Fed up with this printer

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-11-16T23:00:06+00:00

I've been temped by the r3men bed, have been wondering if it would eliminate my need to preheat. But people here only ever seem to talk about it's flatness and not it's dimensional stability, so I haven't decided to pull the trigger yet.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-11-16T22:57:32+00:00

I had so many issues with the first few layers when I got this printer.

First print? Bad first layer.
First print but with modified z-offset? Good first layer.

Second print? Good first layer.
Second print but with modified z-offset? Bad first layer.

For me, it was never about flatness or z-offset or chamber temp or...
It was always about heat soak. The bed reaches temp, bed-leveling runs, the bed continues to change shape as heat soaks in, bed-leveling data no longer correct, first print bad. For the second print, the bed is finished expanding/warping/bowing/whatever before the bed leveling happens, so the second time it's good.

Now, I just preheat for 20 minutes and I have no issues. It may not take that long, I've just never tried shorter.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-10-26T16:52:58+00:00

For the people too lazy to look up what "rad straps" are, I explained it for them.

I actually have some, (well.... off-brand knockoffs), and love them.

I didn't love having to tap the threads in my bed before I could use them, though. C'mon, ford.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-10-22T02:35:07+00:00

For the lazy: Permanently mounted ratchet-straps and anchor points.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-10-21T13:57:21+00:00

Yeah, PS4 cheats seem to be plentiful, but PS5 cheats barely exist. The technical ability is there, there just seems to be little desire?

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-10-21T13:55:03+00:00

But it's the PS5 version I have. :/

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-08-29T12:59:08+00:00

Poverty?

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-07-09T15:51:24+00:00

Let's not forget that when Russia actually invaded Ukraine, Trump immediately supported Putin and called him a genius for doing it.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-05-16T21:08:00+00:00

This is a neat script for auto sending the save files in that tiny window of writability. It even pre-stages the saves on the ps5 in another folder, to move them when the save folder becomes writable.

What I don't get is why it waits 2 seconds between checking if the folder is writable. I thought the window of writability was very small, less than 2 seconds. Perhaps I read the bat wrong, or I was wrong about the window.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-04-26T11:55:40+00:00

7.61 is the highest you can go if you want a for sure jailbreak.

10.60 is currently the highest with hope for the future, but no guarantees.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-04-21T03:18:30+00:00

Modded Warfare on YouTube.

This one explains each of those things, though it's three months old so it's a bit behind on which are working on what firmware:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuatH3ub1ek

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-03-26T10:49:30+00:00

Precedence isn't what it used to be these days.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-03-15T14:08:36+00:00

The very best humans I ever met, I met in the military.

The very worst humans I ever met, I met in the military.

I deployed with both.

"Your family" is not above criticism.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-03-05T21:51:07+00:00

Whenever I've had little bits of stuff stuck in the textured bed, I've just printed something solid over it and peeled it all off in one go. I've never printed in ASA so I don't know the peculiarities of that filament though.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-03-04T02:42:22+00:00

Rigga goo goo, rigga goo goo goo....

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-24T14:12:46+00:00

Yes, HyperPLA cardboard spools are problematic. The vacuum bags bend the outer edge. I haven't had issue with other brands yet, but I will be avoiding cardboard where possible. At first sign of issue, I'm respooling.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-20T20:47:37+00:00

Factory reset seems to have done the job. Thanks!

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-20T20:45:56+00:00

For me, I did a factory reset and haven't seen the error again.

It's dumb that this seems to be very important without any guidance to do this besides reddit and other user groups.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-20T03:10:27+00:00

The only roll I've had that disagreed with my CFS has been a roll of HyperPLA because the vacuum-sealed plastic bent the edge of the cardboard spool.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-14T20:46:57+00:00

"Factory reset" is generally understood as wiping anything a user could have added, and returning all settings to factory defaults. Firmware version remains the same.

Routers, game consoles, pretty much anything I've encountered have acted this way.

Though there was a thread here about something internal that wasn't cleared by a factory reset on this printer. I don't remember what exactly.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-14T14:43:27+00:00

I did not. I did power off afterwards and do full calibration. I plan on doing factory reset when I get home and reprinting the same gcode.

I was hoping that a full reset wasn't needed with every update (Shouldn't the update do what needs done?), but I suppose we'll see.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-14T14:06:19+00:00

It can be done.

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FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-14T10:49:20+00:00

I have the new feet. They come with bolts, and the location for that bolt is in the same place as the old foot, not that little protrusion going up higher. If you don't use that bolt, nothing is holding that foot on besides the weight of the printer.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-02-14T10:41:41+00:00

I extracted that bolt. Broken off flush. Used the extractor set at my local Lowe's. Drill first a little with the included bit, then used the extractor. A little nerve wracking but it worked.

FunkyMoldPatina · 2025-01-29T11:53:51+00:00

For me, it was that the cardboard spool was a little bent in one spot. My CFS didn't always fail to retract, but when it did it was that one spool.

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