Lube kit arrived yesterday. I read the MSDS, now I'm afraid to unwrap the lube kit...the msds says it's the least toxic thing ever. they had to force feed some poor rabbit 3 times its weight in krytox and NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE RABBIT
:p
And thats how Bunnylake was createdLube kit arrived yesterday. I read the MSDS, now I'm afraid to unwrap the lube kit...the msds says it's the least toxic thing ever. they had to force feed some poor rabbit 3 times its weight in krytox and NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE RABBIT
:p
And thats how Bunnylake was createdLube kit arrived yesterday. I read the MSDS, now I'm afraid to unwrap the lube kit...the msds says it's the least toxic thing ever. they had to force feed some poor rabbit 3 times its weight in krytox and NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE RABBIT
:p
And thats how Bunnylake was createdLube kit arrived yesterday. I read the MSDS, now I'm afraid to unwrap the lube kit...the msds says it's the least toxic thing ever. they had to force feed some poor rabbit 3 times its weight in krytox and NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE RABBIT
:p
i suspect more heart stickers will be needed to fully solve this problem.
the right hand side is a full vial. the left side is a little under tolerance, and probably represents a spill of a gram or two of material. this oil is almost impossible to fully contain. what you're seeing is that it leaked through a snap-fit vial, then seven or 8 layers of pressure from stretch wrap. Tape would do nothing. i could weld the vials shut with glue, but then you would have to cut them open, which most likely means that customs would cut them open for fun and then charge you for it.
that said, i'm quite annoyed that grease made it out. i suspect that what happened in this and in another SE asian test customer I was talking to, customs either pried at the containers then gave up, or actually sat and unwrapped the things, sniffed a bit, laughed at the heart stickers and then wrapped them up again. this was fortunately my intention. i'd rather you be missing 1g or 2g than not get the package at all and get thrown in jail for importing dangerous *.
i suspect more heart stickers will be needed to fully solve this problem.
the right hand side is a full vial. the left side is a little under tolerance, and probably represents a spill of a gram or two of material. this oil is almost impossible to fully contain. what you're seeing is that it leaked through a snap-fit vial, then seven or 8 layers of pressure from stretch wrap. Tape would do nothing. i could weld the vials shut with glue, but then you would have to cut them open, which most likely means that customs would cut them open for fun and then charge you for it.
that said, i'm quite annoyed that grease made it out. i suspect that what happened in this and in another SE asian test customer I was talking to, customs either pried at the containers then gave up, or actually sat and unwrapped the things, sniffed a bit, laughed at the heart stickers and then wrapped them up again. this was fortunately my intention. i'd rather you be missing 1g or 2g than not get the package at all and get thrown in jail for importing dangerous *.
i suspect more heart stickers will be needed to fully solve this problem.
the right hand side is a full vial. the left side is a little under tolerance, and probably represents a spill of a gram or two of material. this oil is almost impossible to fully contain. what you're seeing is that it leaked through a snap-fit vial, then seven or 8 layers of pressure from stretch wrap. Tape would do nothing. i could weld the vials shut with glue, but then you would have to cut them open, which most likely means that customs would cut them open for fun and then charge you for it.
that said, i'm quite annoyed that grease made it out. i suspect that what happened in this and in another SE asian test customer I was talking to, customs either pried at the containers then gave up, or actually sat and unwrapped the things, sniffed a bit, laughed at the heart stickers and then wrapped them up again. this was fortunately my intention. i'd rather you be missing 1g or 2g than not get the package at all and get thrown in jail for importing dangerous *.
i suspect more heart stickers will be needed to fully solve this problem.
ROTFLMAO!!! MKAWA!! U Absolutely ROCK!! Love your creative problem solving technique!! Very, very effective, I'd wager.
"I suspect more heart stickers will be needed to full solve this problem."
LOL.
I was thinking glitter, but then I realized that glitter is too closely associated with Rave & Drug culture.
Double-checked the grease and it didn't spill. Some of the grease seems to have shifted to the top of the container in transit. It touches the top of the cover but it did not spill out.the right hand side is a full vial. the left side is a little under tolerance, and probably represents a spill of a gram or two of material. this oil is almost impossible to fully contain. what you're seeing is that it leaked through a snap-fit vial, then seven or 8 layers of pressure from stretch wrap. Tape would do nothing. i could weld the vials shut with glue, but then you would have to cut them open, which most likely means that customs would cut them open for fun and then charge you for it.
that said, i'm quite annoyed that grease made it out. i suspect that what happened in this and in another SE asian test customer I was talking to, customs either pried at the containers then gave up, or actually sat and unwrapped the things, sniffed a bit, laughed at the heart stickers and then wrapped them up again. this was fortunately my intention. i'd rather you be missing 1g or 2g than not get the package at all and get thrown in jail for importing dangerous *.
i suspect more heart stickers will be needed to fully solve this problem.
Honestly I was expecting much much more spillage given how the postal service here is medieval.
