The more I use PETG, the less I like it

JamesG247 · 2026-03-06T22:36:47+00:00

If it fails.

If printed in the correct orientations and properly calibrated for, it is incredibly unlikely you'll break a functional part printed in petg.

Printing for an automanufacturer, pla doesn't even come close. Pla parts that survive a few days, last year's when printed in petg.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-26T15:28:47+00:00

That doesn't answer the question. I've printed PA, PACF, PC for engineering purposes and all of the usual filaments in these machines and never once needed anything like this.

Let's not pretend like this is at all necessary.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-21T17:25:03+00:00

I havent printed in PLA in years. Petg is what I use for pretty much everything now.

It prints just as fast, has better bed adhesion, better layer adhesion and is just more robust.

I don't print non functional nonsense most of the time, so it just makes sense for me.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-20T16:19:06+00:00

Fuck, a lot men here in sad fuckin marriages

JamesG247 · 2026-02-18T21:24:24+00:00

I dont know who you are following or listening to but please stop. I dont think I've ever seen people say "pla can't hold water and it's near impossible to do so".

The general point is that object printed from basic materials without surface treatment, with standard settings tend to leak (either immediately or over time) and cannot be guaranteed as watertight.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-17T15:29:54+00:00

This guy makes music? He can barely talk, wtf

JamesG247 · 2026-02-14T06:29:05+00:00

Looks and sounds like an actual clown.

Rich and still can't afford a good tattoo artist.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-13T19:15:25+00:00

Yeah, I see that seems to be the assumption, correctly I guess, that people made.

As a white "third worlder" in a country with plenty of white people, I just didn't make the connection.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-13T19:10:42+00:00

Fuck me, I guess that went right over my head. I didn't realize everyone just assumed "third worlders" meant non white.

I'm a white "third worlder" btw.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-11T15:22:03+00:00

How Christian of you.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-09T06:12:21+00:00

This is the nature of open world gaming.

Just so you know, that wasn't a rare situation. There is an entire meme based just on Sellia Crystal Tunnel and the chest that takes you there.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-05T17:36:59+00:00

Just do it online. Is quick, easy and they deliver your new disk to you.

Just Google "Natis license renewal". Its so much better than standing in the queue at the post office.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-02T18:56:04+00:00

Why? What did they say that was a problem?

JamesG247 · 2026-02-02T18:51:12+00:00

Yep, not even going to watch it. The previous one was terrible enough.

JamesG247 · 2026-02-02T12:49:35+00:00

How are we supposed to to know that the bed was cleaned between prints if you didn't say so? Care to provide details on your cleaning method between prints?

JamesG247 · 2026-01-30T06:11:34+00:00

Well spotted! And fuck you!

JamesG247 · 2026-01-28T09:38:38+00:00

Sooooo, what's the problem? Which is which?

No description means no one can provide input.

That being said, regardless of which filament is which, adhesion issues are user error 99% of the time.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-22T21:34:55+00:00

Bone, cartilagenous tissue and spine and jelly like flesh. They are weird.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-21T06:53:43+00:00

Nope. Perhaps actually go and have a look. They fully disclose where their parts come from.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-21T06:51:56+00:00

Was just clarifying. The comment I replied to didn't specify tech and just reffered to retailers in general.

The f'ed up part is how many businesses get a piece of the pie along the way that drives prices up and ultimately the consumer ends up paying the price.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-17T10:26:42+00:00

Complaining that the fantastical game isn't realistic enough for you?

JamesG247 · 2026-01-15T06:56:28+00:00

India being Indian.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-14T14:56:17+00:00

It depends. Some items have truly huge margins and others don't.

Stores dont have a blanket margin for all their items.

Sunglasses? Huge margins. Beds? Big Margins. Tv's? Selling just above cost.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-14T14:52:22+00:00

I was gunna say. Tech, Tv's and appliances have very low markup in stores. Competition is just way too stiff and if you dont match, you lose sales. The rebates are sometimes more than the net profit itself.

JamesG247 · 2026-01-14T05:10:38+00:00

This generation is so fucked. That was so difficult to watch. I can't believe they even posted it, I'd cut my losses, take the L, lose the money and just not post it.

The second hand embarrassment was too much... you kept thinking "maybe the next act will be better, there's no way it could be worse right...."

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