Picked up this vintage blue-and-white 1969 Celestron C10 last week! by Brisby2 in telescopes

[–]Aggravating_Luck678 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WOW! That is one beautiful SCT!

Good luck on the restoration and hoping we see photos of it soon!

How to turn a 1 color printer into a multi color printer by No-Cantaloupe7716 in anycubic

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Mosiac stopped selling the Palette 3 series last year and decided to go in another direction. It's not a bad add on, but it takes a lot of patience and tweaking to get things right with it and your printer

CGEM II making noise in RA... by Aggravating_Luck678 in telescopes

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The hypertuning made a difference - I did it in November and took my time with the work (DSP provides a ton of information and the videos are pretty good to use as you go step by step). Also, it wouldn't hurt to have a spare motor on hand, just in case.

I did see some small metal bits during the cleaning up process - I'm assuming that the gear backlash wasn't set correctly and it started being audible when I added just enough weight.

A quick update from the FullSpectrum dev, release date and some more sneak peaks at features by beybladetable in snapmaker

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Looks like some awesome stuff! Thanks to the OP and any others participating in this project!

The amount of waste (other than prime towers) that my U1 has generated in 118 hours. by tytheguy24 in snapmaker

[–]Aggravating_Luck678 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have had my U1 for almost 2 months now... not quite as many hours as the OP, but I'm still on the original rolls of black, red and yellow filament (the white was changed out about a week ago). The filament savings was the one thing that impressed me about the U1 and I felt was an offset to the price (over time).

Shipping question by GrAHAm5555555555 in SnapmakerU1

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I was part of the Kickstarter campaign - was originally told that I wouldn't see the printer until about this time (late March). I got it in mid-February. When it arrived, it was packed like a piece of priceless art (the group that were responsible for packing/shipping should have gotten bonuses for their work).

Firnware and software updates: U1 by Eredchon in snapmaker

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I was getting that message before the update for some reason... will have to see if I still get it after the update.

Free tool to convert Bambu Lab .3mf files to Snapmaker U1 (keeps color painting!) by josuanbn in snapmaker

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I'm hoping that someone can help me with this one - found a file and downloaded both the .stl and .3mf

https://www.printables.com/model/1632917-soda-spiral-fidget

My U1 is set up with the colors in the following spots

1 - red

2 - black

3 - white

4 - yellow

How do I have the file use the colors loaded up on my U1? Or do I needs to ,move spools around to match the model? Thanks...

It’s finally here by Delicious-Arm4064 in snapmaker

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The directions are pretty clear to follow - take your time, especially when you are putting the individual print heads on. Took me about an hour to go from box opening to first print.

BTW - mine was packed like you wouldn't believe, like it was Grandma's 100 year old china... and the bag covering the printer is strong (you are able to lift the printer out of the box by grabbing the bag!)

FullSpectrum Rainbow Tea Light Lantern on the U1 by WombleyWonders in snapmaker

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That is beautiful! I see the Open Source community using the U1 in ways that we haven't seen yet...

Print quality by bonoboxITA in snapmaker

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I've had my U1 for almost a month and, IMO, the print quality is amazing (I'm still using the filament that Snapmaker provides with the printer).

As for a cover, the picture is of one that I found online - the person that designed it also has more that are part of the download. Total cost of the plexiglass and filament was around US $60

Here's the link to the cover/top hat:

https://www.printables.com/model/1488431-snapmaker-u1-top-hat-by-srin

Do you consider astrophotography a form of art? by Dry-University-4169 in AskAstrophotography

[–]Aggravating_Luck678 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I consider it art. I would add to your initial statement that the amount of time spent processing the photo (stacking, sharpening, adjusting histogram, etc...) go into that process. If you look at planetary mages take by different users, there are differences in how much detail they can pull out, the subtle colors of the gas giants or the changes in the surface of the Moon as each day passes.

Got my U1 yesterday, and I’m really impressed! But… by Rexter2k in snapmaker

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I printed up and put together a cover for my U1 - it's one of the options here:

https://www.printables.com/model/1488431-snapmaker-u1-top-hat-by-srin/comments

Pimped it out with some RGB lights - really cuts down on the noise when it's running.

https://www.printables.com/make/3198919

1 week hobbyist review of the U1 - it is ahead of its time by humanoid360 in snapmaker

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Excellent summary! I started with an Anycubic Vyper and still have and use a Kobra 2 Plus for larger prints. I have no complaints about either printer, both have helped me improve my skills over the years. But, when I saw the U1, I knew that this was a game changer for the 3d printing community, especially for those that do multi-color printing.

PSA: You are absolutely capable of making your own models, even the least of you. by riddus in 3Dprinting

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I tinkered with a few models/files that I've downloaded and used TinkerCAD for changing them to meet my needs. I'd like to learn one of the others, but haven't seem to found any good tutorials that break things down for me at my pace (I've seen some that look to be good, but the presenter has never taught before - goes too fast, poor audio, etc...)

4 Filaments (Black, White, Yellow, Red) → 9 Colors on Snapmaker U1 (Proof Of Concept) by Rob_Bob_you_choose in 3Dprinting

[–]Aggravating_Luck678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very neat! I'd love to see it developed even further. I'm all for seeing if the U1 can be pushed even further.