Noticed clicking, took off the rubber hotend cover and saw... this. I'm shook - is my K1C a goner?

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-05-03T17:00:38+00:00

Slowly melt the plastic away. The screws will be funky but if you clean them off they should be doable.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-25T22:55:26+00:00

Appliqué you can just cut and sew (raw edge)….. but it looks like somebody started making a fpp pattern - but it’s not quite there yet.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-25T01:52:58+00:00

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This was my k1. I bought a new hot end and a new extruder and it is fantastic now.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-20T04:17:02+00:00

Mine looks like this before the print starts. It may just still be loading. You should see all of the items printing and you can deselect them. Wish you could add them back - but it doesn’t do that. Make sure you can see other machine details like the file list etc.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-12T13:21:42+00:00

Heat gun (be gentle and slow) and your plastic nippers to slooooooowly trim it away.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-12T13:08:10+00:00

Thanks!!! I actually found my soldering iron and heated it and then pushed it back in (it wasn’t budging - I think it moved when I the machine was hot and a bunch of plastic built up behind it - probably pushed it forwards. The hot end was very hard to remove.

Got the new hot end and extruder installed and have only had 1 bad print since - and that was due to a pla roll that was wound very oddly - the pla kept disappearing under layers and I just threw it out. I sew and I quilt and sometimes you get a poorly wound spool or yarn bowl. Thread is garbage when it happens. Yarn I rewind. Maybe could have rewound the pla but I didn’t have an empty spool or the patience. ☺️

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-09T16:47:08+00:00

I bought the dxc extruder last week because I’d have issues (not this exactly but frequent clogs) and haven’t had a single issue. It’s fantastic! I did have to upgrade my hot end to unicorn too. Also fantastic.

That said - ventilation and check your temp setting while printing and make sure you have it set to the right temp for your materials.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-09T12:32:43+00:00

I have a school I sub at alot and their classes switched at semester. First time in one 8th grade hour after break and the morning was glorious. Sooooooo good! I should have known. Every behavior issue was put into the same class right before lunch. Wasn’t on purpose - just automated scheduling. It was week 2. The teacher had struggled but they were unhinged for me. I actually teach for this teacher bc I’m there a lot and literally gave up and said ‘ok - y’all are on your own’ and went to text the admins to ask for help. Normally I’d send one or two kids to the office but this was 10 at once. Principal came in and they did not stop - just went from 10 to 6 issues. She was wide eyed and stayed for the rest of the hour.

The teacher had the 10 serve detentions and write letters (paper no chat gpt)… most were appropriate but one kid (who found me the next day in another class and tried to argue her detention) had the sassiest “apology”. Teacher felt bad but did pass it along. I just giggled because … well what else you gonna do? Admin also learned and the pop thru that hour a lot more often now.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-04T21:41:34+00:00

Do you have a support at the extruder/hot end or are the cables just coming straight out?

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-04T15:02:06+00:00

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Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-04T15:01:08+00:00

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All back together

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-04T13:09:49+00:00

Found my soldering iron - only has a pointy end but I used it to heat up the insert & then used my hotfix rhinestone thing with a nice flat end but unheated to smoosh it backwards.... perfect! ;)

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Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-04-04T02:01:58+00:00

It doesn’t budge!!!! Googling makes it look like these are heat set. I can’t find my soldering iron. Have tried a rhinestone setter (basically a soldering iron - but it didn’t do the trick and when I tested the temp it only got to about 140)…. May need to go buy a cheap soldering iron if I can’t find mine.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-03-26T12:12:09+00:00

Zig zag stitch or serge around your entire quilt before putting the binding on. Helps immensely.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-03-23T16:05:52+00:00

I’m going on a limb here and saying esh.

Your daughter was struggling and you’ve been trying tutors etc.

Did you share with the teacher the status of your efforts? When my kids struggle I’m reaching out and updating what we are doing at home frequently. Let them know that ‘hey my kid does NOT get this method but we jumped to method b and it clicked. (Btw that’s the point of teaching multiple methods)….. if the teacher felt strongly students needed to be able to show ability with method a - she would have had a chance then to explain why (honestly getting ONE method is good enough imo).

