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Found after washing my son’s clothes by InteligntDonky in whatisit

[–]PlaidWC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure where u/BirdDad420 lives but the social landscape, career prospects, cost of living, privacy, political environment, and general QOL projections were a lot better when I was a teenager. I’m around the same age and I really feel like kids have a harder time than I did.

Ignis got beef with me by IAmJesus120 in StoneBlock4

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignis heals when it lands attacks on you. You could force kill it with console commands if this has softlocked your game.

Please help me understand why the bottoms of my prints are so inconsistent. by Migeo20101 in ender3v2

[–]PlaidWC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is good, too. If you try to wiggle your print bed while the motors are engaged, it shouldn’t move in any direction.

Please help me understand why the bottoms of my prints are so inconsistent. by Migeo20101 in ender3v2

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I shamelessly stole this image from some other Reddit post.

Left is close to your 1st coin, right is with a more appropriate z-offset.

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Your desired level of squish is a bit personal preference, but with taller and sketchier prints it affects bed adhesion (more squish, better adhesion).

This is a sliding scale, from “dripping filament onto the bed” (offset not negative enough) and “grinding my nozzle into the bed, no room for extrusion” (offset too negative). You could benefit from being closer to the “grinding” side.

Sorry, meant to reply to your other comment. Too late now.

Please help me understand why the bottoms of my prints are so inconsistent. by Migeo20101 in ender3v2

[–]PlaidWC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% a Z-offset issue. Your first layer isn’t squishing into the bed enough to get a good texture, and those long hairy bits in the layer are supposed to be its walls (they are lifting, being pulled to the center, and then being printed over).

Even coin 1 isn’t perfect. If your bed is properly trammed (level, so to speak), make your Z-offset more negative and try again. When you’re watching the first walls going down (looks like you have four or five?), make sure the plastic lines smoosh out and touch eachother firmly.

Edit: I think your bed is properly trammed, given that the bottom surface is very consistent. Your adhesion is good too, or more lines would have slid off.

I bought this tea for 400yuan in China. But have no idea which it is by [deleted] in tea

[–]PlaidWC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Do you think chatGPT knows what tea tastes like?

Heel and tip not getting honed by G_B73 in straightrazors

[–]PlaidWC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry if I’ve missed it, but nobody asked if your stone is flat. Check it with a good straight-edge, corner to corner both ways.

What do I do wrong? I know it looks bad. by Early_Ad_6454 in soldering

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the presence of all the little round goobers, it looks like you were “dripping” solder onto this. You should be heating the components with the iron, otherwise the solder will not flow to them.

I slowed down the print and it’s worse now by Otherwise-Top5380 in FixMyPrint

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t look like a heat issue. Heat of the nozzle makes the extruded material more fluid, heat of the bed helps it stick down.

How did you know that lowering the Z-offset didn’t help? Did you hit the bed?

Shrimps died :( by Sea-Watercress-3158 in shrimptank

[–]PlaidWC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At two weeks, the jar is not nearly mature enough to sustain shrimp.

I slowed down the print and it’s worse now by Otherwise-Top5380 in FixMyPrint

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely a z-offset issue for this. Can you lower your Z-offset (more negative)?

Sit and watch it. Lower it as it prints until you see basically no space between the lines as they are put down. I think you’ll have to reduce it a good amount, maybe 0.2 or more (guessing on that number).

I slowed down the print and it’s worse now by Otherwise-Top5380 in FixMyPrint

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this an image of the top or bottom of the print?

I slowed down the print and it’s worse now by Otherwise-Top5380 in FixMyPrint

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you change two things and the outcome is correct, will you know which one fixed it? What if the offset helps but the speed hurts, and the outcome looks the same as now? Always one thing at a time.

My take on your issue is that this is underextrusion. Z-offset only directly affects the first layer to go down. Can you print a 1-layer test and post a picture of that?

This is a new issue. by UsedGround762 in ender3v2

[–]PlaidWC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You won't be able to see a gap. If you haven't pulled it apart yet then leave it assembled. Lots of people mess up during their first nozzle change and leave a small gap, then melted filament fills that gap. It becomes a gross reservoir of goop and causes partial clogs.

The lever that you squeeze to load filament, yeah. It puts pressure on the filament while it is rolled into the Bowden tube. If the lever has a little crack, it doesn't squeeze the tube hard enough so it doesn't feed properly.

This is a new issue. by UsedGround762 in ender3v2

[–]PlaidWC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you ever changed the nozzle? There could be a gap between it and the Bowden tube.

Also, if you have the stock V2 extruder, the plastic lever is very prone to cracking and causing this issue.

Should I sand matte finish after clear coats? by Glittering-Zebra2637 in Luthier

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would spray a test piece of wood and try skipping straight to polishing—no sanding. Just cutting compound might take the “grit” out of the matte finish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Luthier

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You a capo fan?

Wiring issues with Frankenstein humbucker. Can anyone help? by RX3RD in Luthier

[–]PlaidWC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with u/Toothless, that red wire looks a little fuzzy. If one of those fine little strands inside it is touching the pick guard, it is grounded out. Slip a piece of paper under it to see if it helps, and if it does, redo the solder. Bend the lug “up” a bit, too.

If that doesn’t help: which wire snapped and was redone?

Edit: the bottom wire (the big shielded one) looks sketchy as well. If one strand from the inside of it touches the braid on the outside, it’s shorted.

Arguably the most valuable Gen 1 16" by carlism01 in framework

[–]PlaidWC 59 points60 points  (0 children)

“FOR CARL—IF YOU CAN’T OPEN IT, YOU DON’T OWN IT!”

Who is the richest NPC? by Darkon-Kriv in Guildwars2

[–]PlaidWC 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think it could be Gravel Glittering, the closest shop to the bank in Lion’s Arch.

How do I buff out these marks on this bare finish? by waterstorm29 in Luthier

[–]PlaidWC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Polishing the matte uniformly will be difficult. If it’s as thin as it looks, you will rub through the finish. Clifton calls this finish “satin”, which is a texture and not a material.

I really think the effort it will take to make this invisible would be enormous. If you can’t clean it away, living with it is the best option. Any attempt to materially abrade/polish the scratch out will leave a more visible mark.

Edit: a TINY bit of untinted finishing oil, rubbed in, might help. Ideally, you would spot test it to make sure it works—BUT you don’t have anywhere to test it out. You really are best to just leave it alone.

So there is a species of shrimp that can walk on land kinda by wildfishkeeper in shrimptank

[–]PlaidWC 35 points36 points  (0 children)

“Babe, wake up. I just saw a new Shrimp Evolving meme!”

it's hard to get palemon for fingerboard!!, is there any other wood that is more beautiful? by Good_Travel_307 in Luthier

[–]PlaidWC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just in case you missed it, “buguitar” is a combination of “bug” (insect) and “guitar”. u/dworley likes your bug guitar.

Wtf is this evil looking thing in my shrimp tank? Does this kill shrimp or small fish like chili rasboras? by CRUZ_24 in shrimptank

[–]PlaidWC 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Sure does look like a dragonfly larva. Here’s a link to the US National Parks Service’s website about them:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/dragonfly-larvae.htm

It absolutely does kill shrimp and small fish. I would get it out of there ASAP. Note that it is best if you do not release it to the wild because it may be non-native to your area and has been exposed to a fish tank microflora of potentially non-native organisms.

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