MEP EP#280: Don't Worry About It

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