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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MIT researchers crack 3D printing with glass — new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  new technique enables inorganic composite glass printed at low temperatures The ones you linked looks like they were printing at high temp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not just you, there’s a financial incentive to write “reviews” which convince the reader to immediately buy the product, because of referral links. Even disregarding that the fact that it takes much more time and knowledge to write an actual unbiased review, you’ll most likely earn less money as you might dissuade readers from buying it, or even if you just make them think a bit more before going through with the purchase and they end up buying the printer somewhere else. I’ve started referring to these kind of pages as “fake reviews”, it plagues almost every product category and it has made it very unreliable to use the internet for buying advice.

  Though I suppose it’s even worse for 3d printing, as some manufacturers have been known to pay youtubers for positive reviews and to lie about their competitor’s printers. And even the ones who don’t get cash in the hand still have some incentive to bias their reviews, as pointing out a printer’s flaws or recommending to buy something else would make them less likely to receive more free products to review in the future.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Budget-friendly Sovol SV08 Max redefines large-format 3D printing with Insane 700 mm/s speeds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s literally the same (probably exaggerated) marketing material as Sovol themselves are trying to sell their Kickstarter project with, reformatted to look like an article. Not surprising that it has a couple of “Click Here to Buy Now: $999 $1299 ($300 off). Hurry, only 94/200 left!” referral links…

  It might be true that Sovol has made some of the least bad budget printers recently, but anyone who has brand loyalty to any of the companies that make cheap 3d printers in China is bound to get disappointed sooner or later. Years ago Creality also made relatively good printers, using high quality parts and with acceptable quality control (e.g. OG Ender 3 era) and when they became market leaders they dropped the quality, and I would be surprised if Sovol didn’t do the same given the opportunity. I’d wait a couple of months after it’s released, and try to find some actual reviews.

  3D Printing discord’s List of 3D printers even has a generic warning for Kickstarter printers:

  More of a warning against kickstarter machines, up until now almost all of them huge failures, with delays in shipping and troubles in terms of QC. They just use the early backers as free quality check/beta testing for the most part. Remember you are not buying a product on kickstarter, you are paying for a possibility to get a product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D-printed drill press can drill through metal — costs around $45 to create your own drill press⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Might as well link to the original post on reddit, I don’t think Tom’s Hardware much value in their summary of it :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the easiest way might be to put all the names in the box here and press “randomize”, if it comes to that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Update on the ["crushed letters" issue](https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/36243859)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean you have turned it off completely? I used it with the stock E3v2 extruder and BMG in Bowden mode, and later with BMG in direct drive mode, without any retraction related problems and I think it’s the same for the majority of 3d printer owners. Perhaps your printer had some other issue, which only showed up in combination with retraction?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Update on the ["crushed letters" issue](https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/36243859)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you calibrate flow rate, retraction and z offset? Teaching Tech has a pretty thorough guide for all things calibration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bambu Lab’s Controversial ‘Authorization Control’ Hits Budget 3D Printers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  DRM filament spools has already been a thing, XYZprinting tried it but luckily it didn’t catch on and they went bankrupt a few years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found This (and more in post) at the Cracker Barrel (US Restaurant and Gift Store Chain)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It says “imported” so probably made for a fraction of that in China.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hugging Face releases a robotic arm you can 3D print for $100⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Official repo says $114 per arm, but I didn’t check their math :) github.com/huggingface/lerobot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bed slinger vs coreXY 3D printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was just thinking that if the goal of your video was to showcase the difference between the bed slinger and the corexy, then it would’ve made a stronger point if you took advantage of its full potential. The MK4 even looks faster in the video, but I suspect it could be the angle and that the bed moving making its motions more visible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bed slinger vs coreXY 3D printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At that printing speed I doubt it makes any difference if the bed is moving or stationary :) Surely the Prusa XL could go much faster than this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking to get a new printer, Qidi 1 Pro top of list? Also Polydryer?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I often refer to this list maintained by some people I trust over at the 3D Printing discord. Unfortunately it seems like they don’t update it as often nowadays, but Qidi Q1 Pro has been around for long enough, and it is indeed one of their top picks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is everyone using as a HTPC?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Intel NUC running Linux. Not the cheapest solution but can play anything and I have full control over it. At first I tried to find some kind of programmable remote but now we have a wireless keyboard with built-in touchpad.

  Biggest downside is that the hardware quality is kind of questionable and the first two broke after 3 years + a few months, so we’re on our third now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've never had such good prints. Replaced my warped ass Ender3S1 bed with a mirror.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cleaning the print surface with warm water and soap, and then avoiding touching it with your hands, is a good start if you haven’t done so alreayd. Calibrating first layer height, flow rate, temperatures, etc. is generally the way, but if you want a quick and easy solution I gotta say that Magigoo has worked really well for me. It’s a bit expensive, but I’ve reapplied it a few times and never have to wash the bed so that one bottle will likely last a lifetime. I think you can get similar results with a high PVA content glue stick or hair spray. And there are of course other 3d print glues which I haven’t tried, I’m assuming they work equally well.