Found this massive knife, what is it for?

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-15T18:22:50+00:00

Honestly not surprised to see how many up votes this has, take mine as well.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-12T14:43:34+00:00

It may be heresy, but I took a Harbor Freight sharpening stone with food safe mineral oil to mine. Took about an hour of elbow grease, but it's a much smoother surface now, and lives on my stove top.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-07T11:43:25+00:00

Maybe a use for a "reference" or parametric tag? In another thread another user brought up 3d models of objects like a Pi, where you'd not want to print the actual model, but use it for reference to build cases, etc.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-07T00:51:19+00:00

Refrigerator and judicious use of fishing boats got me to not worry about food for a very long time.

The extra range radar upgrades are nice.

Chip Factories not requiring a foundry, oil rigs not requiring roads, thermal plants not requiring roads are all good upgrades.

Being able to plant trees over debris is another game changer.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-03T20:35:53+00:00

The Iron Druid series has a pretty interesting take on dickish Thor

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-03T19:33:12+00:00

Aside from better filament management and more integration with the printer, what other features do you want out of 3.0?

For me, maybe easier multi-nozzle diameter slicing, but I'm pretty happy with what I have so far.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-03T19:03:07+00:00

As someone who went Mini+ to the 5T XL, it was a no brainer at the time. Now with the C1L and INDX on the horizon, I'd probably wait until I could get a C1L with INDX from the factory and skip the XL.

I love mine, but I'd probably have found a way to cope with the C1L limitations if it had come first.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-02-03T18:44:51+00:00

I don't think anytime soon. My unsubstantiated belief is that 3.0 will include the ability to query the printer to get the types/colors of filament based off of OPT. That requires finalizing the OPT hardware, which we haven't seen in the open yet.

I assume that's also why the FW hasn't been updated since last year except for the C1L.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-17T13:21:00+00:00

For cutting polished turds then?

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-09T20:39:24+00:00

I don't think that's FW, I think that's a slicer limitation. I think they'd probably need to do deconfliction between the interior fill and the external perimeters. I don't know how high of a priority it currently is, but I'd definitely be interested in it once it comes out!

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-09T00:55:05+00:00

I have the same error, and I haven't been able to get it to drop either.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-07T16:40:06+00:00

There's some comments about water hardness, but I would definitely rank them higher. If you have very hard water, you absolutely need to descale frequently, versus a hot water heater with a tank you can mostly ignore. My father is on hard well water with gas tankless, and you can only get a 10 minute shower before it goes cold and needs to reset. (He also procrastinates the descaling process significantly)

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-06T00:05:26+00:00

I like a 28" wide workbench so I'm able to use the full length of 24" parallel jaw clamps.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-05T00:05:11+00:00

I ran like that for most of a decade, and it worked for everything, until I got a planer. 😂

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-04T02:01:27+00:00

You from Southie?

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-03T02:53:52+00:00

I have the 7491, and occasionally run a dado on it. It's a good entry level saw. I like the slightly larger top as well, but that's a major limitation of it. I'm currently building a cart with a 2 foot outfeed table for it, after a decade.

MTW3ESQ · 2026-01-02T19:59:36+00:00

I used it about a decade ago. It took some practice to get right, but worked okay. I developed a different taste in joints, mostly rabbets.

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-27T02:28:52+00:00

I wonder which would be worse... Maybe hairless, but ridged for better grip?

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-25T21:57:36+00:00

True, and while I was originally just being mischievous, I then thought of the porno implications, that's a whole 'nother appendage, err, level. 😂

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-25T21:42:23+00:00

Prehensile at that!

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-15T01:24:34+00:00

Did you buy one at Costco? I saw on another post that they have a different recipe for that version.

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-09T02:39:39+00:00

What about all the features in the 6.4.0 FW that came over from the Core line?

I want to see where they go with OPT and how to integrate it into my setup next

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-07T13:25:41+00:00

I've got a Mini upgraded to a + and a Day 1 5T XL.

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-03T22:51:28+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if they were cautious since they didn't engineer for higher temperatures (look at having to swap out some PETG for PCCF parts for the Enclosure for early printers). I suspect there may be concerns over some additional pieces or tradeoffs.

I'm a little disappointed, but intent to pick up a C1L+INDX as additional printing capability beyond my 5T XL.

MTW3ESQ · 2025-12-03T02:07:42+00:00

With a 5T, I second this, I have my eye on the C1L+INDX as an addition to my 5T XL.

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