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What is a niche hobby of yours that you are fascinated by and would like to share with others? (lemmy.world)

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I'll start. I have recently gotten into 3D printing, and, while incredibly frustrating sometimes, there's nothing more rewarding than getting a perfect print.

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[-] kamills@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

I have a fascination with VFDs/VVVFs/frequency inverters. They are the controllers that gives of a specific hum/whine from electric trains/cars and from other 3 phase electric motors.

I'm making my own sudo-vvvf at home. I just think they sound awesome and are Hella cool

https://youtu.be/-SDYdHzT7Qw (sound starts at 0:13)

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[-] kamills@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Oh neat!

[-] typo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

That's really dope!! I've heard about this a few times. So you have a good video or site you could recommend that explains for layman why they do that?

[-] kamills@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I can suggest simply looking around YouTube. That way you can get a sense of how they work and what kind you'd like to know more about. I happen to have practical experience with the, because I used to work on trains that had some giant versions

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