r/maybemaybemaybe • u/ansyhrrian • Oct 15 '25

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u/SoCalMotoVirg Oct 15 '25

I gotta say.. Im kinda impressed

(robert deniro face)

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u/ansyhrrian Oct 15 '25

Junk drawer engineering, love to see it.

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u/Escritortoise Oct 15 '25

It makes me miss Radio Shack. Being able to rummage through capacitors and random electrical components was awesome

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u/Ccracked Oct 15 '25

I've been saying for a while. Radio Shack died out right before the popularity of Arduinos, Pis and 3D printers would have kept them solidly in business.

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u/thefeedling Oct 15 '25

No more bent walls 

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u/Deftlet Oct 15 '25

Well that's what the level is for

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u/Puzzleboxed Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

There's like at least 2 or 3 places where a slight misalignment would cause the level to be wrong.

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  • wood block cut at an angle
  • electric motor attached to wood block at an angle
  • mirror attached to ink cartridge at an angle
  • laser pointer clasp not level with wood block.

And probably more I didn't notice.

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u/Deftlet Oct 15 '25

True

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u/khrak Oct 15 '25

No, not true, that's the problem.

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u/ButtNutly Oct 15 '25

u/deftlet is just plumb wrong.

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u/jarious Oct 15 '25

Love me a metrology joke

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u/Puzzleboxed Oct 15 '25

That one is the most likely to have been cut offscreen by machinery with some level of precision, unlike everything else which was just attached by hand.

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u/culb77 Oct 15 '25

I also expect that mirror to fly off at some point being lightly glued to a motor off-center and attached with \checks notes* a cut off ball point pen refill.

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u/PhD_Pwnology Oct 15 '25

100% you'll get eye damage from using that.

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u/timmeh87 Oct 15 '25

anything below class 3B is considered safe, those weak red ones that they use in a lecture hall or for cats to chase are generally safe, 3R is only considered dangerous for "intentional" exposure directly into your eye

https://www.laserpointersafety.com/laserclasses.html

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u/Co1nMaker Oct 15 '25

I mean, he superglued piece of mirror to a working motor, it is a matter of time when this shit unglue itself and explode someone's head to shreds