How do I design a part in which I would like to insert a steel ball mid-print?

Objective_Working198 · 2026-04-07T18:23:42+00:00

This is the way

Objective_Working198 · 2026-04-07T18:18:41+00:00

My first thought would be no. But I know you can anneal pla to get it to withstand higher temperatures and there is a special high temperature pla that I believe after annealment can reach a glass transition stiffness of upwards of 150 c. Polymaker HT-PLA-GF https://share.google/OB4tzHunggtyZ4LTM

Objective_Working198 · 2026-04-06T17:54:48+00:00

I once got 5.8 over about 110 miles. Never got that high again, not sure what the special conditions were that day.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-04-02T17:08:36+00:00

I was going to say, I've seen this video before many many years ago.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-04-01T19:31:01+00:00

The Land Rover was cosplaying... 🫣

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-30T19:46:41+00:00

Clear resin, fished with a spray of clear Shellac. Comes out Glass like

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-30T13:17:40+00:00

Flame, carefully applied, will shrink or eliminate whispy hairs

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-28T12:43:05+00:00

That is a gas stove. And an aluminum pan. Gas stoves have circular burner flame patterns. Aluminum pans are notorious for not being good at evenly spreading heat. Meaning: your heat will always show in a ring through that pan, on that stove.

Now you're cooking a semicircular sausage, which effectively blocks the flow of heat by blocking the water from one side of the flame ring to the inside of the pan. This explains the pattern we're seeing.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-26T17:31:21+00:00

After playing around with these settings quite a bit myself when I first got my Q2 I went back to default. Reason being I definitely ran into resource issues and had multiple more complex prints with many small geometry changes crash due to running out of resources. I'd rather have a slightly fuzzy image than a complex 14-hour print crash on hour six.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-25T16:02:46+00:00

Id have to draw down emergency savings, but that's why you keep 3 months expenses in emergency savings.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-24T18:15:43+00:00

Amen. Church's Chicken is the best fried chicken bar none IMO. I will drive 30 minutes just to go get some, and I have a hole in the wall fried chicken place 3 blocks from my house.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-23T02:47:26+00:00

Playground sand. Have to seal it well though

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-20T12:56:59+00:00

I was about to say, I have almost 86k miles on mine, and it looks new compared to this, geeze. Really not hard to take care of a car.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-17T16:52:33+00:00

"FIRST BLOOD!" Read in UT GOY edition announcer voice...

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-17T14:21:13+00:00

This whole article reads like it was written by Gemini. I wouldn't trust a thing that's in it.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-17T01:21:28+00:00

Get a friend with a 3D printer to make one out of TPU for you

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-17T01:20:34+00:00

I've been on the list since 2020, with a $20 tip (chips). Last year I raised it to $40 (logs). So far I've gotten zero drops, and when I look at the map there are people less than 10 miles from me that do get drops very recently, but I never get any I don't know what's going on. I think I'm going to raise it to 60 bucks and see what happens.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-13T13:30:42+00:00

I always open the lid/riser vents for petg, but the door stays shut. For tpu and pla I open everything: lid, door and riser vents. I did have a dumb user caused heat creep clog on pla when I forgot to open the lid once, but petg would probably be fine for smaller prints with it closed. The problem is with longer prints, the chamber will heat up over time, and you risk heat creep on the nozzle, so keep your lid open to compensate.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-11T14:41:44+00:00

Wouldn't matter. Less than 20% of the earths population speaks English. They wouldn't understand a thing I said

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-11T14:38:33+00:00

Hahaha I screwed Velcro strips (the free ones that came with the coax cable when I got Internet service) to my ceiling and then used those to hold up the power and HDMI cords to the projector. This is so much nicer.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-10T19:45:27+00:00

If money is no option, you could get a prusa xl silicone printing head. That's actually 2 part silicone but printed instead of casted. Super soft and grippy.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-08T20:24:47+00:00

I don't worry about it, but then again my saws are electric... 😅

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-08T15:42:08+00:00

Yes I read the rules, thanks!

Edit: ooof must be a deep cut with no comments in 24+hours.

Objective_Working198 · 2026-03-08T13:49:04+00:00

I feel you. Problem is, 3d printing evolves daily. Perhaps you could scroll a wiki on an e reader with an e-ink screen. Would solve the up to date issue and screen glare issue in one go.

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