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- Continuity10
Yeah, so, top tip: don't sneeze whilst you're standing up peeing.
It doesn't end well.
- lolKrassy
- as opposed to sitting down peeing?Krassy
- ^ Precisely.Continuity
- Aka the drip painter.helloeatbreathedrive
- lolGuyFawkes
- Nairn5
Ignore:
I've had a problem with my laser machine which I recently realised might be what's causing another problem, so instead of doing any actual work today, I've had the studio in chaos as I moved everything around and then took the machine apart to try and rectify the root fuckery.
Main problem was - one corner of the 'table' was at least 15mm off height from the rest. This *should* be impossible as the mechanism that moves the table up and down does so from one motor and uses a linking/timing belt to move all corners at the same rate. Somehow, this had slipped on one of them.
Secondary problem was - because there was so much tension on one of the bearings, the motor was refusing to smoothly move the table up and down - instead, it would pulse, hit resistance and stop. Stupid me would then hit hit hit hit hit hit etc the button to move the table. Presumably this also made the problem worse, I now realise.
Solution is to decouple the timing belt and then twist one bearing so that it matches the height of the other three. Trouble is, I couldn't work out how to do this without jimmying the timing belt, which is something I figured would be Bad. It's very taut and has no split-off point.
So instead I try and remove the troublesome corner's coupling to the bearing and having read a similar machine's workaround, I go this route. One thing in that workaround was "Don't fully remove the screws", so obviously I fully removed the screws.
I realise that the thing I've just fucked can't in any way help, so I've simply made my situation a lot worse.
I then think 'fuck it' and go dig out some teflon sheet I had, wrap it around one of the timing belt cogs and twist the thing off. That frees up the bearing I need to twist, and like a violin, it's fixed!
Yaay!
I then spent an hour and a half swearing at myself, trying to get the incredibly fiddly, grease-covered bearing attachment bolts bolts back into place. Two of them, each less than an inch long - an hour and a half of my fucking life, getting those sodding things back into place.
So.In future. If in doubt, just hack the fucking thing.
- i know this is dull as hell, but whatever - the space I was doing this is 38cm wide. The thing I fucked had one third twist of access on each allen key twist.Nairn
- It's not been a fun few hours.Nairn
- Lol dude, ours is so jerry-rigged to work I wonder how they seized the table in place. I have to turn the mechanism for the table to go up and down by hand.futurefood
- Since we only cut two types of material anyways, I fixed the table to were I can just swap the business end of the laser nozzle to change the height.futurefood
- Since then I have managed to fit and cut the underside of a skateboard deckfuturefood
- When I was just starting to get familiar with the laser I noticed an issue connecting to smartcarve that had plagued my manager for a few monthsfuturefood
- Jobs would be sent and never arrive at the machine so I replaced the usb cable, but that didn’t do it.futurefood
- So I popped the machine open to inspect the control board and started testing the wires related to the usb module and found the problem wirefuturefood
- Spent about two hours troubleshooting the machine to then find the wiring issue. Not fun at all...futurefood
- kingsteven2
Girlfriend's bank just paid off her £5k debt, corrected her credit rating and put £3k in her current account because they didn't notify her of fees on a credit card she had 8 years ago /maxed out traveling/ failed to repay. She's ignored every attempt from debt collectors to get it back, throwing the letters straight in the bin for years - did not give a shit :D
Being responsible with money does not pay!
- wow, she intentionally destroyed her credit?monospaced
- well intentioned at the time but couldn't get on top of the fees, got some inheritance and paid off a 5k, had 5k left that they passed to debt collectors...kingsteven
- turns out she would have paid it off + 3k if it hadn't been for the fees...kingsteven
- sounds like she paid a lot then?monospaced
- shellie0
A friend of mine wants a logo and letterhead. She doesn't know what her budget should be, but she's rebranding her small business that basically does operations, business management, and accounting for small independent companies (like designers that have an LLC and mid-sized clients). If you're interested, I can make an introduction.
Located in Los Angeles, so preferably someone who can work on or communicate with someone on pacific standard time.