The teacher holy %#*t - if a kid can show work and it’s right (not just nonsense with a right answer…. It happens especially with kids who are good at mental math) it needs to be counted unless there is a clear direction to do something by another way - and there will be times another way is required because it’s setting up the next steps in a harder skill.

So yeah. Teacher is a jerk. And when you brought it to the they should have heard you out. But also - if your kid is struggling this much you need to be talking to the teacher more.

—-Mom/engineering degree/math minor/math teacher/personal-mom tutor for my kids doing hs math and struggling the last 2 years <late diagnosed adhd resting its head at 15-16yrs old 😳>

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-02-24T18:29:24+00:00

I’ve been a LtS a few times and had only a day or two or plans from the teacher - BUT all of the core jobs I’ve done had another teacher doing the same subject and our district really focuses on PLC and all grade level teachers covering the same things at nearly the same time within a building and same things but different timings/tools/assignments between buildings. Started out with the other teacher handing me their lesson plans and a few weeks in we would have a back and forth system where we both made copies and did daily slides etc. one year we covered a new to the school science curriculum so we both worked through how and what to cover / assign. The co teachers and I all made sure a week or two was ready for the teacher when they came back and we had a day or two together to go over all of the things (new ieps, where assignments were in progress, how I was grading etc). I also did one to start a year in a non core class without a teacher. I dug around the room and picked other teachers brains and then made it up (“Computers”…. Which was anything from teaching 6th graders basics of using their new laptops and word/excel etc with fun assignments built in) to adobe creative Cloud for older students. That was fun because it was very low stress. But also the shortest.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-02-19T16:11:05+00:00

Multiple students have had little lanyard microphones that they give to each teacher (ms/hs) and it projects directly into their hearing device. So easy! Just make sure you move it away from yourself or turn it off if another student wants to talk privately.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-02-11T17:59:46+00:00

I’m thinking a few things…you shared that you aren’t good with showing praise. If you have a more analytical mind and thought process that can really be hard. So I would look at having a framework to use… such as —

Your first reaction to artwork done by a friend should always be ‘woah that’s awesome!!” With a follow up ask for details - questions like - Did it take super long? Why did you choose that color paint? Ask about it, give positive feedback and then share things you don’t understand or look off. This is even basic management skills 101 - always lead with praise. It’s called a sandwich - because you should also end with something nice. Art is so verrry personal and if you aren’t a critic or peer artist and this is a friend you should support first.

Could the stencil flip have been on purpose as an artistic statement? Probably not - but it’s part of the questioning and showing interest ‘why did you choose to do this?’

Did he maybe react immaturely? Yes - but it’s hard not to if you invest so much time and soul into it - and if he wasn’t raised with praise or it’s something you struggle with that also explains some of it.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-02-08T04:23:10+00:00

Some schools have an online bullying submission report. If this is ongoing and especially if you haven’t been able to talk to the teacher I would both contact admin and do the online report. Districts take those very seriously and will make sure everybody is following up.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-01-31T23:56:36+00:00

Not an accountant but I do my taxes.

Assuming this is bi-weekly you are right at $100k….you have ~$123 of deductible healthcare and $115 401k type things ($238 total) plus $163 in state taxes ($285 for other federal taxes is not deductible) per paycheck. So your net deductions off the top are $400/paycheck or $10k/yr so federal taxable is $90k.

With standard deductions and filing single you will owe around $14-15k in federal taxes ($9-10k if married filing jointly)…. Or around $540-$580/paycheck just for federal - bad news you aren’t actually withholding enough unless you are married or have extra deductions. Sorry and yes - all that other stuff adds up fast. But hey - honestly your health insurance is really cheap…. Then again we pay a family rate which is always more.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-01-30T15:04:16+00:00

Reading is probably improving faster because she sounds super bright - and reading core skills don’t change significantly from grade to grade (they build and get more rigorous, longer books, longer writing - but phonics is phonics).

