Awesome video. One thing I would change is the title: Road milling. It is a bit technical for a lay-person, I myself have never heard that term in reference to roadwork nor seen it on signs anytime they would do road work in my state. The general term “roadwork” would suffice or Roadwork (milling) Even though being specific is important, you would want the most amount of relevant people to know. Reminds me of how Elon Musk banned employees from using acronym jargon at Tesla, since it stiffened communication between colleagues
Road milling: Sunday Evening, 7PM Until Monday Morning, 7AM The main point here is to not need to look at the calendar to determine which day it starts. Also, stating the day and evening for start and day and morning for end.
The only issue is that if there are any issues that prevent completion, they may require an additional day or two to complete, but in no way will they continue working past 7Am. Therefore, they cannot put a definitive end date on the sign. Also, the sign is to be read by people who are driving by, so it must be as short as possible. "Work, Start date, working hours" has the right balance of relevant information and brevity.
Just to enrich Dave's challenge being from the UK: 1. I have no idea what you mean by Milling 2. I always get confused with your MMDD notation, we do DDMM 3. I have no idea how long the milling goes on for. 4. I have no idea if the road is closed, one lane, reduced speed or what. 5. I don't know if I need to drive differently.
@@davelelonek5598 Nice to hear man 👍. This is my dream car btw so I have watched alot of vids on it including old top gear. I live in pacific north west where it rains alot.
Hey Dave, incredible workplace you’ve created! Could I please as how you make all your trolly and tables with the pipes? I noticed they all have corner connectors
Wow. I thought formlabs was the best resin printer. I used to send parts to a print service with Form 2s and they also steuggled with failed prints about 50% of the time. He had me model in some supports. So then which resin printer works for you?
I've owned 8x Form 2's and now 3x Form 3's, the part issues OP shows are weird, never seen anything like it. Something is likely up with his machine, and debugging the problem won't be fun but in this case I'm guessing its mechanical somehow. The warping is common in FDM but not in SLA, as SLA printers do not really rely on heat other than to increase the viscosity of the resin. OP should work with support and hopefully they can get this sorted.
@@davelelonek5598 wow, I've decided to not go the resin route. I had formlabs send me some sample prints to evaluate. . They were sticky gummy, I thought they were not cured fully So I put them out in the sun for a couple of hours and now they are gummy and yellowed...ugh. I Ned mechanical parts, so I'm sticking with fdm until SLS has a large enough print volume for under $6k all in. Micronics looks ok but too small and those machines look like they will be full of problems the first year or two.
With resin printing, there is an art to doing manual supports and proper orientation. Sometimes, more is not the right solution. Keep in mind that with SLA printing, there is a constant tug of war between the build plate, FEP, and weight of the print. Have you joined the FormLabs Reddit or Facebook groups? Usually very helpful printer communities out there.
Appreciate the comment. Formlabs themselves could not do the prints either and made a bunch of excuses. We are using this for industrial applications and can’t afford for the machine to not work and waste thousands of dollars in resin and time.
@@davelelonek5598 yeah I get that. The form labs is a production machine, however each component needs to be prototyped and dialed in if not working after first print. What other resin. printers have you used before the FL?
@@AdventuresonZero our needs are prototypes and tooling. We can’t print 10 of something in the hopes one will come out ok. I’m looking at others now since this is trash.
Looks like potentially you got a lemon printer I've had 2 Form 3B's for years with no issues with distortion or chunks missing. For your larger parts potentially it could be the orientation or even that the part itself is too heavy? -- I can attest to that the premium support/service is worth it to be able to talk to a real person rather than an email chain. I'm sorry that you're having this experience -- I'd push to get a NEW printer rather than a refurbished printer. Have used Formlabs products for over 4 years for everything from medtech parts to minatures to jewelry without any problems.
@@davelelonek5598 have you tried hollowing out the larger parts in chitubox with the infill and then saving as stl file & then trying to print it out on the form 3+?
A resin printer, and especially the Formlabs, is simply not suited for the parts you're showing. It's best at printing organic shaped, thin and detailed parts. Thick, solid, flat parts simply don't work. If you're still considering a resin printer because of the surface quality needed I would highly recommend getting a bunch of test prints done.
I looked into Nexa3D and they seemed to have failed as well but for different reasons. The Form did print some good parts and all of a sudden went bad (same part, same file, same material). Seems clear they are not reliable
the resin isn't always the best, may not be the printer. check your resin. Went threw 3 clear resins before I found one that works. Also exposure time varies from resin to resin.
What a total control freak and narcissist. I feel sorry for the employees.This sounds like a borderline cult culture.. If you're crying about the paid lunches, then take them away. Don't guilt trip people into this bull shit What the hell is wrong with you. This is NOT what lean is about, and there's no sense debating or arguing with you. Because I can see by your attitude.You think your always right and you think you're a no it all. Do yourself your business and your employees get some help.
I love how organized everything turned out!! Not having to look for tools definitely cuts down on how much time used looking for them. Love the efficiency
