MEP EP#378: Crawfish Conundrum

Cooking crawfish a mile above sea level? How will the crawfish cook differently? On this episode of the MacroFab Engineering Podcast, Parker and Stephen discuss the different seasoning, boil and soak times, and building an inexpensive boil pot from materials and supplies Stephen already has. Parker also makes the Box Truk an official project on the podcast even though it has nothing to do with electrical engineering. The last topic is on 3D printing and what is the state of Parker’s and Stephen’s machines and what they use the 3D printers for.

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Topics:

Box Truk Updates

• Transmission cooler and fan installed and wired up
  • Thermal switch and relay setup
• Finished up the rear light wiring but waiting on the brake lights
• Installed a used on board air system for filling up tires and running pneumatic tools
• Next on the list
  • Install a spare tire holder
  • Check for leaks in the transmission lines
  • Install the 360 degree camera system

Crawfish Boil

• Keg conversion
• What do we need?
  • Boil ingredients
    • Butter
    • Salt
    • Crab boil
    • Crawfish oil
      • Louisiana oil
    • Minced garlic
    • Corn
    • Potato
    • Sausage
    • Mushroom
    • Tortellini
  • Post boil ingredients

Three Dee Printing

• Tony_W from the slack channel 
  • “I find 3D printers to be close to magic. You make a wish in fusion 360. Export the wish to the Voron. And voila, when you wake up the next morning, there is your wish on the build plate.”
• Parker’s current state of Printing
  • Currently just print polycarbonate from polymaker on a modified Wanhao D6
    • Other materials to look into? 
    • TPU based materials for making rubber isolators
  • Resin printer is an Elegoo mars 3
    • Want to experiment with more resins but haven’t found the time.
    • What materials should I look into? 
    • Upgrade the printer to the larger versions? 
    • Chrome plating 3d prints