#  @_baldtires Peter Holderith Peter Holderith posts on X about metal, frame, drone, steel the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1163980154215026694/interactions)  ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1163980154215026694/posts_active)  ### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::1163980154215026694/followers)  ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1163980154215026694/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 5.36% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 4.46% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2.68% [stocks](/list/stocks) 1.79% [formula 1](/list/formula-1) 0.89% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 0.89% **Social topic influence** [metal](/topic/metal) 8.93%, [frame](/topic/frame) 7.14%, [drone](/topic/drone) 7.14%, [steel](/topic/steel) 4.46%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 3.57%, [china](/topic/china) 2.68%, [build](/topic/build) 2.68%, [blank](/topic/blank) 2.68%, [how to](/topic/how-to) 1.79%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.79% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@baldtires](/creator/undefined) [@levibetz](/creator/undefined) [@mattfreed](/creator/undefined) [@itangoi](/creator/undefined) [@mattlitke](/creator/undefined) [@tcamerontodd](/creator/undefined) [@reevescanon](/creator/undefined) [@gavinyuan](/creator/undefined) [@chrisdalke](/creator/undefined) [@angeris](/creator/undefined) [@evtrapper](/creator/undefined) [@boxcardavid](/creator/undefined) [@sgulldev](/creator/undefined) [@ashinchina](/creator/undefined) [@greggoriesmom](/creator/undefined) [@arkelectron](/creator/undefined) [@3dxtech](/creator/undefined) [@cooperzurad](/creator/undefined) [@jimbelosic](/creator/undefined) [@gavinyuan_](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "My Waymo is driving like a scared bitch" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023572860967809508) 2026-02-17T01:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "sad cringe Buick uses Kendricks "tv off" for their new commercial 💪🏾💪🏾 Got the Buick with the tv on 😂🔥 https://t.co/hGHq8ASbXg Buick uses Kendricks "tv off" for their new commercial 💪🏾💪🏾 Got the Buick with the tv on 😂🔥 https://t.co/hGHq8ASbXg" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2018907862588674330) 2026-02-04T04:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@ReevesCanon u have that voice in ur head saying buy a tube laser too huh" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023542201608008023) 2026-02-16T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "i am in san francisco" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023564570091217166) 2026-02-17T01:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "sometimes i hear about this sort of stuff going on in europe and then reflect on how seatbelts are not mandatory in my home state I cant tell you how personal this feels right now. I just launched my first watch model and somehow [--] pieces sold out immediately. Being a law-abiding citizen I started researching how to open a company and in my country we have something called a paualni obrt which I cant tell you how personal this feels right now. I just launched my first watch model and somehow [--] pieces sold out immediately. Being a law-abiding citizen I started researching how to open a" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023914926931390590) 2026-02-18T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "at least we got some skater time new and improved skates work much better" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2020272720672412153) 2026-02-07T23:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "b-buy american Really impressive video of a Shahed being shot down by an F-16 fighter jet from the 107th Aviation Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force. The interception was carried out using the aircrafts M61A1 Vulcan onboard rotary cannon. https://t.co/cPsrdBIEaA Really impressive video of a Shahed being shot down by an F-16 fighter jet from the 107th Aviation Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force. The interception was carried out using the aircrafts M61A1 Vulcan onboard rotary cannon. https://t.co/cPsrdBIEaA" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2020669379134804246) 2026-02-09T01:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "big tip vortex monkey sees action" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023485574393590222) 2026-02-16T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "space planes are sick pt [----] This is a wild moment inside the cockpit just [--] minutes after leaving Florida. At [------] feet the sky has gone from light blue to black and the ride on the huge solid rockets has been violent jamming us up through the air. Suddenly there's a blast of pyrotechnics. Even https://t.co/QRF6p0GEl7 This is a wild moment inside the cockpit just [--] minutes after leaving Florida. At [------] feet the sky has gone from light blue to black and the ride on the huge solid rockets has been violent jamming us up through the air. Suddenly there's a blast of pyrotechnics. Even" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023495623413297317) 2026-02-16T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Hmu If u like forming sheet metal with tool and die" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023569711674650976) 2026-02-17T01:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@GavinYuan_ @mattfreed @mattfreed told u" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023946399654834513) 2026-02-18T02:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Scientists Find Probable Location of Massive Polar Exploration Vehicle Lost for Decades The failed mobile base was abandoned in the 1940s and last seen in the 1950s. Where to look now We finally have an answer" [X Link](https://www.thedrive.com/news/37291/scientists-find-probable-location-of-massive-polar-exploration-vehicle-lost-for-decades,) 2026-02-05T17:30Z [----] followers, 18.7K engagements "had a dream last night i was explaining the laser-cut mandrel-bent tube on my chassis to somebody and they were super fired up about it" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1914710669095477361) 2025-04-22T15:59Z [----] followers, 18.4K engagements "ON THE TOASTER FRONT: just had a great call with an American mica company. the raw sheet is not produced in the United States at all anymore but surprisingly they are beginning the process of restoring it. in the next couple of years mica sheet will likely be made stateside again. in the meantime they can waterjet some sheets for me which are not sourced from china. great news all around on the toaster front: there has allegedly been no domestic mica plate production since the 1980s i am working on this problem https://t.co/vD9d7bHsxR on the toaster front: there has allegedly been no domestic" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1923400826405470536) 2025-05-16T15:31Z [----] followers, 24.2K engagements "piece of custom water-jetted 1mm toaster mica from Asheville mica" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1937565292642893984) 2025-06-24T17:35Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements "i guess most of my followers do not know what my weather orbs device is. it's the first product I ever put on the market (although I did not want to sell it). it displays animated satellite images from NOAA weather radar from the NWS coastal cameras with tidal data and a lot more. it does so on round smartwatch displays. it's powered by a raspi zero W" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1946226453701431638) 2025-07-18T15:12Z [----] followers, 23.1K engagements "these are both computer programs There is no difference between hardware and software There is only solving a problem or not https://t.co/fpFiusrYcE There is no difference between hardware and software There is only solving a problem or not https://t.co/fpFiusrYcE" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1957213805580054710) 2025-08-17T22:51Z [----] followers, 65.1K engagements "noticing some cracking on this ham post-forming. gonna put it through an annealing cycle and see if that helps" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1958710405976764561) 2025-08-22T01:58Z [----] followers, 26.1K engagements "hindenburg aluminum dimple die bunk bed ladder" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1960882254466699567) 2025-08-28T01:48Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements "sendcutsend aluminum bomber bookshelf" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964382928953057746) 2025-09-06T17:39Z [----] followers, 39.4K engagements "it's an aluminum geodesic dome from sendcutsend it's amazing how rigid it is" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1974866530933617060) 2025-10-05T15:57Z [----] followers, 46.9K engagements "this aluminum drone frame was cut and formed using only sendcutsend McMaster and a 3d printer anyone can make parts like this in their garage" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1983668165109543040) 2025-10-29T22:51Z [----] followers, 34.2K engagements "(Riout 102T Alrion)" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1992033912453771428) 2025-11-22T00:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "many beautiful and intelligent women I have been speaking with say they do not respect and are not attracted to men who do not understand the function of the blank holder in sheet metal forming" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2003643830541971464) 2025-12-24T01:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "the best resources for learning about sheet metal tool and die are press listings on alibaba and [--] second yt videos of guys with no shoes forming replacement car hoods in pakistan" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2012210616216207697) 2026-01-16T17:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "for companies in certain sectors no amount of "american alibaba" handwringing will make them competitive with china. they do not want to compete. for others it's worse; the businesses themselves are uncompetitive and so is the entire machine tool industry supporting them" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021349108397854999) 2026-02-10T22:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "formed some [---] cartridge brass today to test new tooling techniques" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021368391336915007) 2026-02-10T23:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "i can now achieve much crisper edges on shallower draws" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2021373449818734735) 2026-02-10T23:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@ITangoI that's a render fwiw it's not real" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021726109616709642) 2026-02-11T23:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@chris_dalke get into forming and you can achieve this pretty quickly" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021956679533769082) 2026-02-12T14:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@angeris unfollow the doomers and mute many words" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022070538265665903) 2026-02-12T22:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@LeviBetz yes it does they bend [----] t52 1" round as well now" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022103254276923570) 2026-02-13T00:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "this new set of regs is so fucking stupid totally arbitrary and braindead this formula can't go away fast enough "A winning car for me that doesn't matter.It needs to be fun to drive as well" Max Verstappen has slammed F1's new generation of cars after sampling the new Red Bull in Bahrain testing saying they are "not fun to drive" and "Formula E on steroids" https://t.co/MfJnT90dAK "A winning car for me that doesn't matter.It needs to be fun to drive as well" Max Verstappen has slammed F1's new generation of cars after sampling the new Red Bull in Bahrain testing saying they are "not fun to" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022116035558564016) 2026-02-13T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "china is allegedly gonna ban its domestic automakers from selling vehicles at a loss uh oh" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022360420317868292) 2026-02-13T17:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "toaster oven big enough for frozen pizza.very nice fit" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022495190527713585) 2026-02-14T02:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@LeviBetz it's impressive how many innovations toyota came up with to get their hybrids working seamlessly and how early those innovations came" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022499802425024704) 2026-02-14T02:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "ill be in SF next week if anyone wants to meet up LA briefly as well" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022506516406763647) 2026-02-14T03:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@EV_Trapper PC is better but its hard to print a stable tool with it PLA will work for most of ur needs" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022537607171973350) 2026-02-14T05:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "deeply fucked industries are such a huge opportunity the more fucked they are the bigger the opportunity. you just have to find the right balance between being deeply fucked and deeply valuable" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022877089297252633) 2026-02-15T03:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "that meme where it's like "how did they build the pyramids without carhartt" implies an alternate universe where the pyramids were built with carhartt you could make a solid comedy movie based on that working-class office space in ancient egypt" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022890984661495878) 2026-02-15T04:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "only got a squint out of the TSA agent odds i get this drone frame though airport security https://t.co/Q8NeZzIzbA odds i get this drone frame though airport security https://t.co/Q8NeZzIzbA" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023358527968886920) 2026-02-16T11:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "haven't heard the nuance i have wanted to from this whole ferrari interior / EV debacle" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021682684443890093) 2026-02-11T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "odds i get this drone frame though airport security" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022506871404339320) 2026-02-14T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "these new F1 regs are so DOG ASS the meltown after the first race is gonna be biblical" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2022861474285121555) 2026-02-15T02:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "oh boy [--] am" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023334073331015952) 