- Name: Jim
Job Title: Sr. Web Designer and partner
Salary/Income: 190k/year and some company benefitsutopian - https://www.qbn.com/…ideaist
- It is slightly funny to me that a company who does operations, business management, and accounting for small independent companies like...nb
- ...designers that have an LLC does not know what their budget should be for hiring a designer. Hehehehenb
- she is welcome to contact me. I have extra time as of last weekimbecile
- hey this is what i do and i just moved to LA, i'd be interestedcolin_s
- Name: Jim
- Hayzilla4
Spent some of my bored hours in the house making a musical mix for nobody to listen to. Enjoy fellas...
- talk is cheap homiegrafician
- +helloeatbreathedrive
- I don't understand what either of those comments mean.Hayzilla
- "a beautiful night for a homicide, a beautiful night to kill crackers"drgs
- ^ LOL yes mate!!Hayzilla
- whatthefunk0
Anything going on tonight, where are you guys heading?
- First when I got hungry I popped on over to the fridge to get something to eat. After that we toured the living room and picnicked in the den.monospaced
- finding myself a bit hungry, so i may go and get a snacknb
- I am headed from one room to another. This includes the living room, office, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. In no particular order. The night is young.utopian
- cleaning cat litter...pango
- Hayoth-3
Never seen so many grown ass men freaked out by 98.9% survival rate.
- https://gfycat.com/s…dorf
- You're a dullard, a mutant with a poorly developed and varnished brain, a second fiddle clown, a piss-stained toddler, a panty-sniffer and a chump.face_melter
- Perhaps we're not freaked out about getting it so much as we are about transmitting to someone we love of whom it may end up killing.PonyBoy
- "We're rounding the turn!"utopian
- US has 328.2 million people...
1% = 3.3 million.
yes, nothing is freak out about.pango - *topango
- Never seen so many grown ass men and women be so completely stupiddkoblesky
- 1 in EVERY 1000 people from the state of North Dakota has already died from Covid. 1% of the entire state. You are a royal cunt Hayoth.monospaced
- I dare your beta cuck ass to go there and question their manliness you stupid ass bitch.monospaced
- You guys are ANTI SCIENCE, and a dangerous cult. You would sell out your own families.Hayoth
- He's really just scream random stuffs now LOLpango
- You’re a communist!monospaced
- Its your voter base thats dying HayothGuyFawkes
- Hayoth, say hi to your white mother from mebabydick
- Jesus fuck, it should have been "whore mother" fucking cuck autocorrectbabydick
- Either way eat shit you dumb fuck, suck some HIV positive dicksbabydick
- whatthefunk3
lol @ hayoth
- I didn’t know you could shoot the virus! This changes everythingGnash
- Ya that 98.9% survival rate is SUPER DUPER SCARY.Hayoth
- You're SUPER DUPER STUPIDimbecile
- When you have a hammer in your hand, you walk around looking for nails...stoplying
- @Hayoth 1 out of a 100 chance you'll die. Are those great odds for risking your life?jagara
- shellie3
Line Produced a music video that's shooting in new york this weekend. I have a producer on the ground in my stead. But, this is the first time I'm not going to be on set and I am nervous. Up before sunrise with my crew across the country.
- You can do it! Adapt and deliver! Fuck yeah!nb
- Producer on the ground:
https://arresteddeve…nb - shellie girl you need to delegate to be all over at all times, you know...grafician
- so far so good. successfully solved some issues from afar. this could work.shellie
- One more day to go and I'm in the clear.shellie
- you running q-take? remote production aint as bad as it seems.inteliboy
- @intellaboy im flyin blind on this one. Music Videos don't have big budgets. But I have a shoot with remote stream and capture in 2 weeks.shellie
- NBQ00-3
Craving for some beans & onions. Going to fart like a cowboy later.
- grafician-2
who made that video with plants in a forest "enhanced" with all sorts of CGI...this was like 10 years ago
- 1stAveMachine ?NBQ00
- pretty sure it wasn't manvsmachine or buck, but a small studio, NY based from what I can remember, maybe?grafician
- Ha! YES NBQ! I owe you a large beer!
