April '25 Update

Hi Guys,

Time for a public update: I am back, SSR1 Beta is a thing, and I'm now working on some longer term projects. In the meantime expect some incremental hardware upgrades.

As I continue to move away from servo-based devices toward brushless motors I want to leave my old devices in a good state. Back in June '22 I created the build packs to effectively draw a line under OSR2 and SR6 so I could go forward to other things. Since then however I have added to both of these devices, and I have learned a lot as well. This summer I would like to re-issue those packs, partly this is to consolidate everything and make sure it's all in one place.

I do have some upgrades I would like too make too though. OSR2 has had quite a bit of attention from me for the last year or so, but not so much SR6. When I designed SR6 Beta I made extensive use of metal nuts, inserted into slots in the plastic. They have always been a bit of a pain and I've wanted to replace them for a while. Recently I have been using heat-set inserts a lot, including on the design for SSR1 Beta. They work great, and I feel like it's time to incorporate these into the design of SR6.

The next hardware release for the Maker tier ($2) will therefore be an upgraded set of SR6 STLs designed to take the heat-set inserts.

For those of you who are curious about these inserts and how to... um, insert them... I'm going to do a livestream in the next couple of days where I'll start building up a new SR6. Expect a Supporter tier ($2) post out on this shortly. The last stream, which I put out live to a private YouTube stream as well as Discord, seemed to work pretty well.

Benefactors ($16 tier), I know I am way behind on my written newsletter but of course I'm still posting regularly to my Devstream on Discord. The January & February newsletter should be written and posted soon.

All the best,

Tempest