I had a Harbor Height cordless drill that worked just fine for like six years, to my surprise and delight. I’m a light duty user, so I upgraded to a brushless Ryobi.
I had a Harbor Height cordless drill that worked just fine for like six years, to my surprise and delight. I’m a light duty user, so I upgraded to a brushless Ryobi.
Universal Radio Hacker probably isn’t as simple as you are hoping, but it should be moderately easy and very powerful https://github.com/jopohl/urh
Consider post processing steps if you really need smooth parts. Sandable fillers, special paints, epoxy coatings, or just a bunch of sanding. I’ve had good luck with XTC-3D. It’s an epoxy you paint on that’s specifically designed for smoothing prints.
You could also consider a resin printer if you need smooth. They are their own can of worms, but the resolution and smoothness is good.
I usually just accept the roughness.
Wait until you learn about micro ops and processor internals. That somebody isn’t as wrong as you think.
I agree with the people suggesting Onshape.
But if you like programming, OpenSCAD can be really interesting.
To be fair to 4, cell phones are miraculous.
It’s off site, but hackaday.com is great for (mostly) electronics and computer tech articles.
That’s a surname 😞
Ryobi cordless tools because I’m a light duty user. Wiha screwdrivers because I’m worth it (and they are worth it). And the nice Hakko soldering tools because I use those more.