MEP EP#280: Don't Worry About It

Show Notes

MEP EP#280: Don't Worry About It

• Adventures in plastic injection molding
  • Beating the bubble
    • Finding a new method of shooting the material to adjust for issues
    • Change ejector pin depth
  • Change material
    • Light bleed
    • Texturing
• Right to Repair is going global
  • NPR business
  • National Farmers Union
  • Nebraska Legislature Bill 543
  • Getting a pro right to repair guest on the podcast?
    • Louis Rossmann update
• Uncle's Brewery Update
  • Setup the boxes
  • Boiled water and got all the hoses cut
  • Next Steps
    • Mock brew day with lye
    • Brew a batch!
• PCBs for 30W Power Amp
  • Stephen opens up fresh PCBs for his recent power amplifier project
• Resin Printer Update
  • Liqcreate Strong-X Resin
    • Strength is amazing
    • Post processing is a bit more involved
  • Going to try “chroming” next
    • Electroless Copper
      • Caswell kit
      • This is the process PCB manufacturers use to plate the inside of PCB vias
    • Copper plating
      • Thicken up the thin electroless copper layer
    • Nickel plating
      • For corrosion resistance and strengthen the plating
    • Copy Chrome

Creators & Guests

Host

Parker Dillmann

A Founder @MacroFab.Builds Electronics, Cars, & Jeeps.

Host

Stephen Kraig

EE

Producer

Chris Martin

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