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Thread: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
Post: RE: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
| Well, I forgot to update this thread.
Good news: leaf spring creak isn't an issue anymore.
Bad news:
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Thread: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
Post: RE: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
| Alright - we're about a month in. There's creaking from the PETG side, and no creaking from the aftermarket side. It seems like the PETG is actually too hard, because I can still see the lines in the ...
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Thread: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
Post: RE: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
| Yooo that's awesome! Looks very well done
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Ayydan Wrote: (08-24-2023, 11:48 AM)
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I've been casting in silicone a stiffer mold for melting down scraps, I'm hoping to use some plaster of Paris to...
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Thread: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
Post: RE: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
| The amazon parts are in. Quality is... What you'd expect from a massive conglomerate hell bent on nothing but profits.
Material: feels almost gf-reinforced nylon which is hilarious, but whatever. I...
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Thread: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
Post: The tacoma leaf spring debacle
| Toyota does not sell the leaf spring spacers ("silencers" as they call them) as a separate part, despite the fact that it is a wear item. Kanata Toyota also allowed a worn suspension component, among ...
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Thread: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
Post: RE: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
| Yay! I've been wanting to become equipped for casting silicone for a long time so this may just be the push I needed.
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Thread: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
Post: RE: Plastic Recycling - Shredding
| Why not press between two borosilicate glass sheets? It would make release easier, and you could use a spacer (feeler gauges because gauge blocks are expensive) to get an exact and reproducible sheet ...
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Thread: Attiny night light
Post: Attiny night light
| I've wanted to complete this project for many years now. Revision one worked, and just used the internal counters of the attiny to time, which was not very accurate. It got to the point where I was pl...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| Well, it's alive. It flies great, I like the lift profile, and as expected with the higher aspect ratio and thinner profile, it stalls _hard_.
Foils need anhedral - it's really hard work whipping a...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| I'm posting the following in preparation for having this site finally indexed by google.
The slingshot mast bolt spacing is 2 inches exactly. Despite the fact that the entire thing is metric, they ...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| No printing in this one, so it's diverging slightly off the topic of this thread, but it's still a foil.
This is v3 'woody'. Solid walnut core, two layers of carbon at the root and then two layers ...
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Thread: Kayak
Post: RE: Kayak
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Ayydan Wrote: (06-23-2023, 10:05 AM)
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Man, making me want to get a kayak now...
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You can borrow one if you want to try it out before deciding to buy, I have two cheapies
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| Well, the foil holds up just fine. The board on the other hand.... The whole top is under tension and it was only 4oz of fiberglass, so that split right in half. Kevlar held it together to get it out ...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| It's got something to do with a boundary layer. I guess the surface tension is too high with a glossy finish
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| Painted. Need to full the gloss a bit (apparently matte cuts water better) but it looks too good to take sandpaper to it
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
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Ayydan Wrote: (06-21-2023, 10:28 PM)
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Awesome! Now to push it till it snaps haha
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I actually pumped it pretty hard. Effectively stomping on it in the water, and it held up just fine. The bolts st...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| It's alive! She had her first surf today. Very little low end grunt which was a little disappointing, but it tops out really nicely. Likely not ideal because it was so shallow that the wake wasn't pum...
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Thread: Kayak
Post: RE: Kayak
| Looks awesome! Where is this? Looks east-end ottawa river-esque
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Thread: Multi Extrusion
Post: RE: Multi Extrusion
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Ayydan Wrote: (06-16-2023, 10:34 AM)
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packocrayons Wrote: (06-16-2023, 10:30 AM)
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Hell yes. Dissolvable supports have so much potential
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Right? I managed to snag 2kg of PVA for effectively $...
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Thread: The hydrofoil project
Post: RE: The hydrofoil project
| Hotcoat setting up. It's no professional job, but holy crap is this thing stiff. I could handstand my full weight at about 50% of the span and it doesn't flex a bit
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