Grease made it out? I'll take a closer look later. Had an audit at work today...or it might be my crappy photo. Haha
My package was not opened by customs but they charged me an inspection fee anyway. They just based the assessment on the attached invoice.
meeting today. i think we're going to spend about 90% of the meeting frying random things with the welder but we'll sign the docs and get our ducks in a row so to get stock in asap
MONTHLY geekhack keys!!I am so new here. :o
Monthly GH key. Needs moar demik.
Monthly GH key. Needs moar demik.demik heckles everything i do. believe me, there's no need for more demik.
the qfr cases are available domestically directly from the CM store at cost. i will only be selling them to international customers and only because the cm store is unable to serve those customers. please see http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47471.0 for how to order the cases at the geekhack discount directly from coolermaster.
i'm still working things out with edsyn. there will be rebuild kits that will consider of a small amount of premixed krytox, a fluorinated elastomer o-ring and a new ptfe tip in either black or blue and white. there will also be full soldapult ds017 units with the fluorinated bits already installed. both items will come will come branded in some way that is currently TBD. i'm currently leaning toward stickers that are either pre-applied or packaged with the item, depending on how complicated the stickers end up being. in the long run, our collaboration with edsyn will hopefully produce a lot more personalization options. however, we are still in the early stages of this, and there are various documents to sign and money to pull out of the couch to make all this happen.
oh, and the benefit of the fluorinated polymers used in my version of the rebuild kit (note that edsyn does sell its own rebuild kit) is that the NO HEAT OR SOLVENTS warning on the barrel will no longer apply. i have been testing the crap out of my upgraded unit as i tune the sizing and various other variables and i can do some pretty darn cool stuff with the prototype gh soldapullt. for example, i can literally suck in flux fumes at full temp along with molten eutectic solder and not have it cause leakage or degradation of the unit. i can literally get my prototype to hold vacuum as long as i've tested. it does not leak at all in any way, basically, even with use (the edsyn o-ring and grease, while inexpensive, _will_ leak after a moderate amount of use). i'm not completely sure my prototype produces better end to end performance yet (i am actually bringing it in for some comprehensive tests tomorrow), but i will not sell my units until i am sure they are an upgrade from the standard edsyn unit.
the qfr cases are available domestically directly from the CM store at cost. i will only be selling them to international customers and only because the cm store is unable to serve those customers. please see http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=47471.0 for how to order the cases at the geekhack discount directly from coolermaster.
i'm still working things out with edsyn. there will be rebuild kits that will consider of a small amount of premixed krytox, a fluorinated elastomer o-ring and a new ptfe tip in either black or blue and white. there will also be full soldapult ds017 units with the fluorinated bits already installed. both items will come will come branded in some way that is currently TBD. i'm currently leaning toward stickers that are either pre-applied or packaged with the item, depending on how complicated the stickers end up being. in the long run, our collaboration with edsyn will hopefully produce a lot more personalization options. however, we are still in the early stages of this, and there are various documents to sign and money to pull out of the couch to make all this happen.
oh, and the benefit of the fluorinated polymers used in my version of the rebuild kit (note that edsyn does sell its own rebuild kit) is that the NO HEAT OR SOLVENTS warning on the barrel will no longer apply. i have been testing the crap out of my upgraded unit as i tune the sizing and various other variables and i can do some pretty darn cool stuff with the prototype gh soldapullt. for example, i can literally suck in flux fumes at full temp along with molten eutectic solder and not have it cause leakage or degradation of the unit. i can literally get my prototype to hold vacuum as long as i've tested. it does not leak at all in any way, basically, even with use (the edsyn o-ring and grease, while inexpensive, _will_ leak after a moderate amount of use). i'm not completely sure my prototype produces better end to end performance yet (i am actually bringing it in for some comprehensive tests tomorrow), but i will not sell my units until i am sure they are an upgrade from the standard edsyn unit.
See the above post. Not sure of cost.
Appreciate all the work your polluting into thus adventure!
Do you know if anyone had used your lube kit to lube a topre board?
Appreciate all the work your polluting into thus adventure!
Do you know if anyone had used your lube kit to lube a topre board?
Don't know if you meant to say "putting into this adventure" but what you did type was funny :))
Appreciate all the work your putting into this adventure!i've played around with using 206 on a topre keychain. it actually makes a huge difference, especially because the type heavens come unlubed - the realforces have silicone grease from the factory. you want a really really weird mix compared to cherry switches though. you basically want like a tiny tiny bit of 1506 against a huge huge amount of 206. something ridiculous like 20 parts 206 to one part 1506. the basic idea is that the 1506 helps keep the seal between the mat and the pcb fairly airtight, but what really makes a difference, and the reason why they use silicone lube on the realforces, is that you actually want something really thick around the stem to help stabilize the stem (almost like an MX switch sticker) and to help make a better gas-tight-ish seal at the stem. the silicone grease they use migrates quite a bit and hence has a fairly limited lifespan. this is one of the major reasons why used topre boards will measure significantly different on actuation force than brand new ones. the rubber mat is very possibly a fluorinated FKM and extremely stable, but the stem assembly is not nearly the same, otherwise it wouldn't even need to be lubed. as such, it's subject to much larger tolerances that the grease can help by filling in.
