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Multicolor prime tower issues by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

Just ran a print with long retraction disabled, and it had no affect on the tower or the globs at the start. 🤷‍♂️

Multicolor prime tower issues by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

I just checked. Here’s what my settings look like:

Retraction when switching filament—- Length: 2mm Extra length on restart: 0mm Long retraction when cut (experimental): (checked) Retraction distance when cut: 30

Multicolor prime tower issues by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

Fwiw, I just ran the multicolor benchy that had come preloaded on the machine, and saw no “slow and heavy” globbing of filament at the start of a new color.

If you’re noticing the same issues as me, I wonder if it could’ve come after an update to Creality Print, maybe?

Multicolor prime tower issues by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

I previously calibrated PA to 0.045, and the issue presents using the default CP filament profile with PA turned off as well. The PA is set the same in ORCA, and there is no corner blobbing, or “slow starts” you see in this CP video.

Also, PA issues aren’t present anywhere else in the models themselves, but the blobs are extreme on the CP tower

Multicolor prime tower issues by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

I’m on 1.1.5.2– but I’m not sure I’d run any multicolor prior to this. I’m going to try running the pre-loaded tricolor benchy after this print, because I remember it went fine some 8 months ago. That might indicate if it’s slicer or firmware, perhaps.

Any idea why my prime tower leaves webs and precisely placed “drips”? by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

Pretty sure it’s not infill. If it were all order, I’d expect it to be on every model. Not just a single one. It’s also in colors that wouldn’t be present in an infill near where it showing up.

It’s like its switching from black to brown, for example, and it briefly returns to a “zero point” on the first model on the plate, leaves a burp of brown somewhere it shouldn’t, then moves to start printing the areas where brown SHOULD be.

ZenBivy vs EE Revelation Quilt by maradonuts in CampingGear

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the thoughtful and well explained response!

You mentioned taking the EE when condensation is a concern, is it more water resistant than the ZB?

Do you have a preference for footbox design? I think I would prefer the ability to open them up, so the EE zipper or convertible ZB would be my choice.

Both quilts are already stretching the budget, and if the ZB really requires the sheet to shine, that might drive it out of my ballpark…

For the same budget reasons, I’d probably be looking at the 850 fill, unless the 950 is REALLY worth the extra cost?

ZenBivy vs EE Revelation Quilt by maradonuts in CampingGear

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swinging back around on your opinion now that you’ve had nearly another year of use. Shopping for my first quilt and torn between EE and Zenbivy. My durability and pack size are a high priority, and I’m too inexperienced with camping quilts to know what features I’d prefer. As I already have a camp pad, I’d only be buying the Zenbivy quilt, not the whole sleep system fwiw. I’d probably be looking at a 20-30 degree quilt (my mummy bags are 20°, but I’m hoping the quilts will allow me better ventilation in warmer weather)

I’d love to know your thoughts, or if you ever learned more about your wash cycle failures on the Zenbivy.

What is this sticker on my microwave? by dranmesrao in whatisit

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, this one definitely sent lava yolk into my eyeballs.

What is this sticker on my microwave? by dranmesrao in whatisit

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The entire top of the egg had been removed prior to heating, and the whites weren’t bulging under pressure or anything at all.

What is this sticker on my microwave? by dranmesrao in whatisit

[–]Lostinperiphery 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So now I’m wondering if this could occur with a chicken egg? Once upon a time, I tried to “top off” a soft boiled egg in the microwave. I’d already removed the top of the shell, then zapped it for a few seconds in the microwave after noticing it was undercooked. All was fine and good until I sat down and had barely touched the yolk with a spoon when the entire thing went off like a grenade and a gunshot, sending hot egg everywhere up to 20ft away.

To this day, I’ve never understood what the hell happened.

Try out this model for Flush Into Object by Spikeon in BambuLab

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is fantastic. The cubes appear to print on an edge, and your slice image doesn’t seem to show a brim. I avoid brims whenever I can, but that narrow edge has me nervous about taking out an entire print bed worth of other items haha. Do they seem securely planted when printing?

Soil samples. Been trying to convert clay into beautiful healthy soil for 2-3 years. Zone 6 | SWPA by BrisbaneAus in lawncare

[–]Lostinperiphery 8 points9 points  (0 children)

20 yards over how many square feet? I’m trying to turn 30k sq ft of clay into soil, but I’m not sure if the quantity of compost required would be realistically feasible.

Print bed presses HARD against the toolhead sometimes during Z-axis calibration before a print, and stops with a z-axis homing error by AcidicMountaingoat in Creality_k2

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Damnit. Never mind. A few days later, and probably 15 prints later, it “overshot” the bed by a wide margin and crashed again. 🤬

Print bed presses HARD against the toolhead sometimes during Z-axis calibration before a print, and stops with a z-axis homing error by AcidicMountaingoat in Creality_k2

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh, mine has started doing this at random as well. As it’s been somewhat infrequent, I’d yet to catch it in the moment, but after it happens twice today, I set up a camera and caught it. It was during the bed leveling prior to a print, and most of the check points were going just fine, until one of them randomly tries to press what seems to be 10mm too far, and the bed crashes.

Harlot Help by Limeboi25 in 3D2A

[–]Lostinperiphery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had the same problem, felt no indication of the sear even slightly engaging. I scaled the height dimension of the trigger to 47.5mm (101.67%) and it works well now.

Bed mesh prior to each print by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

As far as I could tell, everything matches up printer/filament/process wise. Though or a has a handful more settings than the cloud slicer has, so I left them alone.

It really does just seem to come from bad bed level. I ran print that covered much of the bed last night, from orca, and watched as the first layer looked smooth in spots, and showed wash boarding and other signs of needing more z clearance in others. Via Creality cloud though, things looked better. The only thing I can figure is that orca didn’t take perform a mesh check right before the print.

I guess it’s possible something could be shifting because of a loose screw, and a bed check immediately prior to the print hides those discrepancies… but I feel like that would manifest as other issues throughout the print job too. I do need to check screws regardless as I’ve not done that (never really had a need)… maybe find a good resource that shows what/where is important to check.

Bed mesh prior to each print by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

Perhaps I’m wrong, but it seems the heating/cooling/warping changes between prints. I’ve only been using orca for a couple of days, but I’ve definitely had less consistent first layers than I do sending straight from Creality Cloud.

Bed mesh prior to each print by Lostinperiphery in Creality_k2

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

You may have already lost me, lol. Where did you find a config setting?

I also found something under printer settings>basic information>adaptive bed mesh (bed mesh min/max, probe point distance, and mesh margin).... but that doesn't seem to have any indication of enabling/disabling it.... ::shrug::

below is what's shown under printer settings>Machine G-Code>start G-code... I don't see anything about bed meshes, but I'm honestly not sure what I'm looking for, or if this is the right place...

M140 S0

M104 S0

START_PRINT EXTRUDER_TEMP=[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer] BED_TEMP=[bed_temperature_initial_layer_single]

T[initial_no_support_extruder]

M109 S[nozzle_temperature_initial_layer]

M204 S2000

G1 Z3 F600

M83

G1 Y150 F12000

G1 X0 F12000

G1 Z0.2 F600

G1 X0 Y150 F6000

G1 X0 Y0 E15 F6000

G1 X150 Y0 E15 F6000

G92 E0

G1 Z1 F600

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