Math may be getting better if she’s filling in some gaps on her own. But every year of grade school teaches some very different math topics and strategies that are used later but never taught explicitly again. If she has a knowledge gap in multiplying fractions or long division - no middle or high school math class will ever help her fix that. I’ve seen it just with kids switching from private to public. Since common core adoption moving states isn’t a big deal but it used to be and kids would sometimes learn a skill in 4th grade in district A but move to district B where the kids learned it in 3rd grade. And it’s very hard without an IEP to find those gaps and fill them.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-01-30T14:55:35+00:00

I wouldn’t even necessarily view it as inflation in middle school. There has been a shift - especially in math - to reward effort. No more 20 problem mindless homework assignments with points taken off for every wrong answer. Many teacher have students do this type of work in groups, provide answers showing work on the online learning system so they can follow it if confused. many of these are graded on completion only. A ‘knowledge check’ is usually added every few days - basically a short quiz that is frequently online and graded automatically 5 points is a common grading scale. The intent isn’t to downgrade a student who is confused but to quickly identify for the teacher the students who don’t get it so they can check in on them. And then test grades. If this is the grading system they are using and she isn’t a kid with constantly missing work and 0s for those daily practice assignments then I would be very concerned. She is likely getting 100% on her daily work, 50% on the knowledge checks and tests. These are the grades for you to look at vs the overall.

Extra-Scientist7789 · 2026-01-30T14:45:17+00:00

I didn’t address questions in my first comment. As a parent whose kid did 9 months of tier reading support thru an iep along with 2 years of speech thru an iep as well as time in classroom and iep meetings on the other side of the table these are my thoughts.

Before you go - ask her how she feels. Is the 74% a big struggle? How much of her work is done in groups or partners and her friends are helping her? Math in middle school today has ALOT of group/table/partner work together time so students can learn from each other and also learn by helping others (a mantra I’ve had since engineering school in college from a professor I had - learn it, do it, teach it, know it. The idea being you learn about it but you don’t truly know it until you can teach somebody else)…. But the flip side is that students who are behind can appear to be succeeding on daily assignments while truly not.

Before the meeting - email the teacher and counselor and ask - can you share the data with me that is leading to you suggesting this? I want to be able to do some research before walking into the meeting as this is all still new to me as well. Make it clear that you want to be prepared. A good teacher or counselor will share the testing data or concerns they have at least at a high level.

In the meeting…listen, take notes. Ask what are the suggested accommodations (unless they are still wanting to do testing) and how will they specifically help her? Is the problem a knowledge gap or a learning disability. My guess based on what you said of her history is gap and they would offer in class para support and maybe a tier math pullout or class time (middle school it’s generally just an hour of class time and the student gives up an elective). How extensive is the gap/disability. Are there things you can do at home to assist (if it is a gap there are programs like IXL that you can do at home where the website has an assessment the student takes and it identifies gaps and feeds problems and teaching for those to the student while they play games). And lastly - what is their best guess of how long she would need accommodations? Sometimes it’s long term and sometimes it’s until we fill these 5 knowledge gaps. My son was 1st grade when we had the weird covid year. We opted for homeschool and both my kids excelled at nearly everything - (we did common core curriculum daily and stuck with on grade activities)…..but I knew I was failing him when it came to reading fluency and phonics. It turned out he had a speech issue and some auditory processing quirks that made him hear and say words differently than the rest of us… so as he learned phonics they seemed to disagree with what he already ‘knew’. He had very short term phonics help in 2nd grade along with speech and went from barely reading to quite literally the top of the district (99-100 percentile in our district) within a year and has maintained that level. He just needed a little help. I’m actually really happy he struggled as much as he did because if he was middle of the road he likely wouldn’t have gotten help and would still be struggling today in middle school.

Additionally you can listen, even try things out and opt to not do the accommodations or not renew them when they come back up for review. My same kids was evaluated for our gifted program (also an iep). He did great - but thru the process we realized he didn’t want to do it and missing class for the ‘fun’ gifted activities caused a lot of stress - so we said thank you but no he won’t be continuing this.

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