2026-02-16T09:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This Jeep Wrangler Is Completely Unrecognizable After Falling Off Colorado's Black Bear Pass The trail is one of the most dangerous in the nation. This is why" [X Link](https://www.thedrive.com/news/37023/this-jeep-wrangler-is-completely-unrecognizable-after-falling-off-colorados-black-bear-pass) 2020-10-19T20:32Z [----] followers, 7M engagements "all of this CAN and WILL be fixed" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021349228958843097) 2026-02-10T22:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "I'm just gonna call this entire design language iPad Futurism. It applies well to some elements of the car that were fussy in other Ferraris like the steering wheel. It doesn't apply well to the binnacle or infotainment area. Or car interiors in general for that matter. The disappointing part of this is seeing Jony Ive apply pretty plainly rehashed Apple design cues to a lot of components. The shifter in particular reminds me of a lockscreen. The radii applied to all of the squircle displays/panels are classic Apple. In many ways we're just seeing things Ive would've made physical if it were" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2021724571326369966) 2026-02-11T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "already know my future kids will make fun of me for physically pointing the remote at the TV like a gun" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2023980019450806464) 2026-02-18T04:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@boxcardavid shitty deal david i thought u were cracked" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2024200828194869317) 2026-02-18T19:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "toaster prototype [--] has arrived" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924585963403071933) 2025-05-19T22:00Z [----] followers, 103.5K engagements "it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924587664176468120) 2025-05-19T22:07Z [----] followers, 39.3K engagements "i want to reiterate that sendcutsend is sponsoring this entire project. they are paying for all of the parts. it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely https://t.co/pQMKdQ9gZ3 it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely https://t.co/pQMKdQ9gZ3" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1924662092004491693) 2025-05-20T03:02Z [----] followers, 29.8K engagements "the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1925376106556743988) 2025-05-22T02:20Z [----] followers, 18.1K engagements "when i was a kid my family only had a toaster oven not an actual toaster. when we finally got a regular toaster and it didn't pop out with escape velocity like in the cartoons i was pretty disappointed but now im not a kid anymore the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with https://t.co/0pkemn5uSR the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1925387338638565393) 2025-05-22T03:04Z [----] followers, 11.6K engagements "bent ply superwood car chassis when" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1926368981939622393) 2025-05-24T20:05Z [----] followers, 71.5K engagements "i am building a cheap electric go-kart kit for sendcutsend's marketplace" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1927753323706208287) 2025-05-28T15:46Z [----] followers, 25.5K engagements "it's a lasered clock spring from sendcutsend" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1928136698019348678) 2025-05-29T17:09Z [----] followers, 13K engagements "McMaster has got to be one of the most iconic niche brands and it either does not know it or does not care to acknowledge it Ive officially made it https://t.co/VODVZVxnOk Ive officially made it https://t.co/VODVZVxnOk" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929734712265691412) 2025-06-03T02:59Z [----] followers, 74.9K engagements "like imagine if you spent over X amnt of $ on McMaster and they send you a baseball cap or something. I would be wearing that shit like I was just crowned king arthur" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1929735128483279295) 2025-06-03T03:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "it's the sendcutsend no-weld reverse trike go-kart" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1937664084415221804) 2025-06-25T00:08Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements "this was just posted to a fb group im in" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938226840692527138) 2025-06-26T13:24Z [----] followers, 2.1M engagements "@sgull_dev cant let a good shahed go to waste" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938227609562689556) 2025-06-26T13:27Z [----] followers, 95K engagements "@AshinChina it looks like a relatively generic chinese DLA flat-four with some modifications i have looked at these for other projects" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938228492702736839) 2025-06-26T13:30Z [----] followers, 112.8K engagements "@greggoriesmom he posted it in another group too i couldn't find the pics anywhere else and there's a vid" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938277862051663994) 2025-06-26T16:47Z [----] followers, 127.8K engagements "never realized the delorean has a sheet steel backbone chassis just like a lotus esprit" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938414954622722192) 2025-06-27T01:51Z [----] followers, 19.3K engagements "how/why is this $7200 lol Personnel Carrier $7214.99 Each 6794N11 Submitted by @MattLitke: "imagine how many stickers you can get on those flat sides." I'm just imagining how fun it must be to zoom around on one of these. 😍 https://t.co/VcMyrqe2xi Personnel Carrier $7214.99 Each 6794N11 Submitted by @MattLitke: "imagine how many stickers you can get on those flat sides." I'm just imagining how fun it must be to zoom around on one of these. 😍 https://t.co/VcMyrqe2xi" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1939780543744549044) 2025-06-30T20:18Z [----] followers, 35.6K engagements "it's just barely toasted and there's still many problems to solve but i just made toast in a made-in-america toaster" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939807363382341887) 2025-06-30T22:04Z [----] followers, 66.5K engagements "YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944196416462577896) 2025-07-13T00:45Z [----] followers, 115.9K engagements "went from 0.032"sheet to .050" [----] h32 aluminum annealed with a torch. same pressure same tool still great results" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944202412102713661) 2025-07-13T01:09Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements "this was only my 4th attempt at forming sheet metal on a press and my first proper tool design with a blank holder. i had chatgpt do the math to figure out the blank holding pressure and spec the die springs" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944203163138978220) 2025-07-13T01:12Z [----] followers, 35.1K engagements "now that im a tool and die designer i get to tell other people they have soft hands right YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME https://t.co/94ZI1l4TXc YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME https://t.co/94ZI1l4TXc" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944216904790372567) 2025-07-13T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "complete 8" drone frame drawn out of 0.032" [----] aluminum using 3d printed tooling on a 20-ton shop press" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1947706707880104042) 2025-07-22T17:14Z [----] followers, 