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- Comment on New printer, considering the prusa CoreONE...but 15 hours ago:
The Bambu printers are quite locked down. So you are only getting the functionality they want you to have. So the Core One, (Marlin) or Qidi, (Mainsail and klipper), might be your best choice. Crealty seems to be improving with their new models. But their past history makes me very leery yet. I lean to Prusa because I’ve owned one for 5 years now and they still support it. Customer support is valuable to me and worth the extra cost in the purchase price.
- Comment on New printer, considering the prusa CoreONE...but 1 day ago:
Bambu and Prusa both run Marlin. So there is no klipper to be had there. If you insist on klipper, you might want to check out the Qidi Tech Plus 4. It should tick all the boxes you are looking for. And Qidi says they are coming out with their own version of the AMS for the Plus 4 called the Qidi Box sometime this first quarter. Whether they hit that target date or not, I cannot say.
- Comment on Leo knew it was a joke and laughed because it was just a joke 4 days ago:
So you want to take agency away from every adult so they conform to your views only?
- Comment on Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatory 5 days ago:
You should take a gander at the weekly 1.1 Dev version. So much extra goodness!
I do NOT recommend it for serious use. Like all development software stability can be up and down. But man, I do like it!
- Comment on Autodesk Fusion 360 is moving it's cloud storage to Fusion Hub. Upgrading is Mandatory 5 days ago:
Kind of sort of. It’s seems to be OK for 2D CAM like routers or lasers. I wouldn’t want to try even a barely complex multi axis part in a machining center.
- Comment on 3DBenchy Sets Sail into the Public Domain 1 week ago:
Not being mean spirited, but I suspect NTI’s lawyers looked at it and decided that the benchy wasn’t worth trying to defend in court. That horse had left the barn long ago. And it will buy some good will for at least a little while.
- Comment on Two Years Later, This Awesome 3D-Printed Film Camera Is Available to All 1 week ago:
This project is not for me either, but I will not criticize it nor those that want to build it. You could do that also at no effort or cost to yourself.
Sometimes it’s not the end results that matters the most. But rather the journey it took to get there.
- Comment on What is your ideal ambient humidity? 1 week ago:
Yeah, it’s -11F/-24C right now and the humidistat is saying it’s 22% right now. Usually, in the summer time humidity ranges from 50% to 75%. But I have stored filaments like PLA and even PETG open on a shelf without care for over a year. Even now, the boxes they are stored in are now air tight.
I have never need to dry PLA and I do dry PETG occasionally if I really need that super clean print. Otherwise I just either manually remove the slight stringing of the PETG or I totally ignore it. I do keep a spool of TPU around and I do dry that before use. But it seems to holds up well for several weeks just hanging on the printer.
- Comment on Are 3D-printed objects waterproof? 1 week ago:
It’s the number of walls you print that will determine just how long the box will hold the water in or out. I find 4 walls to be about as water tight as I need. But I’m not sealing anything valuable either.
- Comment on Patch this Bish! 2 weeks ago:
I think “Patch this Bish” is kind of how we got to this point.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 2 weeks ago:
You act like you don’t understand police departments need grants to buy those things also.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 2 weeks ago:
That’s unlikely. You need to get grants from the federal government, chiefly the DHS, to get money to buy major equipment. There ain’t anymore federal grants remember. Small volunteer, (70% of all fire depts in the US), services are especially reliant on those grants to replace major assets.
Source: Been on committees to spec and buy ambulances and fire trucks and turnout gear. Even boots and gloves sometimes.
- Comment on Bambu lab A1 mini alternative? 2 weeks ago:
I would not trust Crealty. They have a long ways to go to get over the “We don’t care about customers” And the “We got your money, now get out of here. You bother me kid” mentality. They’ve sold too much junk for too long.
- Comment on Bambu lab A1 mini alternative? 2 weeks ago:
The X smart 3 is no longer available. Much to my sadness, I was going to buy one and it’s no longer available. Not surprising due to most consumers wanting bigger and bigger printers.
There are really only choices in this size range any more that are actually decent. There are a couple of ‘build it yourself’ models out there, but most won’t want to be bothered to do so. So the A1 Mini and the Prusa Mini are about it. It would be nice if someone else stepped up an made a good budget 180^3^ sized printer.
And yes, sadly I did end up with the Bambu Mini.
- Comment on Why are there triangles in the infill that get filled with one layer? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on How do you organize your 3d printing/modeling project folder(s)? 2 weeks ago:
Randomly and badly as a rule.
- Comment on PETG is just as stringy as I was told 1 month ago:
I would bet on retraction here. Dial that in and 90% of the stringing goes away.
- Comment on PETG is just as stringy as I was told 1 month ago:
Or just use a textured PEI plate at the proper bed temperature. There is very little need for special adjuncts to print PETG.
- Comment on Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks. 2 months ago:
We’re gonna need a bigger oven…
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
There was panic about raw milk looonnnggg before Covid. And I if you had read what I wrote, I did say pasteurization IS a good thing and I’m all for it. But it’s just not the evil most think it is.
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
You have owned a dairy herd?
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
You do understand that ALL dairy farms that sell milk are regularly tested for safety of the milk they sell. This is federally mandated. You miss the thresholds for bacteria counts, you will be dumping all your milk produced until it tests clean again. So those cows can’t be held in very dirty and vile conditions because your milk won’t pass those mandated tests. Slackers go broke and are out of business in short order.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for selling pasteurized milk in stores. The milk you buy in the store can be a week old before you see it on the shelf. But the unreasoning fear of raw milk is just plain ridiculous.
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
While I certainly don’t miss milking cows, I too miss the insanely rich texture and flavor of that fresh from the cow milk.
- Comment on ugh i wish 2 months ago:
I grew up on a dairy farm and we drank raw milk every day. I can remember my sisters bringing the milk pitcher to the barn and dipping into the bulk tank of raw milk every morning or so. No one got sick and no one died. We even made butter at home from it after separating the cream. But pasteurization is a good thing for all you urbane urbanites out there. It increases the shelf life and safety for consumption. Plus it reduces number of small dairies near population centers that used to exist. Dairies can be 100+ miles away now. After all, you wouldn’t want to be exposed to the smell of cow shit right?
Raw milk does taste very different from store bought pasteurized milk, (whole milk ain’t whole). And like shelf stable milk, I doubt anyone of you would like drinking it.
- Comment on flouride 2 months ago:
Depending on where you live, there is already enough naturally occurring fluoride in the well water that adding more doesn’t mean much. How else do you think they discovered fluoride helps your teeth?
Since I live in a rural area and need to have my own well, I know my water contains enough fluoride that it would be silly to add more. But some areas do not have enough naturally present. So it would be interesting to see the water test results for Florida cities to check the amount of naturally occurring fluoride present. YMMV
- Comment on Bombs Awat 2 months ago:
It ain’t the fall that kills you, it’s the sudden stop…
- Comment on Bombs Awat 2 months ago:
You certainly can!
- Comment on Mushrooms 3 months ago:
The shaggy mane mushrooms like growing on a hillside in my yard and not at the bottom!
- Comment on Pretty sound reasoning here. 3 months ago:
One of my favorite westerns of all time!
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 3 months ago:
And with LFS, you need to breed, raise the sheep and then shear them yourself before you get to spin and knit the socks…