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Hi new thread! Welcome to AI! Uhhh this has been a righteously poo poo year for some creative outlets. I largely express creativity through making things from scratch or improving existing things. One of my passions to take something at the end of its lifecycle and turning it into something better than it ever was. At an early age it was expression through drawing. Then came the hand tools. Then came power tools. Then came electronics. Then Drafting and CAD. Then came machine tools, casting, and 3d printing. Then came writing software. With every new discovery came more capability to express ideas. Then I met my spouse who works the same way. back from march:  Couple more from this poo poo administration: https://imgur.com/a/j76SpnO My husband and I bought and renovated this soggy truck camper over the span of 2020. it was a 7 month project involving a complete systems overhaul and enough epoxy to build a decent boat.    The truck it sits on was dragged out of a field in 2016 after sitting for a decade, taken most of the way apart, rebuilt and upgraded with everything from modern epoxies that hold Teslas together, Front and rear cameras with lane guidance, and a very basic on board computer. then turbocharged. It utilizes hydraulically boosted brakes from a F450 and some GM parts and air over leaf spring suspension for ride quality as trucks from this era rode...primitively. It's a cab chassis from the factory which means it never had a pickup bed, sits on a standardized heavy duty truck frame, with heavier duty suspension and axles. it all sits on 37" tall tires and entire setup sits at 6.5 tons. The camper features 900W of solar, 3.6kWh of lithium battery, 3kW of inverter, and a 2.5kW emergency backup LP generator. 38 gallons fresh water capacity, 25 gallons black, and 24 gray. The onboard waterheater will run continuous duty if needed, and up to 9 gallons of supply via a mixing valve in resource saving mode. there's nearly 3" of insulation in the ceiling, 2" in the floors, and about 1.5-1.75 in the walls. Two separate heating systems and a 7.2 cubic foot twin compressor marine fridge. There's even a washing machine We extended the camper's slide in section to the width of the trucks' flatbed that gives us two 16cu-ft cargo bays. There's a dual sim cat 12 modem on the roof currently that supplies our internet with an onboard microserver with 10TB storage and unifi's wifi gear. There's also amateur radio repeaters, a 3d printer, rework station for repairing electronics, and whats basically a small onboard shop. Think of it like a portable manufacturing facility that'll run without a resupply for ~15 days. Here's a pair of longish threads for burning some bandwidth. Truck camper Some of the creativity involved. Dometic's switchpanels are awful, so I designed and printed one applicable to the build:  The original camper had cabinetry and such everywhere to obscure wiring. It was rotted, and generally inefficient as its a 20 year old design. They were ousted, but the wires had to be covered. 3D printed channels were designed, cemented into place, then painted.  Other things from this administration I have an old motorcycle with a really lousy headlamp for night rides, much less night riding in the desert.  Yep, 3D printed a fix. https://imgur.com/a/Gogm4iX  It's printed in annealed HTPLA which has a glass transition temperature of 170C. There's several parts on the bike now printed in this material. Here's some more parts that I've made. These help reduce leg fatigue/arm pump on desert roller terrain. With a 470lb 100whp wannabe dirtbike, every little bit helps. Some more parts made in metal 2019, ever watch The Martian?  Took a bunch of scrap nitro rc parts and built an autonomous model of the Ares rover. The cab is gone now, it has become a general purpose platform to bolt instruments to with the intent of mapping mines, caves, and unmanned areas. It'll also have duties of being a cell/wifi/amateur radio repeater. It's about the size of Nasa's Sojourner rover, weighs about 12kg, and has a operational speed of 55kph on a 180Wh pack. Think of it like a 6 wheel drive tricorder. https://imgur.com/a/r2zueJH  3D printed door pulls, for said farm truck. https://imgur.com/a/DAloGS6 Old server cases make great sheet stock for projects. The oil temps on the moto kept climbing out of comfortable range so a oil cooler was designed and fitted.  https://imgur.com/a/0ejLFVZ I built up this old x230 to replace my x220t that has been around the world as I do more software development now and 768p is abysmal to code on.  https://imgur.com/a/HjXG0SN I'm postin' from it now. I7-3520m, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd + 512gb ssd. corebooted, IME gutted, 1080p display, thinkslice gives me about 20 hours if i'm perusing the internet, and about 10 hours of dev time(  vscode/pio). It lends nicely to travel as I'm just about never worried about an outlet. And lastly, the thing I'm working on right now is an upgraded computer for the truck. The one I built for it a few years ago is very simple and the truck now needs more capability, like talking to the camper that resides on it, data logging, enhanced powertrain management, and active suspension management. It's all housed in a MY2020 Mercedes Sprinter radio as it is single din as it can go where the current computer is, and most importantly, not stand out.  https://imgur.com/a/hDosJX7 It mostly works, and as of 2 days ago, got some of the front panel buttons working. Still a lot of software to write, a few 3d parts to design and print, then I can roll it into service and start focusing on the rover. It helps the current primitive one is abysmal to use. Alrighty I'll stop here as this post is almost as long as this year has been. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Nov 24, 2020 |
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