Bluewing
@Bluewing@lemmy.world
- Comment on Guide recommendation for absolute newbies? 15 hours ago:
Prusa’s are probably the best value in 3D printing if you intend to be in it for the long haul due to the support Prusa provides. I’m pretty sure I can get support for my 7 year old Mk3s if I were to ever need it.
Bambu fan bois literally complain about wanting to return their new printer they bought a month ago so they can get the latest new model that was just released. I read an entire thread about how they were upset that Bambu didn’t give them a month or two notice about the release of the P2S so they could have waited to buy that instead of the P1S printer they DID buy.
Prusa owners tend to not be in an eternal chase for the shiniest thing.
- Comment on Guide recommendation for absolute newbies? 16 hours ago:
One last thought that I would leave you with: Air filtration. If you wish to eventually want to print some of those engineering filaments, or even the old standbys ABS/ASA, you need to have a working air filtration system to remove hazardous particulates and VOCs. This means activated charcoal filters. Some brands are better at it than others, but most of the manufacturer’s are at least acknowledging the need for it. And some few want you to believe their marketing over actual performance-- cough, cough Bambu’s new P2S cough.
- Comment on Guide recommendation for absolute newbies? 1 day ago:
Prusa’s work just fine out of the box. And if you have a problem, Prusa is well known for their support for their printers for years. But Prusa also allows a bit of tinkering if you decide you want to. But it’s not necessary.
I don’t know what kind of farming you do, but if you think you want to print some repair parts for farm machinery, you are probably going to want to use some of the expensive engineering filaments for best results at some point. Qidi is the only really accessible consumer grade printers really capable of high end engineering filaments. I would recommend the Qidi Q2. It’s capable of printing filaments that other brands can’t. Plus it has the first and only printer certified by MET, a testing organization recognized by OSHA.
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 4 days ago:
Why is it that the Dutch press operators that Caxton hired to run his printing presses, seldom catch any blame for the spelling changes they made to English? The one I always remember is Ghost. Those Dutch press operators decided that Gost should look more like the the Dutch word Gheest. So Ghost got it’s “h”. As did ghoul because you wouldn’t that to be too different…And other words got the same treatments. Thankfully many of the changes didn’t stick but enough have.
If only the printing press hadn’t been introduced to English until after the Great Vowel Shift was over, spelling and spoken would be much closer aligned.
- Comment on Fight me 5 days ago:
Pfftt. Splitting wood is peak heat thermodynamics. And I can attest it keeps you warm down to -40F.
- Comment on Settings from Cura to Orca? 5 days ago:
Not to be mean or a dick, but this is where you learn how to be a real 3D printer person and get some advanced skills in running your printer.
If Orca spits out usable g-code, then you do have a starting point. Even if you don’t like it. Go through the calibrations suite that Orca provides. Then start adjusting things. If your printer isn’t printing fast enough to suit you, adjust the speeds up. You should know how fast you printed under Cura, try those speeds to start. You can tweak the acceleration and jerk also if needed, (just make one change at a time and document it). But you need to make those changes. Ain’t nobody else can.
Because no one here knows anything about the condition of your printer, what materials you are using, or what you are printing. So no one can tell you anything. It’s going to take time, filament, and effort to get things how you want them.
- Comment on Settings from Cura to Orca? 6 days ago:
Tune your settings just like you did with Cura. Does it take time and effort? Yes it does, just like it took time and effort to tune Cura.
- Comment on Calibrate Routine 1 week ago:
I recommend you start here if you haven’t done all of these already.
Otherwise, I have found Orca to have all the filament calibration tools I need to use.
- Comment on Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd 1 week ago:
So starfish are closer to a doughnut than humans.
- Comment on Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd 1 week ago:
Shape has little to do with mass. Unless you want it to be so.
- Comment on The difference a bit of calibration makes 1 week ago:
Calibration is still a requirement even with the “automatic calibration” claimed on many new printers. I see so many new people having problems that could be solve with an actual physical check of the machine and adjusting software settings.
So carry on! you’ve made a great start to actually learning how to print!
- Comment on Honestly Bizarre 1 week ago:
I also add: Does it taste good?
I do this because of cranberries. I do not eat anything that you can make candles or soap from…
- Comment on So, did a new printer drop? LOL 1 week ago:
I did enjoy watching him drill a big hole in the back of the filter chamber and add another fan to actually draw the air though it. But yeah, at least Sanlanderer pointed out those poor to bad design choices in the machine.
My biggest disappointment was in seeing the XY gantry being all glued together making it irreparable. It’s a good thing I’m not in someone that would buy this printer anyway.
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 2 weeks ago:
There is one thing that people miss about that whole “10 acres to feed one cow” statement. Yep, it can take that much land. But what doesn’t get said is that one cow can take advantage of land that is unsuitable to grow crops on like tomatoes, peppers, and onions.
In the US, California produces more fresh produce every year than any other state can. But it comes at a high cost of farming land that really isn’t naturally suitable for growing those vegetables. Farmers need to pump millions of gallons of water on those acres to get those crops to grow. This in turn puts pressure on the supply of water to everyone else in the state. And much of this farmland had all it could do to grow grass in some years originally.
