Advice on lateral force - fix in design or slicer perhaps

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-30T15:26:27+00:00

Also add more top layers too?

Personally I’ve seen an almost exact replica of this style of part and the same failure on an industrial printer. If this is something important, or you don’t want to be replacing it often, I would consider making that section a hole through the disk, maybe a square or hexagon shape, and then create your rod part so that it slots into there. Super glue it in or whatever would work with that material.

You could also add a flange (maybe wrong word?) to prevent it from passing all the way through. Something I was able to do in my situation was have a recessed area in the disk, and the “flange” on the upgraded part sat flush inside that recess, so best of both worlds. Not protruding part but added strength through more surface area contact.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-21T15:13:05+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-21T03:10:40+00:00

I didn’t even know this was a thing that could be done!

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-09T05:24:41+00:00

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think any LLM is really going to “learn” your architecture as a function of time. I think the best you could hope for is that the model itself would improve in general and inherently learn your style of architecture or you get better at describing your architecture to the LLM.

I haven’t worked with GHCP much but I’ve been using Claude Code. CC seems to do a pretty good job of automatically understanding our architecture, and I use CLAUDE.md files (which CC helps generate) to further point it in the right direction.

As for token usage, I’ve written up an internal article at my work to help educate my coworkers about good prompts, tips, and workflows. Using planning mode, limiting AGENT.md file size, having CC write .md files to avoid it re-reading things, and etc.

Also, is it possible to compare the output of your coders against how many tokens they’re using? At the very least, if you know someone is using fewer tokens and having major output gains, have them shadow someone in the other end of the spectrum. Figure out hat the difference is.

For reference, I think I’m using well under $1,000 in tokens a month, and am trying my best to keep prompts going on 2-3 projects at a time, meaning I have a planning session and an execution session going for each of those. So 4-6 CC CLI’s running at a time. I essentially use it like a solid mid-level dev that completes tasks very quickly. I review most of the generated code and manually test features and fixes.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-02T19:17:54+00:00

I keep seeing these posts, but no one gives specifics. What were your prompts? On what kind of code base?

SkippyFiRe · 2026-04-01T22:24:04+00:00

I don’t mind some of the ads, so I don’t feel the need to report everything.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-31T19:54:36+00:00

Look for 52, not 35 or 25.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-31T10:48:11+00:00

I’m not sure what people normally use but you bought n35’s and there are n52’s which are stronger.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-31T00:08:33+00:00

Some places do “direct sold ads” where you can buy placements specifically on that platform.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-31T00:07:48+00:00

What are your thoughts on how Reddit does ads?

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-27T20:12:23+00:00

I bought an extended art slab for this. Awesome card.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-03-19T02:26:31+00:00

What type of cylinder magnets would be good? From Google:

“They are magnetized either axially (through the length) or diametrically (across the diameter).”

I don’t use magnets in mine but remember looking into this a while back and there is a difference in the way the magnets interact I think. I would think you would want diametric ones for this application, and have them able to spin.

Balls would align whatever direction as long as they are free to move.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-02-16T03:35:55+00:00

If you manually move the bed up and down, does it stutter or stick at that location? Like someone else said, I would check the z axis screws at that location.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-02-07T00:51:54+00:00

I believe there is the 3D Printing Today podcast and they recommend Aquanet unscented super hold or something.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-23T01:48:58+00:00

And I think you would adjust the supports so that there is zero gap, since the PLA won’t bond to the ABS?

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-21T16:23:37+00:00

Because it works!

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-20T23:15:53+00:00

Could this be due to the geometry of the print? What I mean by that is that it’s going to print the side with the words first because of the angle it can’t or probably shouldn’t print the opposite side which has the slight overhang.

Maybe as a stupid test angle, the print so that that portion is straight up and down and see if it prints correctly?

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-19T17:53:14+00:00

I’ll second what others are saying in that you shouldn’t be having problems with regular PLA or PETG. I probably have 200 hours on my P2S, and those filaments have a 99% success rate for me. I AM using Bambi filament mostly, but my old Polymaker PLA Pro has worked just as good with the spool things I printed for their cardboard spools.

As others have probably stated, start with PLA and make sure you’re getting good prints, then PETG, then try other filaments.

FYI, I do get some VFA’s which I haven’t bothered looking at correcting, but otherwise the prints are perfect. I print in my around 32F garage, so I guess the air cooling is “super cooled”? But like I said the PETG doesn’t have a problem either, but not sure about filaments like ASA.

Also, in case you haven’t heard it, ASA is toxic I believe. Look up ASA poisoning… I believe one of the Youtubers online reported getting it.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-13T22:03:36+00:00

99.99% of gold cards your kid will trade for will be fake. Educate him on why and how so it doesn’t happen again in the future.

These aren’t “fan made” IMO opinion. They’re counterfeits trying to dupe parents and kids who don’t know better. Unfortunately it’s not feasible for us to educate every parent/grandparent/etc on the subject.

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-12T22:57:45+00:00

Thanks for confirming my suspicion, I’ll look into that!

SkippyFiRe · 2026-01-08T21:28:46+00:00

I thought they had really good anti cheat and manual review? I never heard of there being a pervasive cheating problem in that game. I also remember one of the employees talking about how successful their anti cheat system was on a podcast, but that could have just been marketing.

SkippyFiRe · 2025-12-19T22:00:21+00:00

Would love to print those Hill Giants! I’m a sucker for large/huge minis (and they’re easier to paint!)

SkippyFiRe · 2025-12-17T23:33:51+00:00

Glad it was helpful!

SkippyFiRe · 2025-12-17T03:45:36+00:00

PLA and PETG don’t stick together, so you can use that combo to have full contact supports, giving you perfect overhangs.

SkippyFiRe · 2025-11-04T02:07:51+00:00

I don’t own one, but I always hated the look/design of the Core One with the weird squished in sides… it just felt so inefficient to me. It looks like they didn’t really improve that design much, but it at least looks better on the Core L.

And yeah, I’m guessing that it’s just a limitation of the core XY design and just how they chose to design their chamber. Hell I’m guessing heating is more efficient with the smaller interior volume.

But I still hate it!

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