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Show and Tell / Re: 1/16 Sd.KFz.231
« on: August 03, 2021, 09:21:56 AM »
Very nice, thanks for sharing it.  Who made the design?

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Just to add a (likely) final note to this topic as I used the following means to embed a personal picture into a PM (or any forum post as it turns out):
  • Many email hosts will provide free storage for an account.  In my particular case I used Google which provides 15GB of free storage
  • Navigate to your hosts photo section
  • If there isn't one already create a "public" folder
  • Upload the photo you want to share into that public folder
  • Copy the image address of the photo
  • Embed the image address into the PM


My thanks for jhamm and LukeZ for helping get me to this understanding.

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Thanks Luke, appreciate it.  I'm guessing that SimpleMachines/Portal uses the same standardized set of icons for both forum and PM's even though not all actually work for PM's.

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Thanks for helping me out with this.  Sounds like I'd have to go and set up a server to host pictures then.

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Luke-
     I was wondering if you can help provide some direction on this question:  Is it possible to add a picture to a personal message?
     I have searched all of the links at the bottom of this page.  The closest I came to an answer was with the Simple Machines Forum Online Manual under the "As a Regular User" section.  This link wasn't very helpful, other than I now know that users are limited to a paltry 4+ billion messages on the forum  ::) (weak attempt at humor here).  I suspect it may not be possible to embed an image into a PM as the "Attachments and other options" link doesn't exist in PM's as it does in the regular forum message interface.  Any help you can lend would be greatly appreciated!

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Show and Tell / Re: HAYA 1/16 Chieftain
« on: June 17, 2021, 09:52:15 AM »
Nice job!  Can you tell us how you achieved such crisp lines?  I can't imagine that masking tape would yield results as good as that, at least not on such uneven surfaces.

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Show and Tell / Warprints 1/16 Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
« on: June 16, 2021, 08:13:34 AM »
     My apologies if this was posted elsewhere on this forum but I didn't see any reference to it in my search. 
     Just curious if anyone has printed out/purchased a kit version of Warprints 1/16 Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer?  It looks like the the model creator has done some very nice work on not just the kit itself but also the assembly guide, etc...  It looks like the designer is also in the process of designing a 1/16 scale Cromwell as noted on the Warprints Facebook page.

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Show and Tell / Re: Started my T-35 Tank (Thanks to Dean Rauch)
« on: June 11, 2021, 03:01:32 AM »
Well done Joe.  Thanks for posting the update on this huge project.  I honestly thought that you may have run into one problem or another which had caused you to stop work on it.  I'm glad to see it complete and running so well!

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Other Open Source Projects / Re: Standalone Tank IR
« on: April 11, 2021, 10:01:41 AM »
Luke-  I was able to compile successfully using 1.8.13 IDE and AVR board # 1.6.20.

The memory usage was as follows:
Sketch uses 24238 bytes (78%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 1450 bytes (70%) of dynamic memory, leaving 598 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 2048 bytes.

Well done and thank you again for looking into, and solving, this.

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Other Open Source Projects / Re: Standalone Tank IR
« on: April 08, 2021, 08:02:26 AM »
Luke-
      Absolutely no apologies necessary.  You do a great job running Open Panzer and supporting the many user requests.  You should know that your work is definitely appreciated. 
      I will try the solution you recommend and give you feedback once done.  I had embarked on another solution in the meanwhile using the ATTiny85 but would still very much like to get your Standalone implementation working.  It will be some time before I can work on this however due to a rather large home project I am working on.
     Thanks again for investigating this and providing a solution.

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Show and Tell / Re: Started my T-35 Tank (Thanks to Dean Rauch)
« on: February 15, 2021, 07:47:47 AM »
Nice job Joe, thanks for posting.  It's good to see that the work continues on the T35.  It will look amazing on the battlefield.  Nice find on the Maestro controller too.

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Show and Tell / Re: Started my T-35 Tank (Thanks to Dean Rauch)
« on: December 17, 2020, 05:16:02 AM »
...if you click the "Notify" button at the top of a thread the forum will send you an email when a new post is made, …. There are further user-specific Notification settings if you go to your Account Settings and under "Modify Profile" go to the "Notifications" section.  :)
Thanks Luke, now being notified.  There is a lot of flexibility that the forum settings offers, I appreciate your mentioning it.
      Looks like Joe may now have a fellow “Brother in Arms”!