Do you know if anyone has used your lube kit to lube a topre board?
what if your lubing just the topre sliders?yep, i just put a very viscous but thin ring blob thingamajig around the topre sliders. this is more or less how the realforces come from the factory too, but with krytox forever-grease 206 instead of whatever silicone lube they're using.
in the short-term, if jd is ok with it, i will take pictures of his score before i send it out. real product shots are on the todo today. i'm hoping to get the tent set up completely and get usable shots for everything today.
The heart stickers finally reveal themselves, LOLHUGE SUCCESS
Do you have the solder yet?i have solder and pullts. i think i'm going to have to hand spool the solder, but i can definitely get some out. PM me with what you'd like to order and i'll take a look at what needs to be done to get it to you.
I would like a soldapult, but I also need solder and I would prefer saving on shipping to Canada and get both at the same time so if you don't have the solder ready yet I'll be patient (or try) and wait! :-X
Do you have the solder yet?i have solder and pullts. i think i'm going to have to hand spool the solder, but i can definitely get some out. PM me with what you'd like to order and i'll take a look at what needs to be done to get it to you.
I would like a soldapult, but I also need solder and I would prefer saving on shipping to Canada and get both at the same time so if you don't have the solder ready yet I'll be patient (or try) and wait! :-X
Whats wrong with the soldapult?
I just wanted to know why you think there needs to be a step inbetween a soldapult and a 808.Price, the Soldapullt isn't too expensive, however the Hakko 808 can be considering international shipping as well, so a solution which is better than the current Soldapullt howver not as expensive as the Hakko 808 would be welcome.
I desoldered an entire QFR in 45 minutes with a Soldapult. Seems to work out fine for me.
/me shrugs
Hi kawa, I am unaware of edsyn's large line-up of products, so you can answer this better, do they have a version of their desoldering tool, where the tip is heated by a heating element, like the cheap Chinese variant I bought some time back. A "Desoldering iron". I am quite happy with mine, however as you would expect, the local tool doesn't hold as much vacuum or last as long as an Edsyn product would.where does the power pumped into this tip go when it's not melting solder? it goes into the plastic, which in a soldapullt is high quality ptfe, abs, and other materials, all of which will eventually melt. the cheap chinese variant is not made to last. a soldapullt willl last forever because it was designed properly. the fluorination protects the plastic and sealing bits from hot air and molten bits of solder, all of which should be < 300C. a soldering iron with a soldapullt around it would quickly reach 450C without huge amounts of insulation that cost far more than the soldapullt itself.
The construction is quite simple, instead of a plastic tip like the one on a soldapullt, they have a metallic tip, which is connected to a ceramic heating element which is then wired to a power outlet. The fact that you need only one tool as opposed to using a soldering iron and desoldering tool, makes the job quicker and you have to worry less about timing it correctly.
The logical problem with such a tool would be the susceptibility to heat, now with the fluorinated o-ring and grease, the problem is reduced.
If Edsyn don't have such a product, have they considered one, as I believe we need a product between the soldapullt and the Hakko 808, something intermediate.
Edit: Something like this: http://www.vetco.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=6841
man, we need to get you a real pullt
^^ nice credit card :Poh no :x
MIX AND APPLY KIT:
2x NALGENE 125ml LEAKPROOF BOTTLES (keep two different ratio mixes at once!)
33x PTFE BEARINGS (size and number subject to change as i tune the kit, but current 33 5/16" diameter bearings)
5x 5cc luer lock syringes
10x luer lock caps (these things always get lost. ALWAYS)
1x 25ga polypropylene FLEXIBLE luer lock needle
1x 18ga polypropylene FLEXIBLE luer lock needle (i found that the metal needles were always bending, so i just bought flexible ones for you guys)
1x 14ga steel luer lock needle (big fat needle for loading syringes)
3x 1.5" needle scabbards
all needles are 1.5" long
PRICE: TBA
note that mix and apply kit does not come with krytox. this is on purpose. you buy ONE mix and apply kit and as many krytox lube kits as you need krytox.
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FLOCKING.
My work here is done.
If absolutely necessary (ie, enough demand), I can restock a few more ds017lsghs, but I'd like to make a dent in my stock of DS017GHs first. HOWEVER, now that people have left, I have time to design the orange and black vinyl that will decorate the GH version properly ;)
There are two concrete differences between the LS and the non-ls. The first one that everyone has latched onto is that the LS is black plastic. The second is that the black plastic is slightly conductive, which makes it ESD-safer. We don't typically work with highly ESD sensitive components and the feedback I've gotten has been that what they care about is the color. Hence, I'm setting on some designs for vinyl and I will most likely stock black and gray patterned carbon-fiber vinyl for the bottom-most layer of DS017GH decoration and then an orange vinyl geekhack on top of it. my goal is to look at LEAST as badass as the ds017lsgh for 10 dollars less ;)
hey folks, quick update:
the only thing i will be vending right now is USB adapters, soldapullts (ds017GH) and soldapullt rebuilt kits (DS017GH REBUILD and DS017LSGH REBUILD, for blue and black tips, respectively). thanks for your patience everyone. there will be an update on lubricant availability next week
I am sad :(