Recent content by Andy Snider

"Floating"

I have a keg & it takes a LOT of patience not to overshoot. If your gasket is older, you probably need to replace it, that helped mine a bunch. I don't use heatermeter a lot, just on low & slows but at the beginning I couldn't run below 275* (no damper, fan would naturally draft too much to...

I know Bryan has at least 1. there's a Meater thread from the kickstarter timing that I bumped a couple months ago. I bought 2. My one-word review is 'meh'. I have a big steel keg - My phone has to be within a few feet to hold signal. No way to calibrate - at room temp, my 2 probes read 8*F...

thanks Bryan, I was assuming it was either I fried something or did something dumb, but I couldn't find a spec that was 'key' to choosing motors - I wanted to cross that off the list. It was (partially) the latter. I wondered what the bag of jumpers was for when I got the RAMPS, but forgot...

Thank you Bryan, your advise helped me get rolling. Now I need help with getting under power. I bought a cheap RAMPS/Arduino/A4988 kit off ebay for $20, figured that would get me going. Seems like it won't power the motors. I bought some motors on Amazon that looked like they'd work, but...

Question for those that have a C-Bot / D-Bot. I'm building a D-Bot & I'm to the Z-carriage installation and the wheels won't roll. Only 1 on each side rolls, the others slide. the carriage moves smoothly, just the wheels aren't spinning. I think I've got 1 or both of the problems below...

Of course they did, that's why it took them an extra year to get them out the door. I suspected that would be the case, especially since they don't show up in bluetooth devices on my phone.

Somewhat disappointed. I need some more time to diagnose, but neither probe worked well in it's maiden voyage. Full disclosure, my fried & his son came by, so I was distracted but I don't think that played into the probe issues. Reverse seared 2 1.5" ribeyes yesterday. Meater probes were...

Back from the dead, my Meater probes showed up this week (glad I forgot about them or I'd be ****ed). Anybody else? The app isn't great (Android), mostly fluff like the Anova app. I got 2, so I'll start to work on getting the CHIP to talk to it. Maybe I'll actually use both kickstarter...

How about beep codes? :p

A hot air rework station helps immensely when removing multi-pin components. You can get solder wick hot enough to brand you 6-8 inches away from the heat source even before you touch the part. My thumb hurts just thinking about it. I don't think I've used the solder sucker since I got one. I...

Ask me how I know...

I wouldn't suggest this. Unsoldering the socket is a PITA & risks burning traces. If it's just the socket that's backwards, it's fine. Just put the ATmega in correctly per the PCB & it will work. It's just straight pins, not keyed or crossed in any way. The sizzling sound could be flux &...

Flux pens are great for knocking off that poorly soldered 0603 SMD component that you don't notice until you have odd problems...... Otherwise, they're GTG

I'm worried that one of these days your frankenprojects are going to come to life & destroy us all.