79.4K engagements "not sure how much carbon frames weigh but this one is 58g @_baldtires Its astonishing how simple this is. Whats the weight difference versus a carbon fiber frame @_baldtires Its astonishing how simple this is. Whats the weight difference versus a carbon fiber frame" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947750184013992258) 2025-07-22T20:06Z [----] followers, 89.2K engagements "manufacturing matters" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947756034216333540) 2025-07-22T20:30Z [----] followers, 24.5K engagements "how to 3d print tool and die" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1948094583864189187) 2025-07-23T18:55Z [----] followers, 12.4K engagements "no significant tool degradation after many hits still not happy with how [----] flows around tight corners though even with a thinner lasered blank. i have some steel on the way but im gonna switch up the tooling as well" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1949890244582482143) 2025-07-28T17:50Z [----] followers, 19K engagements "a pmuch perfect 8" drone frame drawn out of .030 mild steel first try i waxed up the 3d-printed tool with a scented candle and took the press up to [---] tons no cracking no tearing no annealing. lasered blank straight onto the existing tool absolutely fucking crazy" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1950281107947016504) 2025-07-29T19:43Z [----] followers, 74.9K engagements "pc-cf die stack for stamping the metal drone body gonna fill it with epoxy granite this method reduces the amnt of filament print time and tool cost by a considerable amount it did warp a bit though and im not sure how best to address that" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1952752471446634742) 2025-08-05T15:24Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements "decorative aluminum [----] trim panel i just drew on the press process doesnt feel experimental anymore. very easy to make shallow parts like this very quickly. if i had the blanks ready i could've made [---] in a row. tools hold up nicely with aluminum" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1956128210128679196) 2025-08-14T22:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "mini project with some help from SCS: one-piece aluminum bomber seat. lasered dimped folded welded" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1960713531864535462) 2025-08-27T14:38Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements "chinese plastic seat replaced by american aluminum seat" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1963989538771988704) 2025-09-05T15:36Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements "2ND OP WORKED i would call that a complete aluminum drone frame. new tooling evenly worked the edge down vertical after i fiddled with the blank holding. took me a few tries but we got there" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1965450099984924984) 2025-09-09T16:19Z [----] followers, 36.5K engagements "haters crying shitting their pants i now have the sheet metal version of this part on order and will report back on if it works https://t.co/hyltehrWX0 i now have the sheet metal version of this part on order and will report back on if it works https://t.co/hyltehrWX0" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965949473877799249) 2025-09-11T01:24Z [----] followers, 27.2K engagements "it's common sense that a hypothetical McMaster app would be great but it's even better than you think @_baldtires Wait they have an app @_baldtires Wait they have an app" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1966700567067009382) 2025-09-13T03:08Z [----] followers, 48.4K engagements "u can see some damage to the female tool where i drew in that smaller piece of material. the prints are really only strong in compression so as soon as they see some side loading they start to deflect unless u printed at 100% infill which is pretty much never worth it" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1967689124527345720) 2025-09-15T20:36Z [----] followers, 22.9K engagements "It has turned out to be very important that I am learning to draw parts with 3d prints *because* they are so relatively weak as compared to conventional press tooling. I have received a few comments along the lines of "I have a machine shop next door that can cheaply produce steel tools for me faster than 3d printing them" with the subtext being that printing tools is not a great way to make them. This line of reasoning is pretty unfortunate because it begets not only a lack of curiosity--a pretty terminal shortcoming in my experience--but also because if I started with steel tools I would be" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1967703273651204346) 2025-09-15T21:33Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements "the drone is gonna fly ru guys happy promise kept @_baldtires sent me one of his formed metal quadcopter frames. Probably big enough to uses with the @ArkElectron flight controller stacks. https://t.co/4L6zvxnZ4b @_baldtires sent me one of his formed metal quadcopter frames. Probably big enough to uses with the @ArkElectron flight controller stacks. https://t.co/4L6zvxnZ4b" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1968124087794118679) 2025-09-17T01:25Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements "carbon fiber nylon filament from @3dxtech gonna make some sheet metal tools out of this" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1969106217910890730) 2025-09-19T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1969470107609968907) 2025-09-20T18:33Z [----] followers, 37.1K engagements "seems like no one has ever really figured out sealing these things up i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome https://t.co/SexY3wLpOW i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome https://t.co/SexY3wLpOW" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1970986737167134909) 2025-09-24T23:00Z [----] followers, 28.4K engagements "if u have ever wondered what designing a car body in parametric cad looks like" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1974213704532013132) 2025-10-03T20:43Z [----] followers, 83.6K engagements "i designed a desk out of brass and aluminum it's called WING COMMANDER" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1975312287398568013) 2025-10-06T21:28Z [----] followers, 33.5K engagements "just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1975680427076587982) 2025-10-07T21:51Z [----] followers, 57.4K engagements "any of u fuckers wanna race" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1975711876815462715) 2025-10-07T23:56Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements "@CooperZurad always wanted to set up a sweet crib inside the forbidden zone inside the bridge" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976118592593854961) 2025-10-09T02:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "the aluminum kart chassis kit is now available on sendcutsend's marketplace link below just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next https://t.co/NAO9s7IVH0 just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next https://t.co/NAO9s7IVH0" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1977769010377662786) 2025-10-13T16:10Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements "a STEEL WHEEL on a BASE MODEL CAR the horror the humanity Model Y Standard with removed hubcaps is 🤮🤢😵💫🤢🤮 https://t.co/kdOgoHtpRx Model Y Standard with removed hubcaps is 🤮🤢😵💫🤢🤮 https://t.co/kdOgoHtpRx" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1977842099510030365) 