @FreeCAD gurus around here ?
I'm looking for advice/help on how to apply a subtractive pipe to create a groove in a (weirdly) curved surface.
The surface is green in the pictures below.

This is a support for an electronic device and I'm trying to "hide" the power cable by "clipping it" in one of the 3 legs.

Happy to share a FCStd file if needed.
#FreeCAD 0.21

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chrishuck,
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@scollado @FreeCAD How did those slots get in there in the first place? It seems to me like you could modify the sketch of the cross section to include the channel you want? Even modifying the sketch that produces the “positive” portions would yield the groove you want.

chrishuck,
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@scollado @mfraz74 @FreeCAD I finally got a chance to mess with some techniques this morning, and Mark’s suggestion of the CurvesWB is a good one. I used a PipeShell with two circle cross-sections and one of the helical edges as the spine. Then, I did a Boolean cut in the PartWB and applied a fillet to the edges of the channel (optional).

Does this capture what you’re after? There are some considerations for non-circular cross-sections.

Screenshot from FreeCAD showing a hidden-line view of a model. One of the spiral legs has a groove following the spiral.
Screenshot from FreeCAD showing a shaded view of a model. One of the spiral legs has a groove following the spiral.

chrishuck,
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@scollado @mfraz74 @FreeCAD That’s badass! Glad to help you out!

chrishuck,
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@scollado @mfraz74 @FreeCAD So, I presume that worked? I’d like to see a screenshot of the result of the auxiliary orientation mode. My initial thought was to use a Subtractive Pipe in PartDesign, but I couldn’t get it to maintain the orientation correctly. I didn’t try the auxiliary.

chrishuck,
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@scollado I saw that screenshot of the feature being edited. What I was curious to see was the final output shape.

chrishuck,
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@scollado That looks great! I’m going to have to experiment with that Auxiliary orientation feature. It’s way easier than the method I proposed. I prefer keeping my work within one WB when I can. Great work!

chrishuck,
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@scollado That is super cool, Seb! You’re not spamming me at all. Love seeing stuff people are making with #freecad. Your initial question really tested my modeling skills to try and provide a solution for you. Glad we could all learn something together from your cool project!

pafurijaz, to BMW
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I saw many memes about frontal , but also is developing on the same direction. .

chrishuck,
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@pafurijaz I saw one of these Audis behind me during my commute this morning and the vertical parts really jumped out at me as being odd for an Audi.

chrishuck, to random
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Measure once, cut twice. Because practice makes perfect.

gannet, to random
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went on a nature walk, but I almost missed these flamingos, they were so well camouflaged in the pink azaleas.

chrishuck,
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@gannet They’re up to their asses in azaleas!

chrishuck, to art
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This is one of my favorite murals in

chrishuck, to cycling
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There’s nothing quite like getting home from a bike ride and walking in the door just as the sky opens up with rain. Especially when you spent the last 20 minutes in the red trying to outrun those threatening clouds.

GossiTheDog, to random
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    chrishuck,
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    @GossiTheDog This is amazing. Do you know if anyone else has done this?

    timbray, (edited ) to random
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    This apparently touched a nerve; I had no idea. Check the comment thread.

    My own major gripe with passkeys is that I could never find a simple straightforward explanation of what they were and how they were to be used. I have a decent understanding of asymmetric crypto and PKI and key exchange and JWT and so on, so if you can’t explain it to me, you have a big problem.

    https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/112339186728840038

    chrishuck,
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    @timbray This has definitely been my experience. I’ve never seen a straightforward explanation of why I should switch and/or how.

    dcbuchan, to random
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    If you've gone from a 5-day work week to a 4-day work week I'd like to hear of your experience as I'm considering the same.

    Did you have take a pay cut?
    Do you work 5 days over 4?

    How has it benefitted you?
    How has it benefitted your employer?

    (please boost)

    chrishuck,
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    @dcbuchan Every time I hear people talk about wanting to switch to a 4-day work week, they never specify whether it’s still a 40-hour week. Personally, I prefer 5x8-hr days because it affords me the ability to get in workouts after work every day of the work week. If I worked 4x10, I wouldn’t have time and both my physical and mental health would suffer.

    I wouldn’t mind working 4x8 if the reduced salary was still enough to pay my bills.

    hotdogsladies, to random
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    "Better to rein in Hell than to serve in Heaven.

    —John Milton, Teen Horse Enthusiast

    https://overcast.fm/+E5IPejLQQ

    chrishuck,
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    @hotdogsladies Puns are definitely the dumbest way to show how smart you are.

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