MxRemy
@MxRemy@piefed.social
I like knitting, math, and uplifting the proletariat.
- Comment on Which Core XY printer? 3 days ago:
Ok fair, i was comparing between LDO kits. If you go outside them sure, but then a non-LDO Rook will also be half as much and even more affordable
- Comment on It's got the juice 3 days ago:
Hell yeah Eastern Agricultural Complex!! I drink yaupon every day lol
- Comment on Which Core XY printer? 4 days ago:
A voron 0.2 kit costs $650 🙃
- Comment on Which Core XY printer? 4 days ago:
- Comment on Our fediverse conversations are gonna have the context they have been missing! 2 weeks ago:
Whoaa that's super exciting!!
- Comment on Choosing my first printer is driving me mad. 2 weeks ago:
I would add to this, see if your local library either already offers such a service, or else would consider it if enough people ask. The one I work for does it and our prices are much, much lower than similar commercial services.
- Comment on Choosing my first printer is driving me mad. 2 weeks ago:
As someone who has used an Ultimaker S5 Pro and a Snapmaker Artisan at work for many years now... go open source. This name brand shit is not a single iota more reliable/less finicky/more performant, in my experience. Build a Voron or a Rook or a Lemontron or a K3 or a Rat Rig, etc. If you need help, see if your local public library has a makerspace that can assist or at least lend you the tools.
- Comment on I made a custom arcade stick 3 weeks ago:
Clickable link: !arcadesticks@lemmy.world
Mostly so i can use it myself without having to navigate away from this post to sub the community hehe
- Comment on Wafrn (tumblr alternative with fediverse and bluesky support) has started using an alternate relay; this means that they depend on none of bluesky's infrastructure to work. 4 weeks ago:
As a non-techy person, I was under the impression from lots of fedi folks that it would either cost a fortune or otherwise be quite impractical to completely divorce ATProto from bluesky itself. However, as a WAFRN enjoyer, Gabbo seems to really know what he's doing, and he actually prefers ATProto over AP... What's the actual deal here?? Is it easier than expected somehow?
- Comment on Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech 5 weeks ago:
Well unfortunately, since we live on a burning down planet, that's not a factor that can be conscionably reconsidered...
On the other hand, we also work with post-consumer recycled PLA, PA-CF, HIPS, and PETg, and none of them seem to behave appreciably worse than their virgin counterparts.
- Comment on Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech 1 month ago:
Oh you're not wrong lol, that's true!
- Comment on Polypropylene as a filament - lost in tech 1 month ago:
I print in recycled PP-GF (glass fiber polypropylene) reclaimed from fishing nets at work sometimes, and the tape trick only half works for me. It sticks to the tape just fine but the tape doesn't stick to the glass bed... Based on this, maybe we just need better tape! The PP-specfic MagiGoo barely helps at all. Also, one would think the glass fiber would make it warp less but it absolutely hasn't lol.
Maybe on paper this stuff isn't super toxic, but mine produces easily one of the worst chemical smells of any filament we've used, for some reason.
Anyway, once you do get it to print successfully, it really is totally indestructible. Try to find post-consumer recycled stuff though, as hard as that is to do.
- Comment on Volumetric 3D Printing Is REALLY FAST 1 month ago:
Oh, afaik even the typical SLA resin is "safe" in the sense that when it's completely cured, it's non-toxic (for now). But that doesn't help with the eventual degradation and microplastics, unfortunately. Also, people are wayyyyyyyy more careless with the uncured stuff and the fumes than they ought to be...
As far as the dental stuff is concerned, I have no idea if it's actually different and in what way. My guess is, either it must be the same, or else it's just so expensive that nobody sells it for the hobbyist market. If you find out different I'd love to know, a chance to sustainably resin print would be awesome!
However, if you look into this, watch out for the massive amount of greenwashing in this industry. They're doing stuff like selling the same old resin and calling it "eco friendly" or w/e just because they've like thrown some seaweed filler in it. Lying about the dangers, all sorts of stuff.
- Comment on Volumetric 3D Printing Is REALLY FAST 1 month ago:
This will be very exciting, when/if they ever perfect a photopolymer resin that is formaldehyde free, doesn't depend on fossil fuel byproducts, and doesn't degrade into some of the worst micorplastics out there.
- Comment on What are your go-to sites to find free 3D files to print? 1 month ago:
Now that it's a thing, I always try checking the public Manyfold instance first! Do those federate here yet? Prolly something like @q8vfvg1f7m3k@3dprint.social ?
- Comment on Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold) 1 month ago:
Ooh neat! Does any old filament work for silicone molding? I could imagine for some it might like stick or be harder to remove
- Comment on Karma Wyrm(3D printed soft bait fishing mold) 1 month ago:
This is really cool! What kinda plastic are you filling the molds with? I don't know much about fishing lures
- Comment on Just received an email from feddit.online saying they've geoblocked UK IPs due to the Online Safety Act 1 month ago:
Uhh totally unrelated but... how hard is it to get fedi platforms working over the alt internets, like tor/i2p/ipfs/etc? I'm sure somebody somewhere must be working on that, right?
- Comment on I 3D modeled the Sage of sixth paths double sided Shakujo. 1 month ago:
Nothing to add, just wanted to say this is awesome lol
- Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks 2 months ago:
In advance, I always plan to at least make them from biodegradable PHA so I'm not contributing to micro plastics. But also I hate wasting my precious PHA on it, because the stuff is so hard to get lol
- Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks 2 months ago:
Yeahhhh, the makerspace I work at gets constant requests for these kinda things and it irritates me to no end... Totally feel your frustration.
- Comment on Seed Swap – for trading seeds with others 2 months ago:
Whoa this is awesome. There are soooo many obscure seeds I'd like to get, but that aren't buyable! Definitely joining.
- Comment on Fediverse alternative for Tiktok? 2 months ago:
In addition to Loops, there was also Vidzy and Goldfish, but I don't think they still exist?
- Comment on Wafrn: a tumblr clone that federates with fedi and now also has opt in native bluesky 2 months ago:
I love WAFRN so much 😭
- Comment on Moire/Vernier Radius Gauge 2 months ago:
I definitely agree lol, that's why I teach people how in the local library makerspace. We've a really nice Mitutoyo accurate down to 0.02mm!
- Comment on Moire/Vernier Radius Gauge 2 months ago:
From a big vernier caliper fan, this RULES!! 😍
- Comment on Federated 3D print files (Manyfold) 3 months ago:
This rules, can't wait to see how federation works!! It seems like each project shows up in the fediverse as an actor? Like for example this project: @3dc33whtlsnx@3dprint.social
I kind of naively thought they'd show up as posts or something. Maybe what this means is, all the subcontent of thd project show up as posts instead? If so, that seems pretty neat! Like potentially the 3d files themselves federate out as posts?
Not sure why I'm wildly speculating when all this is surely documented somewhere lol
- Comment on Best place for a community alternative to Facebook group? 3 months ago:
You can from Mastodon! Not sure from Pixelfed but it seems probable? With mastodon it's something like... you just @ mention the community, and have one separate line at the top to become the post title? I think?
- Comment on Best place for a community alternative to Facebook group? 3 months ago:
It does have groups! And they're even interoperable with Lemmy/PieFed/Mbin groups. The experience is definitely very Facebook like, and there are themes that make it even more so.
On the other hand, every instance I've ever been on has run into serious lag issues and/or collapsed entirely... Hoping that's not universal or else gets fixed soon.
- Comment on sites to post laser files? 3 months ago:
Does Manyfold support SVGs/etc? It seems awesome but it might be self-host only, not sure there are any public instances.