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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by nickelpro on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:55PM (#36474359)
I find Sam a little too dismissive sometimes. He has relatively wealthy parents who let him convert a garage into a home fab, and talks about dropping $30k on a second hand ESM like it's no big deal.

Don't get me wrong, he's a genius, but everytime he transitions into "anyone can do this stuff!" It rubs me the wrong way

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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by fukpaywalls2 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:20PM (#36475368)
Your comment reminds me of those woodshop youtubers with clickbait titles like "diy your own coffee table for only $50", only to find they are using about 10K or more of shop equipment.
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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by earleybird on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:06AM (#36476261)
And then there's New Yankee Workshop "and now let's go over to the xyz machine for <next-step>".
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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by mindentropy on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:46AM (#36479033)
> He has relatively wealthy parents who let him convert a garage into a home fab, and talks about dropping $30k on a second hand ESM like it's no big deal.

The envy I feel when I see these guys with such equipment is enormous. I really would love so much to have a loaded electronics work bench especially oscilloscopes, LAs etc. and of course the time to actually play with it. :-(

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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by all2 on Monday June 26, 2023 @04:19PM (#36485252)
Check if you've got a local hackerspace! There are a lot of good ones out there. By and large you will find excellent people who want to enable you to do amazing things.
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Re:Towards a “PCB Drone” – Making a PCB Motor which reaches ... by nunuvit on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:57PM (#36484973)
He spends an order of magnitude more than necessary for convenience.
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