Close. The good ones are separated and usually sold in smaller lots by manufacturer, and go for a lot more (as you would expect) than these.

Here is a 25lb lot of Swiss Army Knives that is at $900 with 3 hours to go.

https://www.govdeals.com/asset/38413/8445

If they are really valuable and think they will get more than $100 or so, they sell them individually.

Huh. I’ve only heard about it once or twice. I guess I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.

If you want them to look like they just came out of the factory, get an ultrasonic cleaner and the degreaser concentrate. I bought one a while back and decided to clean some 1/10 scale RC car parts in it since I was trying to get all the grease out of the nooks and crannies and even a toothbrush was having a difficult time with it.

The parts came out looking brand new, like I had just pulled them out of their original packaging.

Bummer. Guess I’ll have to see what Craigslist is looking like nowadays. I haven’t been there in a couple of years.

You could spray paint the printed model with sandable primer. Then you can sand and spray it repeatedly until you get the finish you are looking for.

Audiograbber with the LAME codec. Actually still have it on my computer. I still buy the random CD now and again and rip it to my media server, and then never touch it again.

I’m going to throw this copy/paste out again:

SOLIDWORKS MILITARY EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM SOLIDWORKS is a proud supporter of our active military and veterans, and thank them for their service. We are pleased to offer the SOLIDWORKS Student Edition at a discounted rate to military actively serving in the US or Canada and/or veterans.

It’s $20USD /$40CAD per year. I’m on my 8th year or so.

PDF link to info

And now I need to make a 3D printed mold in a comfortable shape that can be used to easily cast concrete around a lighter.

Maybe a simple cylinder, with the lighter off center so it can easily be flicked?

Maybe I’ll squish some play-doh around one and scan it and use that.

Whatever, it just needs to be too big to “accidentally” end up in someone’s pocket.

Wow. Same for me. Digg just before the implosion, then reddit for 10ish years then here. 52.

Huh, you know maybe knowing the origin of the joke affects how I determine whether it’s derogatory or not?

I did not think about that, but looking back, seems like an easy pitfall.

Good point.

Honesty, I think it would be fairly easy to figure out.

If it is derogatory - homophobe.

If it points out an idiosyncracy, and makes fun of it - queer, or at least not homophobe.

In my experience, bgoted people make jokes that insult and/or demean those people they hate. It is not done primarily to be funny, but to hurt and demean. Making it funny just helps spread it around.

Ooooohhh yeah…

How about a 6 pin connector?

Cable side connector with strain relief. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-industrial-operations/PT06SE-10-6P-SR/341057

Bulkhead connector. https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-industrial-operations/PT02SE-10-6S/341071

To include or exclude the strain relief, add or remove the “(SR)” from the part number.

That is the male side of a bullet connector. You need to either get the corresponding female connector and crimp it on the other wire, then plug them in, or cut it off and use a butt splice to join the two wires.

Are we not doing “phrasing” anymore?

My favorite to hold you over until you find it.

Yes, but if your caregiver gets sick, either they have to find coverage while they are sick, or you do on short notice.

With a company, they can reassign someone to fill in with little disruption (theoretically). The reality is, they are struggling with hiring and keeping people for all of the reasons listed in this thread, so even if you hire a company, maybe you will get someone to cover for your regular, or maybe you won’t.

If the images they show in the video are of the final revision of the device (unlikely), it should not be difficult to make a close copy of it right now.

EDIT: Mocked it up as best as I could with made-up numbers for diameter (~3.1") and taper angle (2.0deg) since I am to lazy to go out to my shed and get my electric leaf blower. At 0:55 in the video there is a close-up of the end of one of the mufflers, and it looks like it is made of multiple pieces, with some black material lining the outer shell. I am going to guess that might be something acoustically absorbent, but inexpensive and easy to get, like a sheet of neoprene with an adhesive back. That way, you can stick it inside of the outer shell and then insert the center with the helix. That is the kind of material I would expect in a senior design project when you are iterating through designs and need stuff cheap and quick.

So, I designed it that way for the one I did. https://imgur.com/a/Qr0vOhb

I’ll probably get my leaf blower and update the model so it fits on my leaf blower, and if it works well, I’ll post it to Printables and Thingiverse.