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sswilson

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One of the antenna connectors on my new wifi 7 laptop card pulled off of the card during installation. No way I put any kind of improper pressure on it to cause that so I'm assuming a poor/cold solder joint.

Lot's of cursing on my end as I thought it was going to be damn near impossible to get the broken piece out of the laptop lead, but it was relatively easy to remove once I got it under the magnifying lens/light.

On the plus side..... Amazon order so the return was/is relatively painless, however I wish there was an option to re-order during the return process for broken items.
 

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Waiting for both a pickup (return) and a delivery from Dragonfly. They've already blown past (by an hour) their "your delivery/pu will be carried out some time over the next 3 hours" email(s), and now the online tracking has delivery by 9PM and the Pickup by 10PM?

Dragonfly is a relatively new "last mile" delivery service here in Moncton and my first experience with them has not been a positive one. :(
 

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Waiting for both a pickup (return) and a delivery from Dragonfly. They've already blown past (by an hour) their "your delivery/pu will be carried out some time over the next 3 hours" email(s), and now the online tracking has delivery by 9PM and the Pickup by 10PM?

Dragonfly is a relatively new "last mile" delivery service here in Moncton and my first experience with them has not been a positive one. :(
They use to be called Intelcom. They've been around here for at least 5 years I'd say.
 

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Yeah, it looked like they were doing all of the same routes that Intelcom used to do, but I wasn't sure if it was a rebrand, or if Dragonfly muscled in on the territory with better pricing.

The vans have all been rebranded for sure.
 

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Yeah, it looked like they were doing all of the same routes that Intelcom used to do, but I wasn't sure if it was a rebrand, or if Dragonfly muscled in on the territory with better pricing.

The vans have all been rebranded for sure.
Just a rebranding. When they sent out the tracking emails it did mention for a while they were changing names.
 

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Someone on FB was giving away a Dyson PH03 humidifier / purifier as it had some error they couldn't clear. I might as well give it a shot on fixing it. It is a $1200 unit. Has a tank missing error. Open it up and no joke their is a piece of duct tape covering up the pump cover to seal it. And they all come this way. :ROFLMAO:

And to top it off, they recommend shaking it during the cleaning cycle, which is likely how water got inside.

They do sell replacements for sub $60. But OOS. Probably because they are all dying as I've seen so many threads on reddit while searching. Hmm, $60 on Dyson Canada, but $130USD on american site. And $220CAD on aliexpress.
 

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I had a contact at Raijintek... was hoping to work together to design the "ultimate" sandwich case. That contact burned me suddenly, guess they wanted more ccredit.

I've got a design that detailed at 2,500 words and counting... and no idea which way to turn.

I wanted to go with Raijintek because I like what they do with a lot of their cases, but haven't been able to find a new contact with them.

So, unless I find a different manufacturer, I don't have many options: 3D print my own case design, or maybe go with an expensive custom like Protocase. What do you guys think?
 

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How are your CAD skills? If you can design the parts which would need to go together (regardless of size), I don't believe 3D printing services are ridiculously expensive in larger formats so that you could get a prototype done up.

As far as how to market it to manufacturers goes..... no idea at all. :(
 

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That is one of my goals with the CNC and one of the reasons I'm going to attach a 10W laser to it. I want to experiment with self designed cases at some point. Metal would be pushing this machine but plastics and woods are more than workable.

One of my winter goals is to redo my external radiators enclosure from scratch as a starting point.
 

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