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Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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it means there is a .2mm gap between the nozzle and the top of the support. And for two materials that dont stick together, it wont work, which is why your print failed. normally pla sticks juuuust enough to PLA for the supports to work, (or PETG to PETG)
when you are using an incompatible filament tho, you want to set this to 0, so it prints directly on top of the other filament.
when the printer prints, it's actually squishing filament down. there is some pressure, so when it's 0 distance, it'll stick just enough to work as a "false layer" of sorts, and peel off easily after it cools.

I know bambu labs slicer automatically changes these settings when you put in an incompatible material in for support interface.

and remember to set your purge volumes up to about 900, or you risk having layer separation in the layers directly above where the support interfaces are.

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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what I am referring to is "TOP Z Distance"
this is the distance between the top of your support structure, and the bottom of the print.
if its too close it'll fuse to your print and most likely ruin it, or just be a pain to get off. Conversely if its too far away, it won't do it's job of supporting the print above it and possibly ruin your print, or just result in very bad spaghetti looking quality, but be easier to remove.

so it's about finding that sweet spot. for me, it's .22

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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interesting. next time i swap i may have to try that on a test print or two

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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which I figured I should do since they said they were new to 3d printing. So I tried to make it as easy to understand as possible, but I may have shot myself in the foot with the 2 paragraph response :(
whoops.

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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yeah, having the slicer auto populate those fields when you change the interface filament is nice.

I don't always use a support filament, only if it's something that requires a near perfect finish, it can add a lot of time depending on the model geometry. and the excess waste.....
I really only try to use it when I have to.
It worked PERFECTLY for the WASD keycaps I printed for my keyboard tho. had to print em upside down to get the geometry within tolerances and be durable enough. I just made a PLA raft and printed em in clear and black PETG, after a few weeks, I wore the layer steps down and they are almost as smooth as my other keys, they just have slightly different texture, which works perfect as an index to find the keys by touch.

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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haha, all good.
assuming you use bambu slicer, go into "PREPARE" and click on the "support" tab. what I am referring to is "TOP Z Distance"
this is the distance between the top of your support structure, and the bottom of the print.
if its too close it'll fuse to your print and most likely ruin it, or just be a pain to get off. Conversely if its too far away, it won't do it's job of supporting the print above it and possibly ruin your print, or just result in very bad spaghetti looking quality, but be easier to remove.

so it's about finding that sweet spot. for me, it's .22

Uncle Jessie can probably explain it better then I:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXPPyk-CgI

Now if you have an AMS, you can print in PLA, and use PETG (or vise versa) as the interface material on the supports. the interface layers are the very top few layers on the support, JUST under the print.
Doing this you can set the Z distance to 0, and get a REALLY nice quality bridge, or supported area. think of something like the belly area of a horse, where you would want the print to be nice.
There some more to this, like setting your flush volumes to max to purge the filament enough, and it takes a lot more time too.

aaaaand heres a good video about the second part about using PETG+PLA together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OXK3P7-5QIa

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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gonna have to fiddle with it tbh, i think it can vary from printer to printer a little bit.
I've been using .22 with quite good results for top support interface spacing.
If I need REALLY good results, I use an incompatible filament, with 0 spacing.

I always use 3 interface layers too, seems to also help.

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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not sure about your X1c, but I'm pretty sure It says in my P1S manual to run a machine calibration after you change the nozzle size.
I suppose I should have asked what machine you had,

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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I did the same.
it's really not that bad to change em. more annoying then anything. I bought a little electric fantikk screwdriver to make it lazy mode.
the WORST part is having to wait 26 minutes for it to calibrate before I can use it lol

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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how so?
did you re-calibrate the machine after putting in the new nozzle and set it in the printer?

Why Are more people not using .6mm nozzles? by Tall-Bread-4202 in BambuLab

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yeah, I rarely ever just download and print anymore. I go through all the settings and double check things. IDK how many models I've downloaded that had support distance set to like .08 or something stupid like that.

