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[Avacado]

2 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

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OMG, yes! 2 VMM can only mean one thing. VOLTMODS!!!! Does this mean you are joining the Cheapaz chips competition??? Please say yes. 

 

 

I see you and raise! Mine arrived today!

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by Avacado

[ArchStanton]

@AvacadoNot much of a raise imo.  If you got any accurate readings from those DVMs it would be a total fluke...

[J7SC_Orion]

1 hour ago, Avacado said:

OMG, yes! 2 VMM can only mean one thing. VOLTMODS!!!! Does this mean you are joining the Cheapaz chips competition??? Please say yes. 

 

 

I see you and raise! Mine arrived today!

 

 

...nah, just needed a multimeter for a project with parts arriving sooner or later...and my old one had a piece of furniture land on it . Also, I  just finished moving and updating my home-office with various other machines beyond the Ravens so now it is time to go through all the old mobos and see which ones still have some spark left (so to speak), and which one could be repaired if I have the parts. 

 

[Avacado]

3 hours ago, ArchStanton said:

@AvacadoNot much of a raise imo.  If you got any accurate readings from those DVMs it would be a total fluke...

IKR. $700 wasn't in the budget for better versions. It should do the trick for what I need. 

 

P.S. you need to join us on Discord sometime.

Edited March 4, 2022 by Avacado

[Avacado]

2 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...nah, just needed a multimeter for a project with parts arriving sooner or later...and my old one had a piece of furniture land on it . Also, I  just finished moving and updating my home-office with various other machines beyond the Ravens so now it is time to go through all the old mobos and see which ones still have some spark left (so to speak), and which one could be repaired if I have the parts. 

 

But I hit you with the anime excited eyes though..... 

[J7SC_Orion]

1 minute ago, Avacado said:

But I hit you with the anime excited eyes though..... 

 

...the excited eyes anime was indeed a very valiant effort ! 

But as the world is going to hell in a basket, I better finish up some outstanding projects...

[Sir Beregond]

UPS marked this "delivered" 90 minutes before actually delivering it. I was starting to try to initiate a replacement when it showed up. 

 

I guess it did show up and that's the important part.

 

 

[schuck6566]

I saw this video and remembered our comments about the $2000+ motherboards so I figured I'd post it here for laughs.

 

[EHW Ai]

22 hours ago, Avacado said:

$700 wasn't in the budget for better versions. It should do the trick for what I need. 

 

It will 

 

Thought about waiting on the 12900KS, but it's really not worth the extra $150-$200 to me. The 12900K will do just fine in the Z690 Dark.

 

 

The Z690 Dark did arrive:

 

 

 

These parts will be going into the Yuel Beast Atlas II that's also on order:

 

 

[EHW Ai]

 

For the Hynix.

[T.Sharp]

$110 at MC.
Phison E16 reference design.
 

[ArchStanton]

63% off sticker price...wow.

[T.Sharp]

12 minutes ago, ArchStanton said:

63% off sticker price...wow.

It's an older model, basically just an overclocked E12 controller from what I've read, but yeah not a bad price 

[EHW Ai]

So the Kingston RAM and the WD Red SSDs showed up. I'll start putting that stuff together and testing it while I'm waiting on the Yuel Beast Atlas II to arrive (sometime toward the end of this month/first half of next month; and I'll probably move the Kingpin 3090 to this Dark Z690 MB, and swap that gpu out on the Dark Hero X570 MB with the Strix 3090 shown below).

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2022 by iamjanco
added clarity

[PCSarge]

i raise your pile of computer parts with this!

Edited March 12, 2022 by PCSarge

[ArchStanton]

3 hours ago, PCSarge said:

i raise your pile of computer parts with this!

I see what looks like a ground clamp on the left and a cooling fan on the "head".  Is that a laser/plasma cutter?

[EHW Ai]

3 hours ago, PCSarge said:

i raise your pile of computer parts with this!

 

well, i can see a main pwr switch, a bunch of axis, a cooling fan on a head, and an interface hub for a controller and/or a pc; but i don't see any spools of plastic stringy stuff. is that head a mount for a router/cutting head? what's the clamp on the left for? that's not a nipple clamp, is it?

 

a 3d printer's been on my list for a while, but it's not a priority for me. and i'd love my own cnc, but just don't have the room for it. 

