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Bradán Lane

@bradanlane.bsky.social

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Designer, Maker, MacGyver - Industrial Design, UX Design, User Research ⚙️ Inventor of the eChallengeCoins, Philanthropist, “Relic”, https://bradanlane.com

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · Feb 15

Over the coming days, weeks, and months you will likely find I am posting more - more food, more electronics, more farm/dog stuff.

It is my way of coping and I hope you find some of the content interesting and hopefully there will be something you like.

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 8h

I have a 200W JCT MOPA fiber laser with a motorized Z-axis to adjust depth as it progresses.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 15h

"How do you know they'll print it? How do you know?"

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 20h

Fiber Lasers are still the Wild West.

My laser requires EZCAD3 (which is poorly documented). So, I set about to document a reproducible process.

Most sources build on other sources ... ignoring the big picture.

Today I added 1 check box - to invert the STL - and eliminated 8 steps (and a bug)

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 21h

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 23h

Oops "wear" 🫣

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

Where just a black T ...

T-shirt reads:

GitHub
the place where I fork

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

"Pull the flyback transformer."

... it's a murder mystery.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

I guess it's less a "horror" story and more of a dark suspense thriller.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

"Works on my machine."

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

If the movie flops, I would not be surprised to see an edit made directly to your description 👍🏼

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen the theme from Thea Flowers? It's similar but a bit brighter.

vscodethemes.com/e/TheaFlower...

Witch Hazel by Thea Flowers

A dark and feminine color scheme

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 2d

Adding swappable inserts to the fiber lasers for holding coin blanks in the center of the venting extractor.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 2d

More harvest. Less privacy.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 3d

From CAD to Object

Printed in PETG with 3mm thick solid walls, the piece took a combined total of 10.5 hours.

Printed in 2 pieces and bonded with WELD-ON 3.

(The change from satin black to gloss black is from a filament run-out change over).

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 3d

Guess who just got back today
Them wild-eyed worms that been away
Haven't changed, had much to say
But man, I still think them worms are flay
They were eatin' away at his gray matter
Having their fill, gettin' fatter and fatter
They compin' & poopin' inside his brain
Drivin' old JFK even more insane

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 3d

They're taking down my privacy fence 🙁

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 4d

A fully formed loft between 2 arbitrary shapes requires 3 sketches - one for each "face" and one for the rails connecting the faces. Sketching rails in 3 dimensions is a bit of a PITA but much easier if you use the move/copy handles.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 4d

I knew very little about Cuba and the events surrounding Che Guevara until I was researching for one of my "Adventures of Sara Cladlow" stories.

Cuba’s Ernesto “Che” Guevara makes an appearance on “Face the Nation” at CBS-TV studios in New York City, Dec. 13, 1964.(AP Photo)

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 4d

The Autodesk Fusion LOFT command (with rails) is incredibly powerful while simultaneously being one of the most obtuse setups possible ... with is saying a lot with Fusion as it has so many obtuse tasks.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

When I look at the entire conflict/war I keep hearing Admiral Fitzwallis say, "You’ll have doled out a five thousand dollar punishment for a fifty buck crime" ... the sign of a "disproportionate response".

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw the updates @adafruit.com MagTag and it has a deep sleep of just 250µA.

This is much better than my 395µA. My hardware "should be" much more efficient so I clearly have more work to do.

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 14d

Testing out alternatives and found some improvements.

SAMD21 + 1.54" ePaper running at 2.55V
(test range was 3.3V down to 2.45V)

1 full refresh +
20 partial refreshes +
1 full refresh +
10 seconds of sleep

Active avg : peek is 2.65mA : 8.25mA
Sleep avg : peek is 395μA : 870μA

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

Budget cuts 🙄

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Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

Most of my "hacking" occurred in the kitchen. Friends call it my "culinary lab" 😜

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

It works exceptionally well and has the bonus of mounting easily to a suction cup for attaching to a window ... at ground level or 11,000 ft 😜

Bradán Lane @bradanlane.bsky.social · 5d

The magic of thermal mass 🤩