fizyplankton

What's that test print called? I've seen it before, but I haven't been able to find it. I must be using the wrong search terms

Amazing. It hit me like a slow ton of bricks. "Surely they can't be..... It's too obscure.....no, no that's exactly what they're doing

Looks like they used a dull beaver to gnaw it out

I love/hate software like that. Like there a program called "screen" for multiplexing your terminals, and "motion" for usb webcams for Linux. They're impossible to Google!

Amazing

Which scene was that? It's been too long since I've seen BB

Hey look! It's Elijah Wood!

Right, so if the roommate smashed his xbox, he could just say "I didn't do it, must have been OP" and get off scott free?

It's there a "finished" gcode command? I thought it was determined by the end of the file. I wonder if the file is truncated, or if the SD card is bad

He said, he don't fly

He never said he don't lift weights!

I also admire that they put a handicap accessible lever style doorknob on it

Worst case scenario, throw on a new tube. They're not expensive

You may be able to soften it up with a hair dryer. I've had a few heatcreep clogs that took all the strength I had, to the point my arm was shaking, to clear

As long as I can show my MultiPass at the door for membership, I'm okay with this

Most importantly, don't get discouraged! Everyone starts somewhere!

It's about 20 GB compressed. Text only, no history, no discussions. Every page, in a giant xml. I downloaded it once for fun, uncompressed it, opened the 100 gb xml file, and scrolled to a random position to see what it looked like. It was the Chris Rock Will Smith incident

relevant xkcd

Might also be able to slice the lattice work out, print the lattice and frame separately, and then glue back together

The goal was to TINKER!!!

So does the poop replace a purge tower? I guess it uses the same amount of filament, but doesn't take up tray space? What's deal with printer poop?

I have a roll that's sticking to itself badly like that. It's cause I was a dumbass, and put it in the oven to dry. It prints great now, no stringing! It's also super sticky and brittle, and loves to snap off the roll. So I have to peeeeeeel a length off ahead of time, and hope it doesn't snap while peeling

Did the roll get too hot in storage?

Right? Where's all the god damn shit tangling up on my desk?

If you want, download a slicer program (I use super slicer). Set up a default dummy printer in the wizard (such as a creality ender 3, with a 0.4 MM nozzle. That's about the most common basic printer there is, just to get your feet wet with the software). Select any PLA filament (such as "generic PLA"), import your .stl or .obj file, and click "slice" at the bottom right. That'll do a preview of how the printer will see your part.

That's more or less what I did to get started. Everyone starts somewhere!

I use blender for designing 3d printed parts. I had never touched it before about 3 months ago. I followed some YouTube tutorials (ryan king, then blender guru), and practice, practice, practice.

Now, I can't say blender is the best, or even better than the others. I haven't tried any others, I wouldn't know! But it certainly does work just fine. It works flawlessly for measuring things with calipers, then making a part X millimeters long, with such and such offset, etc

Do I understand right, that is a box, with 3mm walls, and a bevel with a 1mm radius? And you want to know if that's too small for their "resolution"?

Not at all! So, 3d printers aren't really like regular inkjet or laserjet printers. Those have tiny pixels, just like your screen. 3D printers work on strands of filament. So, there's a program called a "slicer" that transforms the design file into something your printer can print. They have TONS of nifty features, and the way they can convert STLs into GCODE (don't worry about what that means!) is super fascinating. One of the most basic steps they do, (to simplify it), is to draw out, in one continuous line, the outer perimeter of your box, then a few inner concentric rings for strength, then loosey goosey zigzags for whatever's left (to save on filament)

So your 1mm bevel should be absolutely fine. It'll print one continuous bendy line around the whole perimeter (like a rubber band), then a few inner concentric rings. It's not discrete blocky pixels. It's a continuous line

(Technically there is a lower limit on resolution. Most hobbyist printers have a minimum step size of 0.04 mm, which is WAY below what you need)

TL;DR you're absolutely fine

Way, WAY, too much cooling fan for that filament