Edited March 13, 2022 by iamjanco

[PCSarge]

1 hour ago, ArchStanton said:

I see what looks like a ground clamp on the left and a cooling fan on the "head".  Is that a laser/plasma cutter?

sadly no, its a 3D printer with a modified shroud that i 3D printed for increased cooling airflow, the filament is coming in from the left into the extruder in the back, you cant really see it because its grey. that clamp you see is for the flexible LED light over the build table also the small grey box on the left USB connected to the printer is a raspberry Pi 4 with octoprint server on it in a custom 2020 railmount case, so i can send print files and let it run with my pc shut off at night the printers actual power switch is on the back.

 

long winded midnight explanation XD

Edited March 13, 2022 by PCSarge

[Diffident]

11 hours ago, iamjanco said:

 

well, i can see a main pwr switch, a bunch of axis, a cooling fan on a head, and an interface hub for a controller and/or a pc; but i don't see any spools of plastic stringy stuff. is that head a mount for a router/cutting head? what's the clamp on the left for? that's not a nipple clamp, is it?

 

a 3d printer's been on my list for a while, but it's not a priority for me. and i'd love my own cnc, but just don't have the room for it. 

Buy a 3D printer and use it to build a CNC machine.

 

GitHub - RootCNC/Root-3-CNC: Root 3 CNC 3D printed CNC Machine

GITHUB.COM

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Root 3 CNC 3D printed CNC Machine . Contribute to RootCNC/Root-3-CNC development by creating an account on GitHub.

 

[ArchStanton]

10 hours ago, PCSarge said:

long winded midnight explanation XD

The best kind for those that enjoy learning something new .

[PCSarge]

ree

Edited March 13, 2022 by PCSarge

[PCSarge]

2 hours ago, Diffident said:

Buy a 3D printer and use it to build a CNC machine.

 

GitHub - RootCNC/Root-3-CNC: Root 3 CNC 3D printed CNC Machine

GITHUB.COM

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Root 3 CNC 3D printed CNC Machine . Contribute to RootCNC/Root-3-CNC development by creating an account on GitHub.

 

not all machine will accept this conversion, and it can be quite dangerous aswell. ive seen on forums  where people have had parts fall off during CNC runs and injure themselves

1 hour ago, ArchStanton said:

The best kind for those that enjoy learning something new .

 

 

if you want to know more let me know, ive been playing with these for a bit, cheap ones are fun, but ive moved up to mid range now

[EHW Ai]

@PCSargeWhat's mid-range? Something like the PRUSA?

 

That's the one I've had my eye on for some time now. The kit, that is.

Edited March 13, 2022 by iamjanco

[PCSarge]

1 hour ago, iamjanco said:

@PCSargeWhat's mid-range? Something like the PRUSA?

 

That's the one I've had my eye on for some time now. The kit, that is.

if you want more of a fun learning experience, i'd suggest an Ender 3 V2 or something from creality, they have larger models depending on the size of things you want to make, the one im currently working with and modding is an ender 3 V2 in that picture. prusa's have a rather pain in the butt slicing software for models that bugs out constantly, and the community is much smaller if you need help with things

Edited March 13, 2022 by PCSarge

[Supercrumpet]

 

19 hours ago, PCSarge said:

if you want more of a fun learning experience, i'd suggest an Ender 3 V2 or something from creality, they have larger models depending on the size of things you want to make, the one im currently working with and modding is an ender 3 V2 in that picture. prusa's have a rather pain in the butt slicing software for models that bugs out constantly, and the community is much smaller if you need help with things

 

I definitely agree that Creality printers are more tinker friendly and are more customizable since I have two of them, but after lightly working with (but mostly watching others work with) a Prusa MK3 at the FSAE shop, I think the slicer isn't too bad, and I've actually been considering switching to it, or at least giving it a try, from Cura. That seems to line up with what I've seen online as of late. I do agree that the customer community is a lot smaller for Prusa printers, but you'd get much better manufacturer support I think, and the quality of the customer-base help might be better since it's more of a premium product.

 

Nice coincidental timing though, late last night I just bought a Micro Swiss hotend for my CR-10S Pro after the original one finally clogged the hell out of itself, and I can't be bothered to clean the mediocre original. Thought I'd take the opportunity to upgrade and finally replace the dying 4020 fan on it too. Motor runs fine but the bearing is probably shot, almost every time I start a print and it spins up, I have to stabilize the hub with my finger and then it operates normally once it gets up to speed. Really annoying though, worth the $10 to replace.