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Unread 04-02-2014, 17:36
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Re: Things you only do ONCE!

Definitely don't drill anything metal, sharp, or both while holding it with your hand. Fortunately the scar is pretty much gone now.

Other things to avoid:
  • Cutting small parts on the chopsaw (it will go flying)
  • Leaving the chuck key in a drill press/lathe/mill
  • Holding resistors while soldering them
  • Stalling AM9015 motors (burned out the motor and melted the brand new Anderson connectors)
  • Send poorly dimensioned drawings for machining


I should point out that CAD autosave is not a thing because of the time it takes to save assemblies of hundreds of parts.
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