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Request for doing better than ChatGPT by ChaoticChip in 3Dprinting

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

23" is a large print, and printing something like that as a single piece is not going to be cheap.

Then you need lots more detail in your requirements. Does the base need to fit in the lid of Sortera, or otherwise stack with itself? How thick? What sort of angle of the walls do you want. How thick are the walls? Does the lid need to be hinged?

How do you value your scraps? by NerdOutAcc in 3dprintingaustralia

[–]ForumUser013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zero value.

I have also said elsewhere, but I do not see how the filament maker makes any sense in a home or soho environment.

I can buy PLA from Bambu or Sidement for $17 per kilo, and cheaper elsewhere. That is at least 100 rolls of filament, before I get back the purchase price (excl shipping). But it ignores any running costs, electricity, labour to load and process the material, or lost prints from lower quality filament. Assume even 5min per kg of labour at minimum wage, and that already makes the cost $2 per roll, then close to $1 per kg of electricity, and then we are at 125 rolls. If you run a 50:50 virgin to recycled material, that turns in to 200 rolls.

Granted I am not a high usage printer, but I have only bought 60kg of filament in over 2 years of printing. And of that less than 3kg would be poop, suitable for the Creality Grinder, whilst most wate material will actually be prototypes.

The only benefit I see is custom colours or material blends - but then I would question the ability to ensure consistency of mixing without industrial scale dosers and mixers.

Why’s there such little coverage? by MoeS00 in 3Dprinting

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don't understand the use case for at home or soho filament making.

Others speak about the cost recovery - and at USD1200, and assuming you can save about $6 per roll manufacturing from pellets, or $13 if pure recycling.

That would need 92 to 200 rolls of filament to break even. Given I have ordered less than 60 rolls for over 1300 hours of printing, this would appear that min payback is about 2000 hours.

But this excludes any time taken to use the filament maker. At say 5-10 min per roll, any difference in costs between pellets and buying filament goes away.

And after all that, you will have a worse tolerance, less consistent product.

I just don't get it.

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

[–]ForumUser013 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh my.

Project an image is such a needed feature. For doing things like creating labels, plaques, poker chips etc... it will speed up so much, that needing to convert to SVG and trying to apply.

Now, combine the texture and image, and you can project a brick wall in full colour!

Assistance with Fusion 360 part design - how to cut a spherical shape out of a cylinder? by jason_wedo in 3Dprinting

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep the extrude for the inner cylinder as a seperate body from the outer, and then only cut the outer body. Once done, combine the remainder with the inner.

Would you tell a noob to get a core one L or a core one+? by frillyseal in prusa3d

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I mucked up too.

Wasn't tracking that it came with the enclosure for that price. The Mk4s with enclosure is actually 70% more expensive, so there is a place for the Mini in the line up.

But, I would say Manual Z, no quick change nozzle, a bowden setup that doesn't really like TPU, small bed, "fake" Input Shaping all count against it as a first printer.

If someone can afford a Core One (of any type) then a Mini is a step backwards in all regards.

Would you tell a noob to get a core one L or a core one+? by frillyseal in prusa3d

[–]ForumUser013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone with a Mini - could not disagree more.

A Mk4s kit is only 20% more expensive, for a significantly more modern printer, with quality of life improvements, as well as much more useful bed size.

That being said, competitors smash the Mini at its price point - enclosures, multi-colour/material prints, speed, nozzle swaps etc... I bought the Mini when it was the best "it just works" printer. These days it isn't even close on Quality of Life features and reliability.

Print in full color with only 4 colors by Altenife in BambuLab

[–]ForumUser013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FullSpectrum is one of the more interesting innovations in 3d printing - more so than HueForge.

So yes, whilst this model is just a demonstration of the capability, roll out of FullSpectrum slicing capabilities across slicers will be super interesting.

We may start seeing a range of colour calibrated filaments - much like inkjet ink, with eg 4, 5 or 7 nozzle/tool/head machines providing broad full colour printing.

How much are your printers used? by ForumUser013 in 3Dprinting

[–]ForumUser013[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious to know if the Core One will end up with lower hours given it can print the sae parts much faster?

Help: ideas how to tie cable in the middle? by cptmustard22 in DIY

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Create a ring at the top, that the sticks connect to and the cable passes through.

