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Material science, microfab, microscopy, machining. Mostly :)
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Possibly! Might interfere with the bond to the glass though, since the "susceptor" layer would be in between the metal and glass 😕
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50W 1064nm fiber laser (the kind used for etching/engraving metals)
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Probably a combination of sputtered material, and droplet formation.
Adhesion is good! Can rub it pretty vigorously with a kimwipe and it doesn't scratch off
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If anyone is interested, it's called "Technology Transfer" and most every govt agency and major university has a program to facilitate this
Here's NASA's for example: technology.nasa.gov
Labs do R&D and patent the basics, then license and teach companies who then scale it up for mass production
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It's often licensed or sold to companies, so the proceeds from that (licensing fees, royalties, sale fee, etc) go back to funding more research or covering budget shortfalls
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Yeah I like the breaks, gives me a chance use the restroom and get some snacks.
100% waiting for a stall to open up or playing tetris to access the charge cable is the part that sucks right now
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But yeah this isn't going to happen regardless. Even ignoring Musk's antics, SpaceX has a ton of shit to iron out before Starship is remotely usable for inter-planetary flight. It can't even complete an orbit yet.
(And humanoid robots are dumb)
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Ehh not really.
Minimum energy launch windows (Hohmann transfer orbits) only occur every ~26 months. So if you want that 9 month transit time the next windows is Nov-Dec 2026
At best it's a disingenuous statement because they'd be _launching_ end of 2026.
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Haha I kinda like the sound of a clank 😄
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Flexible on price, mention "BreakingTaps" if you make an offer.
Heavier items will take a few days to get packaged up, not sure I have good enough boxes on hand for them.
Just fyi: some equipment is untested, check the description!
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Oh wow, those look cool! And yeah dangerous, feel like you could do all kinds of janky things with it 😄
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Yunno honestly I don't remember why it ended up like that. I think it was leftover from a feature that was later deleted, and I never made the stops symmetrical.
I think making it symmetrical would be better though!
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Hi hi 😊
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Yeah, using it primarily for thermal coefficient and stiffness. It's reasonably flat/straight due to how it's manufactured, but no real spec and definitely not as good as a ground piece of steel. Just OK.
I'm compensating for those issues with the kinematic adjusters on mirrors/beam splitters
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Was actually something I got from aliexpress a year or two ago. Specs are a bit of a mystery and it wasn't well labeled, which is why I forgot it was a bandpass.
Anecdotally it seems pretty good but haven't tested rigorously
www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803...
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Haha thanks! The beamsplitter mount is for 1" but the optic is 1/2"... this ended up being the path of least resistance 😊
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Scrounged around optical parts box and found this little guy. Not ideal but should work for now 🫤
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Kinda yes. Cubesat hit a potential snag so I'm working on a "short" intermediate project (litho) until that resolves 🙂
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The whole optical platform is going to be a riser above the stage, so I wanted something stiff and with low coefficient of thermal expansion.
A big slab of CF ticked the boxes and wasn't too expensive :)
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Haha yep 😅 I dunno how they came up with the name to be honest
opensauce.com
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Well hi there, fancy seeing you here! 👋
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If you search each one of those keywords followed by 'starter pack' you should get some results. If you're not familiar with starter packs, they are user curated lists of users of whatever subject you are interested in. Very handy for finding your crowd.
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In theory there is also a website for that, like: blueskystarterpack.com/manufacturin...
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Amazing, thank you!
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Oh! I was not familiar with this, awesome thanks!
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If only I lived near San Francisco ðŸ˜
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Few quality of life improvements, like a slot for the torsion spring's leg and slightly reduced size. Who knew making hinges would be so fun 😊
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Nope, future video!
Working on some cubesat hardware :)
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Different project, because I'm terribly ADHD sometimes 😅
But I'll probably incorporate some of these back into the bird since it needs some spring return mechanisms anyway
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Hinge is made of three components, plus a shoulder bolt and a regular bolt. Ball bearings ride on the shoulder bolt and inner/outer halves.
Bearings are 1/32" (0.79mm). So small! 🥺