Guys what can we as a community dream up for our pal Ryan so he can get some more traffic? must be something ? With our thoughts/dreams and his skills, we can make anything!

What about some cyclone, blast gates and overall waste/dust management system for the LR4?

@Michael_Melancon is working on something like this for his house right now. Waiting for him to finish so I can make mine better!

[image] Jonathan Jones: @Michael_Melancon is working on something like this for his house right now After 2 years of having a motorized blast gate mounted to the wall that I still manually open and close because it’s not actually connected, I finally bit the bullet and have been working on th…

[image] Mike M: Once it gets a little more polished, I’ll share it publicly That would be a nice toy for the shop. Are you going to sell ready made boards so I don’t have to suffer solder? :joy:

[image] Philipp: Are you going to sell ready made boards so I don’t have to suffer solder? :joy: Not to the EU with y’all’s stupid electronics rules :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[image] Philipp: That would be a nice toy for the shop. Are you going to sell ready made boards so I don’t have to suffer solder? :joy: [image] JST-PH connectors on steppers Hey @Tokoloshe , it’s time to learn some crimping soldering… :smiley: And no, that’s not a joke, I had to do it too a…

Bullying, that’s what it is!! :frowning: :stuck_out_tongue:

[image] Mike M: a motorized blast gate mounted to the wall are these going to be the 3d printed variety with magnetic attachments? I like the idea of those, but lack the patience to actually draw it.

Not sure about any magnetic attachments but I know we both run a 3d printed ball valve that is set up for a servo motor. I had one working back when I was running the LR3 and had a video of it somewhere on here. But I had a cheapest of the cheap aliexpress ESP on it that didn’t last long. Been wa…

[image] Jonathan Jones: It was a private school. Private and Charter schools partially exist because they don’t have to follow the rules of public schools. All those rules for spending public money are because someone bought some ridiculously priced paper clips or something from their cousin…

New project for 2026

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jeyeager (Jason Yeager) January 4, 2026, 9:09pm 57

Fixed it for you