rwillett

Wow, what a set of photos. Really impressed (and very jealous).

A slight design change. I'd used the handles as designed by the original people. These handles sat on the top of the board and screwed into the v-slots using t-nuts. They also took up valuable space. One of the really nice things about V/T-slot extrusion is they have things like 5mm holes in the end. These holes can be tapped with a M5 tap set, so pulled mine out the garage and tapped eight holes. I can now screw M5 bolts in. The design for the original handles wasn't quite right, so I did them all again so that the handles covered the end of the extrusions properly. It looks very nice from the bottom and from the top Really pleased with this, if anybody is interested, I'll happily make one for the price of the parts and a donation to Andy's BC donation fund Rob

They are great models. The thermistor and heater block are known issues with the Prusa Mk3. I have a bag of spare ones I no longer need so if anybody needs one, just ask. I have used the wire for wirimg guitars as it looks nice The LCD plates are items that wear out, same as the photocopying equivalent. However thats about as far as my knowledge of resin printers go. I also make astrophotography parts, especially made to measure tube rings (http://www.starclamps.com). I had a friend make me a ring in resin. My FDM version is designed to bend very, very slightly to ensure a tight fit on the telescope. The FDM one snapped so I never bothered with resin printing again. However for making very intricate models, resin printing is the way to go. The new models have some insane levels of detail, 12K points or something. Perhaps one day I'll buy one and see how I can make use of it. Thanks Rob

I have the three foot switch version and think it's great. I tend to find I use it for the older Fender amps and don't really get on that much with the hi gain amp sims. That's not my bag mainly because I can't play very well. It sounds great with a Fender Bassman and my Tele. I use it behind a Mod Dwarf. The dwarf tends to more pedal effects rather than amps. I agree about the interface being garbage. To be honest, you can apply that to most of the IK range of software. I work in IT as that's my job and I struggle to understand how it works and fits together. The only worst piece of software I know is is the RUFC Game Management Software which makes this look like a work of genius. I really need to download the manual and sit down with it for a few hours along with a decent white and work my way through it. Looking forward to the upgrade.

Bump just to remind people.

No idea why it went like this. Its supposed to be a case like this. It is quite thin but not that thin.

Sorry, I thought we were talking about ears. Thats slightly more tricky than ears as it needs the right colour grey and a line in the middle. Its normally easier to buy them if you can TBH. Have you looked at RS Components or Farnell? RS Components has 104 pages of knobs, none of which look like Nigel Farage. The other thing I'd do is take a picture of the knob and do a reverse search on the image on Google to see if anything else pops ... Sorry to be confused, the offer of a drink still stands. Rob

I have made 3d printed rack ears for my network gear. Its dead easy to design but it depends on the size and weight of the gear. Technically it depends on the centre of gravity of the unit. I can print it relatively strong (note the word relatively). However if you have a 50Kg tube amp thats 30cm deep and the transformer and valve units are at the back of the unit, that'll be a stretch for the ears. Conversely if the weight is at the front and its solid state, I suspect its fine. One way to check this is to weigh the unit as whole. Then find a nice pivot point to rest the amp on (simple narrow piece of wood), put two pieces of foam underneath the amp either side of the pivot point and move the point around until the amp kinda balances. Is it at the front, the back, or in the middle? That plus the weight should give a rough idea of whats needed. One other way is I keep printing bigger and stronger ears and give them to @ossyrocks until they work. A better way would be for him to bring the amp and rack to me (we live about 40 mins from Morecombe/Lancaster near Settle) along with a glass or two of something nice and we try it out on the spot and adapt. Rob

This was a case for a Phil Jones HA-2 Headphone Amp or was supposed to be Never had one blow up like this before.

Five mins? In some parts of the UK, scroats will have all four wheels off your car, radio out, boot cleared in 30 secs and they'll be chatting your missus up at the same time. They're now gainfully employed teaching F1 teams how to be even faster in the pit stops.

I've used many Premier Inns for work across the UK. Never worried once about leaving laptops and other equipment in the rooms. A lot of the time, it was my own laptop or two, not sure I've ever given it much of a thought. Slightly more concerned about work ones as plod gets involved as they are HO property.

I can lay my hands on one if you want. Home Office approved as well. As supplied to the Met

... With a taser?

Filled with epoxy resin apparently... I think the way he's calculated the value is slight wrong. He should be deducting what he's done to the price not adding it

I looked up the colour on Fenders website. It can't find my serial number thought it looks legit, but what do I know

Strange new usage of the word "superbly" I hadn't heard before.... Looks like the frets were pulled out by his teeth Rob

I think you are correct and it's Sapphire Blue.

Dunno, I have no paperwork, it was brought second/nth hand from Nothern Guitars in Leeds. Plays nicely, apparently a 97 and I thought it was Lake Placid Blue but have zero recollection of how I knew that. It has matching headstock in the same colour.

That's absolutely brilliant

How many different Fender blues are there Rob

Its a lot lighter than my Lake Placid Blue Jazz. This is a 97 in Lake Placid blue, I think you have Pelham Blue. Though after saying that I spotted this on Reverb which they claim is Lake Placid blue. and then went down the rabbit hold and found these load of Fender blues https://offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=115967 So I have absolutely no idea what colour it is, black, red, purple? Rob

Some new bizzare finger picking technique or big dint or hole and he wants to cover it. Only thing I can think of. Rob