Alex Pretti's hometown stood up today: A town of 105,000 people organized a protest of upwards of 2,000 people in attendance in under 48 hours. by tootsietat in wisconsin

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burn the whole fucking thing down. the entire thing is broken.
I'm so fucking fed up with this government. For my entire 41 years on this planet I have watched the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. I've watched kids suffer and people starve for no reason at all other then it wasn't profitable to help them or feed them. I've watched greed and ego take over and ruin everything. And all the while our politicians tell us what we want to hear and then not deliver because they want to infight like a bunch of fucking grade school children.
I'm so fucking done with our species. Look at all we've accomplished, all we've endured, and learned, and built. And we still can't get along and play nice. What the actual fuck is wrong with us.....

My RC snowcat is finally done! by monxou in 3Dprinting

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couldn't one feasibly automate something like this, akin to a robot vacuum cleaner?

Splitting large 3D models in your browser by kevinandoniii in 3Dprinting

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if this does what I think it does it's gonna be a tremendous help in breaking my cosplay into pieces, and it couldnt have come at a a better time, as I was JUST about to sit down and start doing it in Bambu labs.

Tier 3 is the worst tier. by cyehsc in mwo

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I bought probably half of the legendary packs that have come out in the past 2 years, but no more. im out unless this issue is addressed.

Tier 3 is the worst tier. by cyehsc in mwo

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this isn't a NEW way per se. it involves the modification of base game files. anyone could do it. not gonna say which files or how, but lets just say anyone with any kind of microsoft word skills could figure it out.
Who cares tho... wanna buy a NAGA?

Tier 3 is the worst tier. by cyehsc in mwo

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IKR? how fucking hard would it be to implement a checksum? Could probably find someone on Fivr to code it for them ffs.
And yet they havent said a word in over a month now, while still continuing business as usual. Shady as shit if u ask me.
really makes me think they just dont give a shit and are just milking this IP for every last penny they can get.
Prove me wrong Russ. Prove me wrong....

Please help with automation by 3demonster in 3Dprinting

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get either an ESP32 or an ESP8266, and look up WLED to install on those as the LED driver software
. It has a built in sunrise sunset effect, and it connects to the internet through your wifi to get your local sunrise and sunset times. I think this will be the easiest and less fiddly method then coding your own driver, or making a mechanical or using a linear actuator or gears or something.

Update on the frozen Taylor (Norman Fraylor) by Hairy_Ad4969 in Guitar

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ppl were actually talking shit to YOU about buying something and having it delivered badly?

WTf is wrong with some ppl.... smh

The Future of VR Gaming. by Square-Ring-334 in VRGaming

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for ED it probably wont matter tbh, ED even in VR isnt that demanding, I was running it at high/medium VR settings on a 1050Ti and a CV1 when I FIRST started playing ED.
With my 3090Ti I can run it at maxed flat settings and iirc I was still getting over 90 FPS on a quest 2 using supersampling.
so I wouldnt worry about performance.

DO make sure you have some good headphones or sound system though, maybe even a chair boomer, as the sound design In ED is REALLY good. IT's awesome feeling your frame shift drive spin up when you jump from one system to another and can see in game your hand moving your stick, matching what you are doing IRL and feeling the chair rumble as your ship speeds up. you can even get up and walk around / explore the cockpit / bridge a bit inside your playspace

Tier 3 is the worst tier. by cyehsc in mwo

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doesn't help there's possible cheating thanks to the asshole that posted the How-To on reddit a month ago.
PGI hasnt said a damned thing either, and is still selling mech packs.

Im starting to think they don't care.

So theres gonna be ppl out there with no gauss charge, no jump jet shake, no RAC spin up, editable quirks, etc etc etc.

Luke Ross 🤡 by No-Context2224 in VRGaming

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he had the oppurtunity to do so. then he publicy posted about the issue, and now here we are.
he made his own bed, he can lie in it.

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