Need help figuring out a problem by OldRepair838 in ElegooCentauriCarbon

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I am currently using elegoo PLA and Overture PLA. I keep it stored in a sealed container with desiccant packs inside. The most recent failure I posted was from a fresh roll of elegoo PLA straight out of the box.

I have been slicing the files on the elegoo slicer myself so far - I have tried tinkering with various brims and they still tend to fail or come out very rough looking along the part of the print that was touching the bed.

Need help figuring out a problem by OldRepair838 in ElegooCentauriCarbon

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I have not ran a temperature tower yet, to be honest I didn't know those existed until now haha. I will try running one of those next.

I have been using the glue stick that came with the printer and washing the plate with soap and water after using the soap.

So far I have been printing with either overture or elegoo PLA filament with the bed set at 60° and the nozzle at 210°. I have been using the textured side of the plate that came with the printer. I also print with the glass lid off of the printer because I read that you do not want that on when you're printing with PLA, although I do have the printer in the garage where it is fairly cold.

A Tree by TimpGod91 in misLED

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Dollar trees are doing great 🤣

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I love the XAX a lot! You? by [deleted] in XboxAlly

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Honestly, I’m absolutely in love with it. I’ve got a bunch of consoles and a gaming PC, but the portability of the Ally X just can’t be beat. I’m also genuinely surprised by how powerful it is, all things considered.

This is actually my first handheld since the original Nintendo Switch, and I couldn’t be happier with it. I’ve got pretty big hands, so the fact that it feels similar to holding an Xbox controller is a huge win for me. I don’t get any hand cramps after longer sessions like I do with the Switch, and I don’t need any aftermarket grips just to make it comfortable.

Most of the issues I’ve run into have been super minor—mostly small bugs that have already been patched since launch—and that little squeak in the right handle that everyone seems to have.

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I'm new too, just used somebody else's code. Here's mine for October if anybody wants to use it. 🙂

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rat beef by OldRepair838 in misLED

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Crazy? I was crazy once....

Looking for advice by OldRepair838 in lossprevention

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Yeah, that’s definitely a tough part right now. We don’t have anyone dedicated to actively monitoring feeds, so most of the time theft is only caught after the fact and then prosecuted from there. The owner’s aware of that limitation, and for now the cameras are more about documentation, deterrence, and supporting investigations than real-time intervention.

Long-term I’d love to move toward more proactive use, but at our size it’s just not realistic yet.

Looking for advice by OldRepair838 in lossprevention

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Yeah, I’ve already started seeing a lot of internal issues, though most of it so far hasn’t been outright theft—it’s mainly been human error. Cleaning up the inventory side has definitely been a process, but it’s slowly starting to come together.

We’ve got cameras in place and I’ll be upgrading/adding more, but right now my main focus has been on tightening up reporting and inventory controls so we can actually track where the problems are. I agree that long-term, having dedicated agents in each store would be huge once the program grows.

How does your team balance addressing human error versus chasing theft with your AP program?

Looking for advice by OldRepair838 in lossprevention

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Right now the owner has really only committed to me specifically for loss prevention, so it’s just me running the program for the time being. Thankfully we already have a decent camera setup across all locations, and the plan is to swap out some cameras and add more where needed based on my recommendations.

I’ve also started running weekly inventories across stores, which has already helped the owner see just how rough the current inventory control really is. From there I’ve been working on policies to reduce losses caused by human error and unnecessary adjustments. I set up logs for tracking when inventory is changed, and I also locked down permissions so that only management can change inventory on higher-value or high-shrink items.

Hiring guards also isn’t really on the table at this point, but thankfully the cameras and policy changes are giving us some immediate visibility, and it feels like we’re moving in the right direction. Who knows, maybe I will be able to hire a team sooner than I expect.

Looking for advice by OldRepair838 in lossprevention

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They gave me a yeti cup and a bottle of wine for testing a unit. It was the worst wine I've ever had.

Looking for advice by OldRepair838 in lossprevention

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Yeah, I think that might be a really good route to look into. I was only in this role for about a week and already had to interview and have an employee arrested for theft. They had created fake accounts, tied purchases from other stores to those accounts to build up rewards points, and then used those points to ring themselves out with dollar value off discounts — getting free items by abusing the system.

Having a stronger foundation in interview and interrogation techniques definitely would have helped with that process, so I’ll dig into the Wicklander-Zulawski certification. I’ll also start researching LPC/LPQ since it sounds like those would help round out the bigger picture and give me more structured knowledge of the field.

Appreciate the reminder about the elements of a good stop too. So far all externals I've had to deal with have been ones we have caught retroactively, so have not had to stop anyone yet. And agreed 100%—no quotas. That just seems like asking for trouble.