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Show and Tell / Re: Started my T-35 Tank (Thanks to Dean Rauch)
« on: December 16, 2020, 11:44:26 AM »
Joe-
      Sorry it took so long to respond,  it's not for lack of interest!  This forum is the first one where I have been active at all, even to the small degree of that activity.  Anyway, I was checking back daily expecting that a response to a post that I had made would be flagged.  I know now that that only happens for PM's.  Live and learn, I suppose.
     It sounds like you have invested a lot of time, thought and effort into making a good track design.  If the tracks can support over 12 pounds I would say that you have succeeded in coming up with a very good track design.  It seems to me that it could make the T35 a viable tank for battle if that's the intent, and, at a minimum, worth the effort to print one up and tool around in.   I must admit:  The addition of sound really makes the tank come to life.  Hopefully you're now on your way to finishing off the superstructure, turrets, etc...
    Also-  thanks for your detailed responses to my slew of questions.   This helped to clarify some details about the tracks.  Please keep us posted on your progress!

Eric


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Show and Tell / Re: Started my T-35 Tank (Thanks to Dean Rauch)
« on: December 11, 2020, 01:57:49 AM »
Joe-   Thank you for posting the video showing the tracks being printed in place and your other updates.  It's clear that it takes a bit of time to print even just two track shoes.  I'd like to understand the track assembly process a bit better.  Can you clarify the process of inserting the pins?  I'm assuming that you remove the tracks from the printer plate,  drill out the holes for the pins and then insert the pins? 
     I'd like to ask a few questions about the track/pin design if you don't mind indulging my curiosity for a bit:
  • What is the actual failure mode of the tracks?  I'm assuming the plastic fractures at the hinge joints (or knuckles as I believe they're called), is that correct?
  • If the failure mode described above is correct is it possible to make the hinges thicker at the hinge knuckles?  Once again I'm assuming that is what your design iterations are working on.
  • Can you use thinner wire to effectively increase the knuckle thickness?  I suppose the limitation here might be the small diameter of the drill bit itself as too small a bit will break easily.
  • Any idea why the original designer chose to print the guide horns separate from the track shoe itself?
  • Is it possible to use an acetone vapor-bath to help fuse the individual printed plastic extrusions together?  I used this on several of my ABS prints to help smooth out the rough surface texture inherent in 3D printed parts which I believe Luke once made reference to.  Perhaps a full-on vapor bath wouldn't be required but maybe "painting" just the track hinge knuckles would strengthen the joints. 
      I likely got way ahead of myself or you've probably considered all of the possibilities I described above but my curiosity has gotten the better of me.
      In the video of the T35 running outside its performance on the brick, and even the larger stones, was impressive.  I found myself holding my breath a bit somewhat expecting the tracks to break or slip off the road wheels.  I would think that, if you could run the tracks for a number of hours without breakage you would have a successful design. 

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Other Open Source Projects / Re: Standalone Tank IR
« on: November 30, 2020, 02:31:12 PM »
Hi Eric, I'm back but still in the process of digging out from the backlog of emails and stuff at my job, so I have not gotten much work done but I can at least respond to your posts! I checked out the two platform files you posted and I really don't see any differences in the relevant sections, but it was worth the check.
Luke-  Glad to hear that your move is complete, I suppose that now the settling will begin.  Thanks for taking the time to check out the files.

...there definitely is something weird going on because the same code should really compile to roughly the same size and in this case the difference between IDEs is not even close. I will need to do some more research and probably post a help request over at the Arduino forums, but I really would like to get to the bottom of this. Whenever I do, I will report back here what I find.
I appreciate your checking into the issue.  I would like to understand what's happening as well.  It would be most convenient to be able to use just one IDE on one machine.

...then I agree a dedicated thread in this same subforum would be a good idea, ...
Very good.  Once I make more progress on the ATtiny85 project, and have something more meaningful to report, I'll start a separate thread for it. 

     I must admit, having the public scrutiny (from all of the perhaps three people who may be reading these posts) forces me a bit to deliver on my ideas.  This could be a good thing.




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