This one: https://vimeo.com/40…grafician - The QBN Hive Mind™ strikes again! Brilliant!grafician
- You read the book Borne? It's pretty amazing... Post-apolalyptic but in a world like this.inteliboy
- https://en.wikipedia…)inteliboy
- robotinc6
I've been eying this camper, thinking I may go for it
- do it!ok_not_ok
- campers like those are usually eyeing you :)_niko
- ^oey_oey
- Do it with caution. They can become a huge money pit.Morning_star
- What year? I have an ‘81 air cooled one very similar. I bought it for 6k and dumped another 10k and it still breaks down. It’s fun when it runs.fooler
- https://i0.wp.com/wo…Krassy
- Nicescarabin
- Do itGuyFawkes
- Had an 84 Westie in CA. Love/Hate realtionship.
Pros- its a freakin' westie!
Cons- Weak accel, weak brakes, private resale only (few kbb comps), blown motorszombiewoof
- autoflavour2
Alex Jones has always been crazy, but listening to him now he has gone totally fruit loop..
- Why would you listen to that cunt?BusterBoy
- He went full-retard over a decade ago. Who have you been recently listening to again?utopian
- For the lulzGuyFawkes
- I periodically check in to see what the fringe elements are ranting about..
know your enemy kind of deal..autoflavour - ^ I think is a good approach innit.MrT
- Fax_Benson2
Sliced the of my right index finger off with a mandoline (the veg slicer, not the instrument) while making dinner last night. Hadn't used it years for this very reason. So predictable.
- pics!renderedred
- Ouch!! Those things are the devilOBBTKN
- *tip of my index fingerFax_Benson
- I got a hellish slash across my palm once trying to switch blades in a spiralizer. bad design.microkorg
- I was begged not use it because I'm a known idiot when it comes to these things.Fax_Benson
- I use these...
https://www.amazon.c…fooler - Was it one of the ones with the ceramic blades?garbage
- palimpsest-1
I remember once writing a post about elastic boundaries in QBN, at the time I was thinking more of the technical boundaries and loopholes that QBN provided for those familiar with it. I built smaller groups around it, I also built groups outside of QBN but always linked to QBN. Now I think we need that elasticity in our discussion.
I do believe we should each stand up for what we believe in but it's a shame that we have given up nuance and camaraderie in the way. We are a relatively small community, I have always seen QBN as a community. Whenever I see either one of your user names I always have a personality associated with it and read your responses in my version of your voice. I guess I'm just suggesting we bring back the human in our small virtual community.
- ..says the guy with yet another pseudonym, undermining any attempt to attach a 'personality' to it?Nairn
- LOL, this is good! troll on...renderedred
- Nairn,
I first changed names in an attempt for messages to be read without prejudice. This is about messages being read in their own voice. I see no discrepancypalimpsest - Maybe I haven't been here long enough to merit a voice. It's too late to change my name.palimpsest
- And your former name was ... ?Continuity
- soundofreason.
A sound without a voice.palimpsest - Aha. Gotcha.
And other nicks?Continuity - Where you also Robo?utopian
- bobo?monospaced
- Yes.palimpsest
- Ah, I figured it was you, you twat xNairn
- Twat, indeed.
:Dpalimpsest - Nothing gets past you city slickers.palimpsest
- Are you making the attempt of striking a more conciliatory tone? Engaging in a civilized discourse moving forward would be exceptable by most QBNr's.utopian
- ^ This, without irony or sarcasm.Continuity
- Whom do you believe, your eyes or my words?palimpsest
- My eyes of course
https://i.imgur.com/…utopian - But seriously, I don't really have any problems with you. I do think that you owe others here an apology.utopian
- For using Bing Crosby lyrics in a post? I thought we got cleared.
I think I have shown my goodwill. Your move.palimpsest - Your message is always the same Bobo.PhanLo
- Noted.palimpsest
- haha missed this, love it. If true.fadein11
- if it is robo I never had a problem with you compared to others here. but I am guessing this is another joke smh.fadein11
- Y'all obsessed with robo. It's all relevant to my post though.palimpsest
- Robo hasn't posted in months yet his voice still haunts the halls of QBN.