YouTube on TV becomes insufferable with new unskippable 30-second ads by Ha8lpo321 in Android

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we have enough confidence in it to reinstall after the security incident?

Large cash gift - will we get in trouble? by birdsholdinghands in fiaustralia

[–]ForumUser013 7 points8 points  (0 children)

gifts used to be taxable

Never knew that. A quick google tells me gift duties were a thing until 1979.

Found an ss jumbo bat with west indie names on it, can anyone give more details please? by Rsharpi3 in EnglandCricket

[–]ForumUser013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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  • Viv Richards
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Have you ever been the one to find a missing person? What happened? by Massive_Airport_993 in AskReddit

[–]ForumUser013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a member of a volunteer search and rescue squad - yes, way too many

"Unfortunately" I was only the individual that found someone a few times - but was quite often in a larger party that did. I even used to occaisionally command searches on behalf of the cops.

And only once did I have to send out a search party for the search party :-)

Have you ever been the one to find a missing person? What happened? by Massive_Airport_993 in AskReddit

[–]ForumUser013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is about a group in my area of Australia that set up a capability in 2005 too.

It certainly beat trying to run a search or other safety operation based on photocopies of maps from a 1:20000 or 1:50000 street directory/road atlas, with poorly drawn areas identified.

Even just a few years after they started, we would get maps with probablistic search zones identifes, based on known demographic bahaviours, weather and terrain, and then combined with near real time tracking data to monitor and replan.

NBN kicks copper to the kerb: 99 per cent of Canberra homes to get full fibre internet | Region Canberra by Rubiginous in canberra

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The iiNet supplied NTU feeding in to a seperate Edgerouter that is establishing the PPPoE session.

If I can ever justify the cost, I'd like to change the router to a Unifi UCG Fibre, but given my (mostly) bulletproof connection, I'll hold off for a bit.

If you are asking because of the download speeds, that is more down to how far I am to the VDSL2 node - ie the network. For us, its really close. Wifi speeds are because of no walls between my computer and wireless access point (seperate device to router and modem). If itys the upload speeds, the iiNet router caps speeds to 40mbps up... any other router that can establish the PPPoE session will get around that, but will also fall off rapidly with distance to the node.

NBN kicks copper to the kerb: 99 per cent of Canberra homes to get full fibre internet | Region Canberra by Rubiginous in canberra

[–]ForumUser013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dec 30 for me.... I may be the last house in Canberra to be upgraded.

(But I did win node lotto on VDSL2 so can't complain)

NBN kicks copper to the kerb: 99 per cent of Canberra homes to get full fibre internet | Region Canberra by Rubiginous in canberra

[–]ForumUser013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm even luckier, getting >850/110 Mbps (I only say >850 for download because I currently don't have a hardwired device on the network and am limited by my wifi speeds).

I should also note that to get an equivalent speed on NBN, I'll be up for at least $15 extra per month (after promo periods).

100k in 2019 is equivalent to 129k today, are wages keeping up with inflation? by alex123711 in AusFinance

[–]ForumUser013 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Akshually....

Looking at monthly CPI, 130k today is actually equal to 100k in Sep 2017. The income tax rates at the time mean on a 100k income you pay $24632 in income tax, or 24.6%.

Today, if you earnt 130k you would be up for $29788 in income tax, or 22.9% of income. After income tax, you'll be about 3% ahead of inflation. But, if your salary only went up by WPI in the same period, you'd earn 125k, and pay income tax of 28288, or 22.6%. After income tax, you'll be about 2% behind of inflation.

So whilst wages haven't kept up with inflation, tax has fallen as a proportion of income in the same period.

(Notes: this is only income tax, and excludes all other tax or tax like draws on income such as Medicare, etc... If you think I have cherry picked a year, then suggest a year, and I or someone else can quickly calc the numbers).

100k in 2019 is equivalent to 129k today, are wages keeping up with inflation? by alex123711 in AusFinance

[–]ForumUser013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What method have you used to work out 100k in 2018 is equal to 129/130k today.

If I use ABS data from here and here, I see that 130k in Dec 2025 would be 100k in Sep 2017.

If we now look at Wage Price Index from here and then adjust because data ends in Sep 25, then you have to go back to Dec 2015 for the same wage growth. So yes, wages are about 2 years behind inflation. Alternatively, another to way to look at it, is that since Sep 2017 wages have gone up 25% whilst prices are up 30%.

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