2025-10-13T21:01Z [----] followers, 31.6K engagements "X is an unserious mfg platform until you can send STEP and other 3d formats via dm" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1979292052572770447) 2025-10-17T21:02Z [----] followers, 30.2K engagements "@_baldtires Are there any advantages over carbon fiber @_baldtires Are there any advantages over carbon fiber" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983733333390717143) 2025-10-30T03:10Z [----] followers, 67.4K engagements "added a stiffening operation to the drone frame definitely helps designed the tooling and had it printed in [--] hours" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1983964022580863098) 2025-10-30T18:27Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements "The original F-35 lift fan concept was applied to an F-117-like aircraft lol how absolutely fucking sick is that" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1984303791596867778) 2025-10-31T16:57Z [----] followers, 36.9K engagements "someone made hard tooling for this" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1984843203548168663) 2025-11-02T04:41Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements "10 [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985415503377019215) 2025-11-03T18:35Z [----] followers, 49.8K engagements "10 frames formed in about as many minutes first op [--] [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them https://t.co/3XjMVzOJ2B [--] [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them https://t.co/3XjMVzOJ2B" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985420904248041720) 2025-11-03T18:56Z [----] followers, 44.9K engagements "start thinking of [----] series aluminum as a frozen wet paper towel and your life will get easier" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1985460803911500194) 2025-11-03T21:35Z [----] followers, 17.8K engagements "Laser cut 3M VHB [----] foam adhesive is now available at SendCutSend. Its my favorite way to stick stuff together. 3M VHB [----] is a closed-cell acrylic foam adhesive that bonds metal glass painted surfaces and plastics with durable weather-resistant performance. Unlike https://t.co/BrnIsoVyTh Laser cut 3M VHB [----] foam adhesive is now available at SendCutSend. Its my favorite way to stick stuff together. 3M VHB [----] is a closed-cell acrylic foam adhesive that bonds metal glass painted surfaces and plastics with durable weather-resistant performance. Unlike https://t.co/BrnIsoVyTh" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1985513736849731848) 2025-11-04T01:05Z [----] followers, 33.3K engagements "ok rant FDM printing is just so easy compared to most other ways of making parts. That's the huge strength of the technology and it's why it's so popular. the machines are just so cheap and easy to use. i think a lot of people (including myself) would not be involved in manufacturing at all without 3D printing. It allowed me to make parts when I could not before. The big caveat is that there are practical limits surrounding the technology just by the nature of how it works and FDM enthusiasts focus (almost completely unsuccessfully) on curing those ailments when they can only really be" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/1987718512945561834) 2025-11-10T03:06Z [----] followers, 50.1K engagements "delta destroying my wifes luggage has inspired a new sheet metal project idea https://t.co/giu5ret1Uz delta destroying my wifes luggage has inspired a new sheet metal project idea https://t.co/giu5ret1Uz" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988682719715553388) 2025-11-12T18:58Z [----] followers, 108K engagements "@jimbelosic i wanna make a Taylor Dunn type vehicle with 100kwh in the bed that has a 480v inverter so you can charge it from reg [---] but then boost it to [---] for a machine for several hours" [X Link](https://x.com/_baldtires/status/2017661916030591349) 2026-01-31T18:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. 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@_baldtires Peter Holderith
Peter Holderith posts on X about metal, frame, drone, steel the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries 5.36% automotive brands 4.46% technology brands 2.68% stocks 1.79% formula 1 0.89% luxury brands 0.89%
Social topic influence metal 8.93%, frame 7.14%, drone 7.14%, steel 4.46%, this is 3.57%, china 2.68%, build 2.68%, blank 2.68%, how to 1.79%, in the 1.79%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @baldtires @levibetz @mattfreed @itangoi @mattlitke @tcamerontodd @reevescanon @gavinyuan @chrisdalke @angeris @evtrapper @boxcardavid @sgulldev @ashinchina @greggoriesmom @arkelectron @3dxtech @cooperzurad @jimbelosic @gavinyuan_
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"My Waymo is driving like a scared bitch"
X Link 2026-02-17T01:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"sad cringe Buick uses Kendricks "tv off" for their new commercial 💪🏾💪🏾 Got the Buick with the tv on 😂🔥 https://t.co/hGHq8ASbXg Buick uses Kendricks "tv off" for their new commercial 💪🏾💪🏾 Got the Buick with the tv on 😂🔥 https://t.co/hGHq8ASbXg"
X Link 2026-02-04T04:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@ReevesCanon u have that voice in ur head saying buy a tube laser too huh"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"i am in san francisco"
X Link 2026-02-17T01:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"sometimes i hear about this sort of stuff going on in europe and then reflect on how seatbelts are not mandatory in my home state I cant tell you how personal this feels right now. I just launched my first watch model and somehow [--] pieces sold out immediately. Being a law-abiding citizen I started researching how to open a company and in my country we have something called a paualni obrt which I cant tell you how personal this feels right now. I just launched my first watch model and somehow [--] pieces sold out immediately. Being a law-abiding citizen I started researching how to open a"
X Link 2026-02-18T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"at least we got some skater time new and improved skates work much better"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"b-buy american Really impressive video of a Shahed being shot down by an F-16 fighter jet from the 107th Aviation Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force. The interception was carried out using the aircrafts M61A1 Vulcan onboard rotary cannon. https://t.co/cPsrdBIEaA Really impressive video of a Shahed being shot down by an F-16 fighter jet from the 107th Aviation Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force. The interception was carried out using the aircrafts M61A1 Vulcan onboard rotary cannon. https://t.co/cPsrdBIEaA"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"big tip vortex monkey sees action"
X Link 2026-02-16T19:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"space planes are sick pt [----] This is a wild moment inside the cockpit just [--] minutes after leaving Florida. At [------] feet the sky has gone from light blue to black and the ride on the huge solid rockets has been violent jamming us up through the air. Suddenly there's a blast of pyrotechnics. Even https://t.co/QRF6p0GEl7 This is a wild moment inside the cockpit just [--] minutes after leaving Florida. At [------] feet the sky has gone from light blue to black and the ride on the huge solid rockets has been violent jamming us up through the air. Suddenly there's a blast of pyrotechnics. Even"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Hmu If u like forming sheet metal with tool and die"
