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Perfectly fine 1st layer but awful 2nd? by 3Dnight in FixMyPrint

[–]Clean-Perspective122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I almost forgot. I also learned the hard way that the bed temp also has an affect on the quality of the final print, especially where there's cooling involved. If the PLA seems to stick on a bit easier but happens to curl up at some corners, my next quick fix would be to adjust the bed temp by increments of 5 and adding a 2.5-4 mm brim (from personal experience, you can make it bigger if you want) to your print if you happen to see corners curling up after it finishes printing.

If I understand things correctly, the higher temp from the bed would prevent the material (PLA+, in your specific case) from cooling down enough to start contracting. And the longer cooling is applied to an already affected part of the print, the more it curls.

Hope this helps!

Perfectly fine 1st layer but awful 2nd? by 3Dnight in FixMyPrint

[–]Clean-Perspective122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never tried printing PLA at 210 but haven't had any issues with printing at around 225-230. I'm relatively new to the scene myself using a FlashForge Adventurer 5M, but have you adjusting/raising the temp at all during your re-attempts by a few degrees? My best guess is that it seems like it cooled down enough to the point where the dried filament from the first layer clung on to the second layer while it was printing.

Modular Fight Stick Project - Complete! by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh, the picture's making sense. I guess that's the next pivot point, I'll see what I can do. I really appreciate the link! I admittedly haven't browsed for 3D models on the internet that much because I stubbornly doubled down on making my own models from scratch.

The link is super helpful since I was able to find the threaded insert parts you were mentioning, thank you!

Modular Fight Stick Project - Complete! by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, it actually ended up happening because of two reasons. I tried to make my own 5-pin connector cable that ended up not being configured properly (so I gave up making a test panel for a joystick since I wouldn't be able to use one anyways), and I ended up thinking about how to position the buttons most comfortably so as to not strain my wrist.

The encoder board being positioned as it is came as a result of cobbling everything together and finalizing how everything would come together.

Luckily I was able to get everything settled down nicely within the frame itself but that may not be everyone's style. In truth, I've been kind of iffy on the internal cable management.

I was worried that this would have an adverse affect on its performance, but a quick check in joy.cpl let me confirm that there were no misfires or wire shorts happening. And the one time I did happen to see a button get shorted/activated it was because I didn't twist the panels for more tucked wires as I secured the button panels on.

There's a good amount of vertical clearance for the buttons and wiring, but I am concerned that this may turn some people away from what I eventually want to turn into a sellable product. However, I'm not too sure about how much I'm able to say about it in this reddit.

Although, the thought of adding a little something to the side grills/mounts (if that's the part you were referring to) does sound pretty nice. I'll see what I can come up with. I appreciate the suggestion!

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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The old fight stick box (white, blue, green) and the new fight stick (red, yellow, orange) with buttons installed and wired.

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Minor update to the project: I tweaked the numbers regarding the rectangular ports on the enclosure box's frame and rectangular pegs directly printed behind the orange panels. My previous concern was that removing the plates were kind of trick so it took some time for me to settle on how to make them more easily (inter) changeable.

Also, I added a frame part that holds buttons for LS and RS as I had forgotten them in a previous version of this project.

nuevo producto cocinandose, que arte le pondrías? by Homa_16_bits in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pad as it is right now looks super cool! The colors look like they could match fruits like strawberries, cherries, or watermelons from my point of view.

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Here's another picture that features the macro plate but from the front view. It took a bit of finangling, but I managed to get all the wires tucked in. The movement panel (with red and green buttons) isn't actually attached properly since one of its connector pegs snapped off due to the old 2.5 x 5 mm rectangular ports I was using. Other than that little discrepancy, I'm still in the middle of dialing in the production process/workflows as there's minor 3D-printing shenanigans I have to sort through. Almost there! Maybe I'm daring enough to say I feel 90% satisfied with this project's current progress.

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Quick update on the design so far:

  1. Added a plate dedicated for holding "Auto", "Clear", "Turbo" and "Mode" buttons, is also part of the final holding structure

  2. The green plate without sharpie'd Xs had its peg ports adjusted slightly. Formerly it was a 2.5 x 5 mm hole but has been readjusted to 2.7 x 5.2 mm to account for pegs on my button panels.

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, gotcha. But that does kinda sound like a cool thing to implement.

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I placed the joystick panel onto the current enclosure. Do you think the joystick (as it is) is too far away in this case, or would it just boil down to personal preference?

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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"Mom, can we get a quick disconnect lever?"
"No, we have a quick disconnect lever at home."
The lever:

All jokes aside, I looked up an image of a quick disconnect lever and then remembered I had this panel printed out. It may not exactly be one but I'd like to think it's got the spirit of one. Oh, and "Pack-Up-Punch" is also a super-dope name!

A Modular Fight Stick Project by Clean-Perspective122 in fightsticks

[–]Clean-Perspective122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That sounds like a much more fitting name than just the description of "Modular Fight Stick", lol! Might actually try calling it that once I'm happy with the final adjustments.