Top all-time · #8749
Spencer Wright
Personal blog · pencerw.comhardwarebusinessstartups
Spencer Wright writes spencer wright, a personal blog at pencerw.com about hardware, business and startups. Since 2015, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “3D printing titanium and the bin of broken dreams”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
3d hardware design, product development, strategy. brooklyn nyc new york.
Most-linked posts?
- 3D printing titanium and the bin of broken dreams2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-17
What Hacker News says?
(note: i wrote the link in the OP) as it happens, i spent about a decade working on an electronic product that, for complex reasons, wasn't suitable for outsourcing overseas. i wrote a reasonably long and detailed post about this process recently, which you can find here: https://scopeofwork.net/proof/ i also wrote about it a bunch on my personal blog; you can find the relevant posts here: https://pencerw.com/feed?t…
Comment linking /feed?tag=thepublicradio
on “The Honorable Parts”Submitted Things to know before starting a Patreon page as a story · 209 points
HN discussionYes! Once I get the seatpost (this part: http://pencerw.com/feed?tag=seatpost ) done, I want to start working on a full bike frame, made to order and assembled individually.
Comment linking /feed?tag=seatpost
on “3D printing titanium: Learning to learn from success”Submitted 3D printing titanium: Learning to learn from success as a story · 73 points
HN discussionI go into the pricing in a bit more detail in the older post ( http://pencerw.com/feed/2015/3/15/3d-printing-titanium-and-t... ) but the gist is that 1) the powder is expensive, and 2) the machines are really expensive, and 3) the people who know how to run them are rare and highly prized. Essentially, reducing printing time (by doubling layer thickness) means that you don't need to amortize as much of the cost of t…
Comment linking /feed/2015/3/15/3d-printing-titanium-and-the-bin-of-broken-dreams
on “3D printing titanium: Learning to learn from success”Submitted Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018) as a story · 60 points
HN discussionYeah, Josh's method of tuning The Public Radio is super cool. We never actually implemented it in production, but our manufacturing line is in some ways even cooler (it's fully just-in-time) and is remarkably advanced for a FM radio in a mason jar :) I wrote it up in a separate blog post here: http://pencerw.com/feed/2018/2/8/the-public-radios-assembly-...
Comment linking /feed/2018/2/8/the-public-radios-assembly-fulfillment-processes
on “Why The Public Radio is sixty dollars (2018)”Submitted 3D printing titanium and the bin of broken dreams as a story · 40 points
HN discussionSubmitted Advanced Manufacturing Newsletter as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted This $6 Nerf gun has 24 parts (plus packaging) and at least 25 assembly steps as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startups Should Write Prose (2013) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Three things you should know before starting a Patreon page as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why it's sixty dollars as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The circuitous process of lattice design for 3D printing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Photos and notes from a trip to the Shenzhen electronics malls as a story · 1 points
HN discussion