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Yup. I don’t have a tube (really should make one), filament sits on top of my enclosure and just goes straight into my extruder, and the following morning after printing old PLA there will be PLA confetti all over my print bed and a tiny bit sticking out of the hot end.

There does seem to be a leveling issue (based on the difference in bed adhesion on the four pieces), but I’m kind of having a hard time figuring out what’s going on with the band that goes around the outside. Can you upload a screenshot of what this looks like in your slicer? And is this just one layer?

The article mentions four patents:

9,168,698 / 10,556,381 - Force detection on the printhead, ie when your printer homes the z-axis by touching the nozzle against the build plate (would not include conductive or magnetic sensors)

9,421,713 - Using purge towers in prints with multiple filaments or extruders

7,555,357 - Not really sure exactly what this describes, so here is the patent’s abstract:

A method of forming a three-dimensional object using an extrusion-based layered deposition system, the method comprising generating a build path for building a layer of the three-dimensional object, where the build path defines a void region. The method further comprising generating at least one intermediate path in the void region, and generating a remnant path based at least in part on the at least one intermediate path.

Seems to include slicing objects that are not completely solid on the surface (ie a cube with a hole through the center).

So, with this precedent, Stratasys can go after… nearly every printer on the market. Cool

How does this not meet the definition of 3d printing? The machines that do this are legitimately just giant core-XY machines with concrete hoppers instead of a hot end

They can also… Get a portable cd player

This is the first time I’ve ever seen anything about Nasir being horny. I literally only know the name in association with shit copper

Do you have a list of approved activities that we are allowed to enjoy into adulthood? I’m afraid some of the aspects of life that bring me joy may not be mature enough. What other things should I stop enjoying based on age?

“Ok, we initially marched here to annex your city and raze your buildings to the ground. Our army was fuckin massive. BUT, during our month and a half long walk here, half us got sick, a quarter of us starved, and those of us left are barely strong enough to stand. Look, we left our weapons out by the creek, will ya let us in and just tell our king we died?”

Fr, the only thing worse/ goofier than dying, then getting crushed by a big boulder, would be dying, getting crushed by a boulder, and then a boulder much larger than the first one comes along and crushes the other boulder too.

Nerds will see this and say, “hell yeah”.

Hell yeah!

“for a half-liter” or “halfa’-liter” don’t sound too bad actually