Aquifers are going starting to go dry because of this. The vast Ogilala aquifer that supplies water to almost all of the US west is starting to go dry. Because we now are farming land that probably be best left to growing grasses for cattle, sheep, or goats rather than tomatoes or soybeans.
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 2 weeks ago:
You would harvest the leaves when they are small and young. And they would be one of the first fresh greens available in the spring. But their season quickly passes as the plants grow pretty fast.
- Comment on Prusa3D Core One assembled from kit in roughly 36 hours 2 weeks ago:
I also have a Bambu Mini and it was a disappointing unboxing and setup. I think it took longer to get the machine registered and run the calibration than hooking up the AMS lite and plugging everything in.
And Prusa’s assembly instructions were the best I have ever seen. My Mk3s came with a large full color photographed and printed manual showing every step and assembly with a complete description. It was glorious.
- Comment on Prusa3D Core One assembled from kit in roughly 36 hours 2 weeks ago:
When I bought my Mk3s kit during covid, I spent an entire weekend assembling it and I was sad when I finished it. I spent maybe 20 hours on the assembly because I didn’t want the journey to end. I could have easily done it in 5 or 6 hours. Lots of breaks with cups of tea consumed, (and trips to the bathroom).
But the world demands instant gratification, open the box plug it and print your first benchy. But if you slow down, you might find the journey is as enjoyable as the destination.
And if you bought an Ender 3 back in the day, perhaps the trip to printing was better than the destination…
- Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists? 2 weeks ago:
It’s become all about purity testing. From both the right and the left. And since any purity test can be anything that anyone wants it be, everyone is guaranteed to fail it at some point. And because the internet never forgets, something you said 20 years ago now is grounds for being purged. Without any thought to what that person now believes and how they think.
- Comment on Ender 3 v3 se y axis bearings loose in carrier. 3 weeks ago:
Buy the upgrade. It will make you much happier in the end.
- Comment on Ender 3 v3 se y axis bearings loose in carrier. 3 weeks ago:
The bearing is supposed to self center on the shaft with the fitment between the bearing and the shaft. I can’t imagine the pain of trying to manually adjust those very tight tolerance parts for the perfect alignment. Far better to make the housing the bearing goes into correctly from the start.
- Comment on Poor salmon 3 weeks ago:
The 2 Angry Beavers did it first. I think it was Dagget that always pronounced the L in salmon. They lived in fear of the salmon spawn run. The salmon would tear their dam/home apart.
And who could ever forget their #1 hit single, Beaver Fever, so smoky and sexy.
- Comment on I'm gonna die on this hill or die trying 3 weeks ago:
Well, while em dashes can be very useful-- I like to substitute them for parentheses sometimes-- they can be over used and abused-- see AI abuses.
- Comment on Filament won't adhere? 4 weeks ago:
Well, that’s new information then.
- Comment on Filament won't adhere? 4 weeks ago:
beirut_bootleg is correct. With bed aheision issues, always start with washing the plate with warm water and dish soap and and a clean paper towel. Dry the plate with a clean paper towel. Keep your fingers from touching the plate’s surface to prevent the oils from your skin coating the plate.
If this doesn’t solve your issue, then we need to try something else.
- Comment on 1919 (correctly) 4 weeks ago:
This is why you actually answer the phone to prevent 300 voicemails. That’s on you if that happens. And I have repeatedly found that a one or two line text message NEVER conveys the whole message because people do not know how to create a cognizant thought. So I can either spend hours texting back and forth to get the whole picture or you can call me directly, answer my pointed questions, and be done in 60 seconds or less.
- Comment on 1919 (correctly) 4 weeks ago:
I absolutely hate text messages. I refuse to spend hours of my time sending text messages back and forth to solve a problem that a 60 second phone call could have disposed of.
- Comment on 1919 (correctly) 4 weeks ago:
It’s better to just leave the phone at home…
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 4 weeks ago:
Yesterday it was grilled porkus steakious. By the end of the day I’m changing it to Homio Smokus Baconius. Just as soon as I get those pork bellies out of the smoker. Then I just need to get those 3 pork loins brined and smoked next weekend.
- Comment on delamination on larger surfaces 4 weeks ago:
Something to consider perhaps, Just a SWAG
Printing temp? Too low of printing temps can cause poor layer bonding.
Air currents. This is noticeable on open bed printers the most. But even enclosed printers can have issues with cooling fans being on too long and at too high of a speed.
- Comment on Why BambuLabs A1 pooping so frequently? (Sorry, not sorry.) 4 weeks ago:
Things you might try,
Print something else. Just a small simple cube is enough. If it prints fine, then there is an issue with the model or slicer settings.
If you suspect the slicer, maybe try using Orca slicer to see if that’s the issue. If it prints fine with Orca, then purge everything Studio from your system and reinstall Studio.
If all that fails, then reset your printer back to factory and start over again.
And if that fails, buy a Mk4 or Core One…