Update on today's #todolist

1. DONE #3DPrint the next section of an insulin canula puck store . Turned out at 10 hours.

2. MOSTLY DONE Work on updating my home-made bike-shed alarm. Had some setbacks but overcame. Too dark now too so the rest.

3. NOT DONE Install NodeBB on my FreeBSD server and play round with it.

4. NOT DONE Get newly acquired newer old laptop properly set up to run my #LaserCutter. Got Debian installed on it, got most of the software installed, now need to test and tweak.

5. DONE First physiotherapy appointment in the afternoon for my creaky knees. Got exercises to do of course, and waiting for an x-ray dates to come through.

6. NOT MUCH DONE TOO BUSY Play Shattered Pixel Dungeon and Lexica / LOADS PROBABLY TOO MUCH posting/scrolling on Mastodon. PROBABLY a bit of shattered pixel dungeon from now till bed.

7. DONE Growing "sprouting beans". We have sprouts forming. Ones more watering to do.

All things considered, I feel I got a decent amount done. The things that weren't done were aspirational anyway, lol! Will get to the rest tomorrow hopefully.

I think tomorrow, I will probably do less photos because the alt text just takes me so long. And no I'm not going to use AI to do them - have I mentioned I'm stubborn? Also going to post less about daily chores and routines like eating and cooking as I'm sure that gets boring really quick.

That's probably me going quiet for the night, unless one of you lot posts something I have to respond to!

Nighty night.

Tomorro's #todolist

1. #3DPrint the next section of an insulin canula puck store I designed for my 24YO #enby's partner. Start off first thing in the morning - it's a 15 hour print.

2. Work on updating my home-made bike-shed alarm to use #ESPNow instead of wifi because the wifi extender it currently relies on keeps dying/dropping out.

3. Install NodeBB on my FreeBSD server and play round with it.

4. Get newly acquired newer old laptop properly set up to run my #LaserCutter. Got Debian installed on it, got most of the software installed, now need to test and tweak.

5. First physiotherapy appointment in the afternoon for my creaky knees. I know they're wearing out (arthritis) but they have got a lot worse in the past 4 months.

6. Play Shattered Pixel Dungeon and Lexica, and posting/scrolling on Mastodon in spare moment between all that!

[Edit: forgot (I do that a lot)]:
7. Growing "sprouting beans". I've had a jar of them soaking, they should start sprouting tomorrow. They need watering 3 times a day.

Thinklaser offers the Lightblade in a variety of sizes to suit any space and job size.

Raspberry meets Lasercut. Endlich ist die Konsole für das Display fertig. Platz für ein paar Knöppe und eine Kamera ist auch noch.
#raspberrypi #raspi #lasercutter #lasercutting

Every one of our lasers are thoroughly checked over at our UK workshop before being delivered to the customer. This allows us to offer a Chinese machine at British quality standards, giving you the advantage of an affordable machine without any of the issues.

I made a walnut frame for one of my Celtic knotwork frog prints! This frame fits 7cm square prints (the format Open Press Project uses for their exhibitions).

#AstroAtomica
We just updated the thumbnail for our previous live stream. How do you like it?

#Lasercutter #Maker #Crafting
#YouTube #Thumbnail
#YouTuber #Livestream

http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx0bjHeEAdb2J_X4HbbZBVkoh4BWor0Wwp?si=_NxPPWh2mdFiPUuD

Will try to share some of the awesome stuff that students make while doing #fabacademy Last week it was #lasercutter week: Mkhitar from #fablab Dilijan (Armenia) came up with this brilliant idea to laser joints in an angle.

https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/dilijan/students/mkhitar-evoyan/assignments/week03/#angled-version

A new OSHW lasercutter design from one of the LHS members:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLUTKVeXzE

Github repo here:

https://github.com/kpatel122/Sparks-Laser-Cutter

Someone at our makerspace is struggling with the laser cutter, and it's a problem I've never run into before, I've never seen anything like it - so I thought I'd ask here and check if anyone has any clues.