X Link 2026-02-17T01:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@GavinYuan_ @mattfreed @mattfreed told u"
X Link 2026-02-18T02:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Scientists Find Probable Location of Massive Polar Exploration Vehicle Lost for Decades The failed mobile base was abandoned in the 1940s and last seen in the 1950s. Where to look now We finally have an answer"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:30Z [----] followers, 18.7K engagements
"had a dream last night i was explaining the laser-cut mandrel-bent tube on my chassis to somebody and they were super fired up about it"
X Link 2025-04-22T15:59Z [----] followers, 18.4K engagements
"ON THE TOASTER FRONT: just had a great call with an American mica company. the raw sheet is not produced in the United States at all anymore but surprisingly they are beginning the process of restoring it. in the next couple of years mica sheet will likely be made stateside again. in the meantime they can waterjet some sheets for me which are not sourced from china. great news all around on the toaster front: there has allegedly been no domestic mica plate production since the 1980s i am working on this problem https://t.co/vD9d7bHsxR on the toaster front: there has allegedly been no domestic"
X Link 2025-05-16T15:31Z [----] followers, 24.2K engagements
"piece of custom water-jetted 1mm toaster mica from Asheville mica"
X Link 2025-06-24T17:35Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements
"i guess most of my followers do not know what my weather orbs device is. it's the first product I ever put on the market (although I did not want to sell it). it displays animated satellite images from NOAA weather radar from the NWS coastal cameras with tidal data and a lot more. it does so on round smartwatch displays. it's powered by a raspi zero W"
X Link 2025-07-18T15:12Z [----] followers, 23.1K engagements
"these are both computer programs There is no difference between hardware and software There is only solving a problem or not https://t.co/fpFiusrYcE There is no difference between hardware and software There is only solving a problem or not https://t.co/fpFiusrYcE"
X Link 2025-08-17T22:51Z [----] followers, 65.1K engagements
"noticing some cracking on this ham post-forming. gonna put it through an annealing cycle and see if that helps"
X Link 2025-08-22T01:58Z [----] followers, 26.1K engagements
"hindenburg aluminum dimple die bunk bed ladder"
X Link 2025-08-28T01:48Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements
"sendcutsend aluminum bomber bookshelf"
X Link 2025-09-06T17:39Z [----] followers, 39.4K engagements
"it's an aluminum geodesic dome from sendcutsend it's amazing how rigid it is"
X Link 2025-10-05T15:57Z [----] followers, 46.9K engagements
"this aluminum drone frame was cut and formed using only sendcutsend McMaster and a 3d printer anyone can make parts like this in their garage"
X Link 2025-10-29T22:51Z [----] followers, 34.2K engagements
"(Riout 102T Alrion)"
X Link 2025-11-22T00:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"many beautiful and intelligent women I have been speaking with say they do not respect and are not attracted to men who do not understand the function of the blank holder in sheet metal forming"
X Link 2025-12-24T01:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"the best resources for learning about sheet metal tool and die are press listings on alibaba and [--] second yt videos of guys with no shoes forming replacement car hoods in pakistan"
X Link 2026-01-16T17:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"for companies in certain sectors no amount of "american alibaba" handwringing will make them competitive with china. they do not want to compete. for others it's worse; the businesses themselves are uncompetitive and so is the entire machine tool industry supporting them"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"formed some [---] cartridge brass today to test new tooling techniques"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"i can now achieve much crisper edges on shallower draws"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ITangoI that's a render fwiw it's not real"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@chris_dalke get into forming and you can achieve this pretty quickly"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@angeris unfollow the doomers and mute many words"
X Link 2026-02-12T22:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@LeviBetz yes it does they bend [----] t52 1" round as well now"
X Link 2026-02-13T00:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"this new set of regs is so fucking stupid totally arbitrary and braindead this formula can't go away fast enough "A winning car for me that doesn't matter.It needs to be fun to drive as well" Max Verstappen has slammed F1's new generation of cars after sampling the new Red Bull in Bahrain testing saying they are "not fun to drive" and "Formula E on steroids" https://t.co/MfJnT90dAK "A winning car for me that doesn't matter.It needs to be fun to drive as well" Max Verstappen has slammed F1's new generation of cars after sampling the new Red Bull in Bahrain testing saying they are "not fun to"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"china is allegedly gonna ban its domestic automakers from selling vehicles at a loss uh oh"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"toaster oven big enough for frozen pizza.very nice fit"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@LeviBetz it's impressive how many innovations toyota came up with to get their hybrids working seamlessly and how early those innovations came"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"ill be in SF next week if anyone wants to meet up LA briefly as well"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@EV_Trapper PC is better but its hard to print a stable tool with it PLA will work for most of ur needs"
X Link 2026-02-14T05:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"deeply fucked industries are such a huge opportunity the more fucked they are the bigger the opportunity. you just have to find the right balance between being deeply fucked and deeply valuable"
X Link 2026-02-15T03:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"that meme where it's like "how did they build the pyramids without carhartt" implies an alternate universe where the pyramids were built with carhartt you could make a solid comedy movie based on that working-class office space in ancient egypt"
X Link 2026-02-15T04:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"only got a squint out of the TSA agent odds i get this drone frame though airport security https://t.co/Q8NeZzIzbA odds i get this drone frame though airport security https://t.co/Q8NeZzIzbA"
X Link 2026-02-16T11:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"haven't heard the nuance i have wanted to from this whole ferrari interior / EV debacle"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"odds i get this drone frame though airport security"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"these new F1 regs are so DOG ASS the meltown after the first race is gonna be biblical"
X Link 2026-02-15T02:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"oh boy [--] am"
X Link 2026-02-16T09:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This Jeep Wrangler Is Completely Unrecognizable After Falling Off Colorado's Black Bear Pass The trail is one of the most dangerous in the nation. This is why"
X Link 2020-10-19T20:32Z [----] followers, 7M engagements
