1 Topic by rnull4

  • rnull4
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Topic: Hello from the Sun Coast of Florida!

I am a "principle senior software engineer", at least this week.  The title changes about every six months these days, contracting being what it is nowadays smile

My degree is in Physics, though I have never actually worked as one.

I'm new to 3D printing, but not to electronics and computers.  My first commercial computer was a Commodore Pet 8k serial number 1001 I think.  My first program was for a CDC 3600?  It was the first full transistorized computer (circa 1969).  Since then I've worked with the a lot of other systems.  For a few years I was the Ground Contact Dynamics engineer for the Shuttle Mission Simulator.  THAT was fun!

For the last decade or so I have been writing software for the Veterans Administration VistA system (their hospital information system).

My current personal project, and what lead me to 3d printing, is a small autonomous underwater vehicle.  Having parts machined seems a bit expensive, and while I have a wonderfully tolerant wife, spending hundreds of dollars for a single part seemed a bit extreme, even for me.  On the other hand the price of a Solidoodle 3 is not much more then a high end normal printer and I can do things with it that are actually useful around the house.  So I now have a new printer smile.

So that is me.  I look forward to reading and learning and hopefully contributing here.

2 Reply by op7ical

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Re: Hello from the Sun Coast of Florida!

Welcome!  That mission simulator project must have been really cool. 

I think there's at least one other Solidoodler around here that designs and prints AUV parts.  Also, there are a few other Florida residents around, including myself (but I'm in Orlando).

Do you have your S3 yet?  Or are you waiting for it to ship still?