• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 hours ago

    A couple of off-post-topic question: I’m at below-novice level in machining (learning on an old, manual Bridgeport mill at my makerspace). Can you recommend any simple but functional projects for practicing skills on a mill and learning behaviors is different materials?

    Also, I’m intending to machine a replacement for my electric guitar’s bridge since the stock one is both out of spec, making it impossible to find an aftermarket replacement, and it’s made of chrome-coated pot-metal, making it kinda ugly and musically poor. Do you have any suggestions for alloys that are interesting, decently machinable, and non-leaded?

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        4 minutes ago

        Someone had one posted in a discord chat I was in to calculate the resistance on a resistor by image. It didn’t even give you the color band chart to calculate anything. Just “What resistor is 200Ω?”