"all of this CAN and WILL be fixed"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I'm just gonna call this entire design language iPad Futurism. It applies well to some elements of the car that were fussy in other Ferraris like the steering wheel. It doesn't apply well to the binnacle or infotainment area. Or car interiors in general for that matter. The disappointing part of this is seeing Jony Ive apply pretty plainly rehashed Apple design cues to a lot of components. The shifter in particular reminds me of a lockscreen. The radii applied to all of the squircle displays/panels are classic Apple. In many ways we're just seeing things Ive would've made physical if it were"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"already know my future kids will make fun of me for physically pointing the remote at the TV like a gun"
X Link 2026-02-18T04:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@boxcardavid shitty deal david i thought u were cracked"
X Link 2026-02-18T19:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"toaster prototype [--] has arrived"
X Link 2025-05-19T22:00Z [----] followers, 103.5K engagements
"it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely"
X Link 2025-05-19T22:07Z [----] followers, 39.3K engagements
"i want to reiterate that sendcutsend is sponsoring this entire project. they are paying for all of the parts. it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely https://t.co/pQMKdQ9gZ3 it needs a stronger return spring to pop the toast out but the mechanism works nicely https://t.co/pQMKdQ9gZ3"
X Link 2025-05-20T03:02Z [----] followers, 29.8K engagements
"the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with"
X Link 2025-05-22T02:20Z [----] followers, 18.1K engagements
"when i was a kid my family only had a toaster oven not an actual toaster. when we finally got a regular toaster and it didn't pop out with escape velocity like in the cartoons i was pretty disappointed but now im not a kid anymore the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with https://t.co/0pkemn5uSR the toaster is popping with vigor but it needs some massaging to work smoother still as usual with a prototype it's a bunch of little things thay need to be fiddled with"
X Link 2025-05-22T03:04Z [----] followers, 11.6K engagements
"bent ply superwood car chassis when"
X Link 2025-05-24T20:05Z [----] followers, 71.5K engagements
"i am building a cheap electric go-kart kit for sendcutsend's marketplace"
X Link 2025-05-28T15:46Z [----] followers, 25.5K engagements
"it's a lasered clock spring from sendcutsend"
X Link 2025-05-29T17:09Z [----] followers, 13K engagements
"McMaster has got to be one of the most iconic niche brands and it either does not know it or does not care to acknowledge it Ive officially made it https://t.co/VODVZVxnOk Ive officially made it https://t.co/VODVZVxnOk"
X Link 2025-06-03T02:59Z [----] followers, 74.9K engagements
"like imagine if you spent over X amnt of $ on McMaster and they send you a baseball cap or something. I would be wearing that shit like I was just crowned king arthur"
X Link 2025-06-03T03:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"it's the sendcutsend no-weld reverse trike go-kart"
X Link 2025-06-25T00:08Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements
"this was just posted to a fb group im in"
X Link 2025-06-26T13:24Z [----] followers, 2.1M engagements
"@sgull_dev cant let a good shahed go to waste"
X Link 2025-06-26T13:27Z [----] followers, 95K engagements
"@AshinChina it looks like a relatively generic chinese DLA flat-four with some modifications i have looked at these for other projects"
X Link 2025-06-26T13:30Z [----] followers, 112.8K engagements
"@greggoriesmom he posted it in another group too i couldn't find the pics anywhere else and there's a vid"
X Link 2025-06-26T16:47Z [----] followers, 127.8K engagements
"never realized the delorean has a sheet steel backbone chassis just like a lotus esprit"
X Link 2025-06-27T01:51Z [----] followers, 19.3K engagements
"how/why is this $7200 lol Personnel Carrier $7214.99 Each 6794N11 Submitted by @MattLitke: "imagine how many stickers you can get on those flat sides." I'm just imagining how fun it must be to zoom around on one of these. 😍 https://t.co/VcMyrqe2xi Personnel Carrier $7214.99 Each 6794N11 Submitted by @MattLitke: "imagine how many stickers you can get on those flat sides." I'm just imagining how fun it must be to zoom around on one of these. 😍 https://t.co/VcMyrqe2xi"
X Link 2025-06-30T20:18Z [----] followers, 35.6K engagements
"it's just barely toasted and there's still many problems to solve but i just made toast in a made-in-america toaster"
X Link 2025-06-30T22:04Z [----] followers, 66.5K engagements
"YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME"
X Link 2025-07-13T00:45Z [----] followers, 115.9K engagements
"went from 0.032"sheet to .050" [----] h32 aluminum annealed with a torch. same pressure same tool still great results"
X Link 2025-07-13T01:09Z [----] followers, 11.5K engagements
"this was only my 4th attempt at forming sheet metal on a press and my first proper tool design with a blank holder. i had chatgpt do the math to figure out the blank holding pressure and spec the die springs"
X Link 2025-07-13T01:12Z [----] followers, 35.1K engagements
"now that im a tool and die designer i get to tell other people they have soft hands right YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME https://t.co/94ZI1l4TXc YOU CAN JUST 3D PRINT TOOL AND DIE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME https://t.co/94ZI1l4TXc"
X Link 2025-07-13T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"complete 8" drone frame drawn out of 0.032" [----] aluminum using 3d printed tooling on a 20-ton shop press"
X Link 2025-07-22T17:14Z [----] followers, 79.4K engagements
"not sure how much carbon frames weigh but this one is 58g @_baldtires Its astonishing how simple this is. Whats the weight difference versus a carbon fiber frame @_baldtires Its astonishing how simple this is. Whats the weight difference versus a carbon fiber frame"
X Link 2025-07-22T20:06Z [----] followers, 89.2K engagements
"manufacturing matters"
X Link 2025-07-22T20:30Z [----] followers, 24.5K engagements
"how to 3d print tool and die"
X Link 2025-07-23T18:55Z [----] followers, 12.4K engagements
"no significant tool degradation after many hits still not happy with how [----] flows around tight corners though even with a thinner lasered blank. i have some steel on the way but im gonna switch up the tooling as well"
X Link 2025-07-28T17:50Z [----] followers, 19K engagements
"a pmuch perfect 8" drone frame drawn out of .030 mild steel first try i waxed up the 3d-printed tool with a scented candle and took the press up to [---] tons no cracking no tearing no annealing. lasered blank straight onto the existing tool absolutely fucking crazy"
X Link 2025-07-29T19:43Z [----] followers, 74.9K engagements
"pc-cf die stack for stamping the metal drone body gonna fill it with epoxy granite this method reduces the amnt of filament print time and tool cost by a considerable amount it did warp a bit though and im not sure how best to address that"
X Link 2025-08-05T15:24Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements
"decorative aluminum [----] trim panel i just drew on the press process doesnt feel experimental anymore. very easy to make shallow parts like this very quickly. if i had the blanks ready i could've made [---] in a row. tools hold up nicely with aluminum"
X Link 2025-08-14T22:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"mini project with some help from SCS: one-piece aluminum bomber seat. lasered dimped folded welded"
