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Image 1 — Making my own mod vise, not perfect but it’s getting there!
Image 2 — Making my own mod vise, not perfect but it’s getting there!
▲ 76 r/hobbycnc

Making my own mod vise, not perfect but it’s getting there!

Showing a little of what time and trial and error can get me. the sweet saunders mod vice have been on my want list for a long time but I choke when I realize it‘ll be $500 to my door. I’m working my way from this cnc to the next one (for a fourth time now!), and am heading towards printnc metal cutter land.

I knew I could get a functional one going on my own, but that means a lot of aluminum cutting, and doing some stuff I’ve never done before.

I reused some leftovers from a failed printnc z plate, and had some whoopsies on the countersink bolt holes. it’s not done yet as I have to redo the main clamping bolts but I’m happy that I got to this part.

I cut all of this on a pretty regular openbuilds lead machine, with a wimpy dewalt router, nema 23s, linear rails on the gantry and z, and a super o-flute 1/4” bit generally. All workholding was tape and glue. Cutting formula was a combo of deep and thin, 6mm doc with 5% stepover, 0.05mm/tooth. Or 1.5mm doc same chip load, and closer to 30% stepover. Repeated finish cuts really helped and took no time to whip around at full cut depth 8-12mm at once.

I was very happy with the cutting after figuring out a great cut formula (for all but the tapered hole).

I know it’s not perfect but it’ll do what I need it to do. Not bad for a trim router.

u/WheelsnHoodsnThings — 1 day ago
▲ 15 r/OmniumBikes

How's your paint?

I know I know, tools not jewels and all but my goodness, my paint on my bike is thin, and delicate. Purple haze was my colour, I love the colour but if I look at it wrong a chip comes off. Putting the wheels on, chip, kickstand, crack and flake, bike racks, chips and scrapes. It's so poor even my cables were quickly rubbing marks in the paint after a few rides. Is this just what it is?

I've had many bikes and have never seen one chip so readily with so little contact.

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u/WheelsnHoodsnThings — 3 months ago
▲ 7 r/solarenergycanada

panel cleaning? who's doing it?

Hi good solar folks.

I cleaned all of my panels for the first time this week, and they look amazing now. I just cleaned them with dish-soap water, and a soft bristle brush on an extendable pole, then rinsed them down with the hose. I reached as much as I could from a step ladder and did the rest from directly on my roofs. It was very satisfying to see when it was done; they’re back to glassy and clear once more. We have 22 panels and it might have taken me 2hrs total, no rushing just a peaceful cleaning time.

Our panels have been online since august 2024, and we hadn’t cleaned them until this, other than a futile effort with a hose last spring. They were looking pretty dusty, I don’t imagine it was a huge hit for performance but I could be convinced it’s somewhere up to 0-10% loss with the dust.

This will be an annual task now for me, my only apprehension is the obvious risks of being on my roof so I’m going to look into a giant extension pole, or some basic fall protection for my own safety. I have no idea how much it would cost to hire this out but I’ll keep DIY’ing it until I’m not physically able to.

What’s everyone else doing? Are you cleaning them? If so how frequently? Anyone found a good system for it to solve my safety concerns?

TLDR I cleaned my panels, they look great. What does everyone else do?

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u/WheelsnHoodsnThings — 3 months ago