Matthew Tavares

@_baldtires Yeeeesssss

The 165 is running Yes it will turn that half inch steel plate into a potato chip

@DabsMalone My daughter just turned 4. Planning to start her on circuits this year once she finishes mastering multiplication and division

My 10 year old came home yesterday and said they brought out Snap Circuits in school, and he was the only one with prior knowledge of circuits. Nerdmogging already🥹

@emm0sh I have to carry both a mac pro and hp fury monstrosity. I feel called out

software engineering: *macbook air* mechanical engineering: *pulling 40lb laptop out of bag* it’s called the HP Fury G1i Mega-Victory Edition. it has mandatory RGB and a 25 minute battery life

@Lasker169631 @chribjel Things they can’t talk about publicly…

@chribjel Wtf is "other" though

insane part of the graph «Other» is half the profit

@CalebChamberla6 I’m predicting Atlanta

Announcing OSH Cut Factory 2 location on Weds next week.

@amypretzel Thats why you sit less than 50 ft from the factory with a white board. Drastically cuts down on emails

the distance between a render and a working part is like 200 emails with the factory. "this material is 16 weeks out." "that radius needs to be 2mm for the endmill." "this tolerance will triple your cost." most of the job is invisible...

@Brparadox Remove 3 lines Windows 11 pro Labor+2yr warranty And component total

You get this PC for free but you have to remove 3 parts.. What are you getting rid of? 👇

Teaching the daughter proper ratcheting wrench technique. Hold your thumb on the bolt head to prevent it slipping out

@Xaraphim Except for the lack of shaft connecting the front to the back…

lmaoooooooo it’s actually good

@DabsMalone Or counter rotating lawn mower blades. Battlebot of the sky

@DabsMalone Needs a chainsaw on the front so it can slice through foliage

Everyone’s optimizing drones for ideal conditions. We built one for when those conditions don’t exist. VA-120✈️

McMaster will call is a wonderful thing

@lukas_m_ziegler Checking in

dear algo please only show this to S tier robot builders that can design, 3D print, code, solder, weld and stuff like this

@Eggs_and_Jakey @connorkapoor A few of your most impressive projects should include a deep dive, but you don’t need to show it on every one. Show breadth of work and a few key examples of depth of work

@MatthewTavares @connorkapoor for sure, but should i keep it shallow or include bom, design process, first iterations?

I’ve been interviewing a lot of folks over the last few weeks for entry level engineering roles; If there was one piece of advice I could give to everyone in a engineering related field You NEED to have examples of things you’ve built, with your hands. Senior projects are usually kind of bullshit and do not make a portfolio.

@Eggs_and_Jakey @connorkapoor Pictures and videos of the build and finished product

@connorkapoor If someone were to put builds/designs on their personal website what all should be included?

@Xaraphim I had tie bar nuts for a hydraulic car crusher cylinder give me a similar issue. We were converting it into a hydrostatic test chamber. A 24ft steel breaker bar was not enough to crack those loose. We had to order the ingersoll rand 2100 ftlb torque wrench and run a 1in air line

me talking to dean today me:*opens engine cross section on his desk, crashing out over a new detail i spotted in the drawing that i can’t find mentioned anywhere* me: “can i resort to violence yet” dean: “you will not be cutting anything off, this engine was assembled therefore it can be torn apart” me: “but mr DEAN, how would you even get this off, the manual doesn’t even talk about this” dean: “let me tell you a story” *dean tells story of his days as a 747 flight engineer , he was called in during the middle of the night to help resolve an electrical fault they were having, the captain and other flight engineer had the electrical wiring diagram laid out and could not understand the fault the dean looked at the drawing for 30 seconds and said “the manual is wrong”, the polarity of this *insert component* is wrong. captain and first officer shocked that the manual was wrong and the dean caught it so quickly* dean: “now how do you think i was able to diagnose that system so quickly” me: “you saw the issue before?” dean: “yes, hands on experience is the only way to understand these systems, the people who design these engines can’t assemble them, the only people who know how to tear these apart are the ones who maintain them. keep in mind that this engine is from the 60s, manuals from this time were not flawless, you have already gotten further than i thought possible. i’ve never seen anyone tear down a turbine without proper tooling” me: “so no torch?” dean: “no torch, you will figure this out”

@NathanBuilds Interesting. I’ve never experienced that and have some _very_ long lived ABS prints (10+ years operational museum physical interactive exhibits). I’ll look into it

@MatthewTavares I’ve had some ABS parts suffer from creep rupture. Very strange, the whole thing worked fine with press fit bearings, the. When I pulled the part out of a drawer years later, the whole thing crumbled around the bearings.

Is it true that PETG has higher toughness than PLA? My personal experience from real world failures says PLA is tougher, and I spot checked a few datasheets which say the same thing. But if you google it, the vast majority of forum posts and blogs say PETG is tougher.

@CalebChamberla6 Can’t wait for you down the street from a McMaster near me

Now that we've scaled up, we are realizing the benefits of having cash to deploy. Funny thing to say, I suppose. But this year, we've tripled our ads and marketing budget. We are also opening Factory 2 in [REDACTED], and we'll do that while adding zero net new debt this year.

@MFG_SMB Turnkey museum and tradeshow exhibits with a specialty in physical interactives and scale.