They're trying to make boxes using this box generator: https://boxes.hackerspace-bamberg.de The box shapes export as SVGs.

The laser cutter is a HPC LS3060 with 50W CO2 laser, connected to the makerspace laptop with a USB cable.

And the laser cutter software is Lightburn on Windows. The files end in ".lbrn2".

Basically, everything looks perfect in Lightburn, including in preview. But when they go to cut, even when each individual shape is in a different layer, the laser will put extra cuts in or randomly move off at a strange angle and make cuts that aren't in the Lightburn file. (See photos of errors attached.)

Have you ever seen anything like this? If so, did you ever work out the cause?

Edit: FIXED! We emailed the people who sold us the laser cutter, and they suggested we check whether our makerspace member was "streaming" the cutting from the laptop with the controls in Lightburn, or if they were sending the file to the laser cutter first and then directly cutting from the laser cutter UI. The member was "streaming" it from the laptop (pressing "start" in Lightburn on the laptop), which apparently can cause these kinds of problems. When they switched to sending the file to the laser cutter and pressing "start" on the laser cutter buttons, it fixed the problem completely and instantly. :)

Still waiting for snow

Anyone out there in fediland have recommendations for laser cutters that can cut wood and acrylic sheets.

Now it's my turn for a #pakidge. Some sheets of 3mm acrylic for the laser cutter. Miraculously none of the corners were smashed in!

Wecreat Vision: Ein Laser-Cutter für Einsteiger im Test. Besonders praktisch: Der Autofokus, der an das Auto-Leveling wie beim #3DDruck erinnert. #LaserCutter https://winfuture.de/videos/Hardware/Wecreat-Vision-Laser-Cutter-und-Gravierer-fuer-Einsteiger-im-Test-26747.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Decided to make an #Autism rainbow infinity badge on my #LaserCutter. Came out pretty well I think. #ActuallyAutistic (edit: added extra picture as photography is too hard and the first one was potato)

I've just moved servers, so I thought I'd better do an #introduction post. I never really did one before, as I wasn't really sure what to say, so hopefully I'll cover all the bases with this one!

I'm a late 50's dreadlocked #Vegan #ActuallyAutistic cis white guy in Telford in the #WestMidlands of the #UK. LGBQT ally. Anti-fascist; Anti-racist; Anti-oppression. Husband and father to several neurospicy children and step-children.

I hate exploitation, oppression and authoritarianism of all sorts.

I'm a #ComputerGeek by trade, and #Maker in my spare time - I love #Linux #FreeBSD #RaspberryPi #Arduino #Python #3DPrinting #LaserCutting #Inkscape. I'm active at my local #RepairCafe and a former #Makerspace founder.

I work #PartTime these days, mainly due to having done 30+ years of high-stress roles in #IT and crashing and burning (#AutisticBurnout) about 5 years ago, just before the #Covid pandemic and eventually slowly putting myself back together.

I make stuff on my #LaserCutter and #3Dprinter; I #Upcycle things like old wooden pallets or old furniture. Occasionally #dabble in #Electronics; hack wood and metal and electronic gadgets.

Music-wise, I'm predominantly into grunge, punk, dub, with a bit of psytrance and electronica on the side.

I love #Art especially amateur/small scale artists. Occasionally try to do my own, in Acrylic paint, or lately wood.

Don't watch TV or netflicks, but I *do* watch some YouTube and PeerTube channels but don't "follow" any.

I think that covers most of it. I hope nobody objects to the hashtag soup!

#LaserCutter Well I managed to get the new laser head fitted and running. Did some test cuts... Took a whole to work out its focusing mechanism - this one has a little adjustable "foot" permanently attached at the back right with a little millimetre scale on it. You have to drop the foot by the required amount for the thickness of your material, loosen the set screw's and drop the head until the foot hits the material, tighten the set screws and retract the foot. Easy when your used to it.