X Link 2025-08-27T14:38Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements
"chinese plastic seat replaced by american aluminum seat"
X Link 2025-09-05T15:36Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements
"2ND OP WORKED i would call that a complete aluminum drone frame. new tooling evenly worked the edge down vertical after i fiddled with the blank holding. took me a few tries but we got there"
X Link 2025-09-09T16:19Z [----] followers, 36.5K engagements
"haters crying shitting their pants i now have the sheet metal version of this part on order and will report back on if it works https://t.co/hyltehrWX0 i now have the sheet metal version of this part on order and will report back on if it works https://t.co/hyltehrWX0"
X Link 2025-09-11T01:24Z [----] followers, 27.2K engagements
"it's common sense that a hypothetical McMaster app would be great but it's even better than you think @_baldtires Wait they have an app @_baldtires Wait they have an app"
X Link 2025-09-13T03:08Z [----] followers, 48.4K engagements
"u can see some damage to the female tool where i drew in that smaller piece of material. the prints are really only strong in compression so as soon as they see some side loading they start to deflect unless u printed at 100% infill which is pretty much never worth it"
X Link 2025-09-15T20:36Z [----] followers, 22.9K engagements
"It has turned out to be very important that I am learning to draw parts with 3d prints because they are so relatively weak as compared to conventional press tooling. I have received a few comments along the lines of "I have a machine shop next door that can cheaply produce steel tools for me faster than 3d printing them" with the subtext being that printing tools is not a great way to make them. This line of reasoning is pretty unfortunate because it begets not only a lack of curiosity--a pretty terminal shortcoming in my experience--but also because if I started with steel tools I would be"
X Link 2025-09-15T21:33Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements
"the drone is gonna fly ru guys happy promise kept @_baldtires sent me one of his formed metal quadcopter frames. Probably big enough to uses with the @ArkElectron flight controller stacks. https://t.co/4L6zvxnZ4b @_baldtires sent me one of his formed metal quadcopter frames. Probably big enough to uses with the @ArkElectron flight controller stacks. https://t.co/4L6zvxnZ4b"
X Link 2025-09-17T01:25Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements
"carbon fiber nylon filament from @3dxtech gonna make some sheet metal tools out of this"
X Link 2025-09-19T18:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome"
X Link 2025-09-20T18:33Z [----] followers, 37.1K engagements
"seems like no one has ever really figured out sealing these things up i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome https://t.co/SexY3wLpOW i'm dome-pilled im gonna build a big fucking dome https://t.co/SexY3wLpOW"
X Link 2025-09-24T23:00Z [----] followers, 28.4K engagements
"if u have ever wondered what designing a car body in parametric cad looks like"
X Link 2025-10-03T20:43Z [----] followers, 83.6K engagements
"i designed a desk out of brass and aluminum it's called WING COMMANDER"
X Link 2025-10-06T21:28Z [----] followers, 33.5K engagements
"just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next"
X Link 2025-10-07T21:51Z [----] followers, 57.4K engagements
"any of u fuckers wanna race"
X Link 2025-10-07T23:56Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements
"@CooperZurad always wanted to set up a sweet crib inside the forbidden zone inside the bridge"
X Link 2025-10-09T02:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"the aluminum kart chassis kit is now available on sendcutsend's marketplace link below just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next https://t.co/NAO9s7IVH0 just submitted the go-kart to sendcutsend marketplace so i should be able to start selling that kit in a few days ill get the desk kit up next https://t.co/NAO9s7IVH0"
X Link 2025-10-13T16:10Z [----] followers, 25.7K engagements
"a STEEL WHEEL on a BASE MODEL CAR the horror the humanity Model Y Standard with removed hubcaps is 🤮🤢😵💫🤢🤮 https://t.co/kdOgoHtpRx Model Y Standard with removed hubcaps is 🤮🤢😵💫🤢🤮 https://t.co/kdOgoHtpRx"
X Link 2025-10-13T21:01Z [----] followers, 31.6K engagements
"X is an unserious mfg platform until you can send STEP and other 3d formats via dm"
X Link 2025-10-17T21:02Z [----] followers, 30.2K engagements
"@_baldtires Are there any advantages over carbon fiber @_baldtires Are there any advantages over carbon fiber"
X Link 2025-10-30T03:10Z [----] followers, 67.4K engagements
"added a stiffening operation to the drone frame definitely helps designed the tooling and had it printed in [--] hours"
X Link 2025-10-30T18:27Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements
"The original F-35 lift fan concept was applied to an F-117-like aircraft lol how absolutely fucking sick is that"
X Link 2025-10-31T16:57Z [----] followers, 36.9K engagements
"someone made hard tooling for this"
X Link 2025-11-02T04:41Z [----] followers, 19.4K engagements
"10 [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them"
X Link 2025-11-03T18:35Z [----] followers, 49.8K engagements
"10 frames formed in about as many minutes first op [--] [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them https://t.co/3XjMVzOJ2B [--] [-----] [----] drone blanks about $7 each from sendcutsend in a quantity of [--] just finished annealing them https://t.co/3XjMVzOJ2B"
X Link 2025-11-03T18:56Z [----] followers, 44.9K engagements
"start thinking of [----] series aluminum as a frozen wet paper towel and your life will get easier"
X Link 2025-11-03T21:35Z [----] followers, 17.8K engagements
"Laser cut 3M VHB [----] foam adhesive is now available at SendCutSend. Its my favorite way to stick stuff together. 3M VHB [----] is a closed-cell acrylic foam adhesive that bonds metal glass painted surfaces and plastics with durable weather-resistant performance. Unlike https://t.co/BrnIsoVyTh Laser cut 3M VHB [----] foam adhesive is now available at SendCutSend. Its my favorite way to stick stuff together. 3M VHB [----] is a closed-cell acrylic foam adhesive that bonds metal glass painted surfaces and plastics with durable weather-resistant performance. Unlike https://t.co/BrnIsoVyTh"
X Link 2025-11-04T01:05Z [----] followers, 33.3K engagements
"ok rant FDM printing is just so easy compared to most other ways of making parts. That's the huge strength of the technology and it's why it's so popular. the machines are just so cheap and easy to use. i think a lot of people (including myself) would not be involved in manufacturing at all without 3D printing. It allowed me to make parts when I could not before. The big caveat is that there are practical limits surrounding the technology just by the nature of how it works and FDM enthusiasts focus (almost completely unsuccessfully) on curing those ailments when they can only really be"
X Link 2025-11-10T03:06Z [----] followers, 50.1K engagements
"delta destroying my wifes luggage has inspired a new sheet metal project idea https://t.co/giu5ret1Uz delta destroying my wifes luggage has inspired a new sheet metal project idea https://t.co/giu5ret1Uz"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:58Z [----] followers, 108K engagements
"@jimbelosic i wanna make a Taylor Dunn type vehicle with 100kwh in the bed that has a 480v inverter so you can charge it from reg [---] but then boost it to [---] for a machine for several hours"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
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