Hats off!palimpsest - if someone were to troll like robo did and then come back in earnest, I'd just say prove yourself in action rather than asking, "be a grown up", I guess?ben_
- Exactly!palimpsest
- But you'd understand why people would be suspicious of what kind of person they actually are for... maybe a really long time?ben_
- This post had nothing to do with robo but if it can help move the dialogue forward I'm willing to take the heat.palimpsest
- you are robomonospaced
- Yes.palimpsest
- and you're referring to a post you made as robo?monospaced
- I just said this has nothing to with robo. This has to do with the reaction I see to comments and post that use sarcasm.palimpsest
- Back in the day when someone said something stupid we would engage in race to see who could top it off while laughing along the way. Re: camaraderiepalimpsest
- Back in the way we all knew Bing Crosby and Christmas songs weren't a tool of white supremacy. So that was something we could play with.palimpsest
- Back in the day a conspiracy theory was something to be laughed at. Probably ending with the common conclusion that Australia wasn't real.palimpsest
- Monospaced,
I think you should take the time to reread our exchanges. I hope you realize how civil I've been all along. It's not for me, it's for you.palimpsest - animals always shit in the place they live.face_melter
- i_monk2
- Atomic number checks out.Continuity
- ✓ Atomic Volume checks oututopian
- Nicescarabin
- exactly!renderedred
- Prolonged exposure is known to cause fecklessness, mental retardation, and misery.face_melter
- nicested
- maquito8
Was driving by Plaza Independencia yesterday with my family and shot a quick iPhone picture waiting for the traffic lights. I liked the natural light I guess.Summer is almost here. Holiday season in Uruguay (as well as in the rest of Southern Hemisphere countries) is all about long sunsets, warm temperatures, bbq nights, open windows and birds singing.
Plaza Independencia
Montevideo, Montevideo Department
https://goo.gl/maps/gdAGvTBNia2F…- We just got a bunch of snow dropped on us in Chicagodkoblesky
- I'm freezing my nuts off here in Munich. Hoodie zipped up, flannel pyjama bottoms, socks, radiators on.
I hate your fucking guts, maq. :(Continuity - Beautiful, man.helloeatbreathedrive
- Sorry, guys! Just think that in July, it’s 39 down here, meanwhile you’re probably having sex on the beach (?)maquito
- @Cont or to be more specific, drinking an ice-cold Paulaner at Englischer Garten ;)maquito
- I'm more of an Augustiner man, myself. ;)Continuity
- Reminds me a lot of BsAsChimp
- It is actually a tiny bsasmaquito
- imbecile3
I'm a multifaceted designer. I specialize in nothing and design only for the satisfaction of the endorphin rush... whether that be from client approval, customer appreciation, or simply ego from a job well done. Today, that rush is courtesy of customer appreciation...
"I have been looking for something that was both aesthetically pleasing as well as designed well. This flatware set fits the bill perfectly! From the weight of each piece of the ergonomic design - I love these utensils and so does my family! My guests always ask where I got them and what they are and I know of at least 2 families that have also purchased from the Knork family of utensils. I have bought two sets off Amazon and will likely buy a 3rd and 4th so that I can have a full set of 16 places."
- You designed the flatware?Gnash
- yesimbecile
- Amazon review?monospaced
- Sweet! Nicely done :)Gnash
- agree, cool stuffmonospaced
- yes, amazon review. i found similar on their siteimbecile
- a nice shoebox is what he made :)
your christmas spam is working, i went buying. hope it won't travel 47 days like my last order with 4 day delivery :Dsted - Arrives: Dec 15 - 23 lol :Đsted
- Nairn3
I'm now fairly sure that fruitflies are vengeful.
- I seen two fighting in my lounge. Aus tv is shit sometimes.MrT
- hahaNairn
- We've had a small problem with them here (kitchen covid shutdown), so I kill a couple every evening. As soon as I do, I get kamikazed by other flies. it's weirdNairn
- It's like single X-wings attacking the Death Star. Like, dudes - back off! You can't win this one. But then they reproduce, and in their own small way, do win.Nairn
- I am entirely glossing over Luke's heroics in Episode 5, I realise. But he was part of a whole squadroned attack. Not just him and two other nutters.Nairn
- 4 ;)fadein11
- We had a small "infestation" in the kitchen and bathroom in October. Fruit in a cup with clingfilm over the top with holes got them all in 3 days.Hayzilla
- utopian0
Me craving sourdough bread.