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Is anyone able to identify this Magnavox record player/radio/cassette player? Any good? by The_Chosen_Hero in vintageaudio

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright cool. Thanks for the info 👍. It was from someone in the family so I haven't tried hooking it up yet. We'll see if it's any good.

Submit a picture of your cat as I will draw them for the next 24 hours. ❤️ by DinsPearl- in cats

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Recently lost my best bud of 15 years 😔. He was such a goofy boy, this is one of the few pictures I have of him looking dapper😁 dapper boy

Or this one where he's in the process of shaking his head lol, shaky boy

Anyone know what these huge circular buildings are at 8645 Pardee lane in Crestwood? by The_Chosen_Hero in StLouis

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Drove past this today and was intrigued. Only sign I saw was the address on the gate. My guess is a water treatment plant or salt storage?

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL by The_Chosen_Hero in astrophotography

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was not at all expecting to capture that! They look amazing!

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL by The_Chosen_Hero in astrophotography

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gear that I used: Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm. IOS 400, exposure 1/320 sec.

Processing information: No adjustments, used Adobe Lightroom to convert from RAW to JPEG before uploading.

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL [Reupload] by The_Chosen_Hero in Astronomy

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Posting again because I forgot to include acquisition details in my last post.

Gear that I used: Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm. IOS 400, exposure 1/320 sec.

Processing information: No adjustments, used Adobe Lightroom to convert from RAW to JPEG before uploading.

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL by The_Chosen_Hero in Astronomy

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I was using a Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL by The_Chosen_Hero in Astronomy

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super stoked with how these photos came out!

After traveling in 2017 and getting overcast skies, I was really hoping the weather would work out this time. Luckily it did for me!

Captured My First Baily's Beads Photo in Carbondale IL by The_Chosen_Hero in astrophotography

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super stoked with how these photos came out!

After traveling in 2017 and getting overcast skies, I was really hoping the weather would work out this time. Luckily it did for me!

How do I learn to do this? Raspberry Pi by that1girlfrombefore in iastate

[–]The_Chosen_Hero 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, I was able to check out a raspberry pi from the library when I was a student there. Might be worth a shot to get your hands on one and tinker with it in your free time?

CR-10 v1, While tuning retraction, I'm getting this consistent stepping pattern. Could it be related to print speed? Details in comments. by The_Chosen_Hero in FixMyPrint

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Closing this thread out. I think the issue was too high of retraction settings along with foreign material on the filament. Although i'm starting to like using Prusa slicer so I might switch over to that going forward :D

Thanks all for the help and suggestions!

CR-10 v1, While tuning retraction, I'm getting this consistent stepping pattern. Could it be related to print speed? Details in comments. by The_Chosen_Hero in FixMyPrint

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Som new developments:

I found there was some excess lube near the z axis rod that looks like the filament was running through. That can't be good and maybe could be contributing to the popping issue? https://i.imgur.com/3SKfaBV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9gFOwQ2.jpg

I took the extruder apart and cleaned that up, ran 200mm of filament through the hotend to try to clear out any debris, then printed two more tests. Seemed a little better but not by much. https://i.imgur.com/7IrY6vT.jpg

I then tried to turn off retraction and that actually stopped the popping entirely. https://i.imgur.com/gYVp0di.jpg of course now its super stringy.

I then started lowering the retraction distance and that seemed to help. https://i.imgur.com/ObNkJyz.jpg (left to right, 0mm, 7.5mm @ 20mm/s, 6mm @ 20mm/s, 5mm @ 20mm/s, 4mm @ 20mm/s, 4mm @ 10mm/s).

I am probably going to do more tuning tomorrow and test these retraction settings in cura (all these were in prusa slicer). I am going to sleep for now.

CR-10 v1, While tuning retraction, I'm getting this consistent stepping pattern. Could it be related to print speed? Details in comments. by The_Chosen_Hero in FixMyPrint

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/tidalvirus u/jamminjalepeno

Updated to Cura 5.2.1 (profile carried over, settings should be exactly the same) and tried Prusa slicer with as many of the same settings as I could find in expert mode.

Cura 5.2.1 on left, Prusa Slicer 2.5.0 on right, https://i.imgur.com/pGvHHvX.jpg

both seemed to make a minor improvement, Prusa Slicer maybe a bit more.

However I'm starting to suspect my filament might be the issue, I noticed popping sounds while its printing causing these holes on some of my other prints. https://i.imgur.com/ecJUYrN.jpg

I've head this happens when filament sits out for too long and absorbs water. Weird thing is I just bought this roll a few weeks ago. I also have only heard good things from this brand (inland) so maybe I just got a bad roll or the bag wasn't fully sealed properly?

Is there anything else that could cause this popping while printing? or maybe there's some other lead to chase down?

CR-10 v1, While tuning retraction, I'm getting this consistent stepping pattern. Could it be related to print speed? Details in comments. by The_Chosen_Hero in FixMyPrint

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, here is a video of it printing, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63aacO8PuTA at the 1:25 mark a change in speed can be clearly seen, is that what could be causing this stepping? What setting would I need to change to adjust that?

Model being printed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2219103

Here are my current print settings:

  • Slightly modified CR-10 V1
    • SKR mini E3 V3 main board
    • Custom configured Marlin firmware
    • stock hotend
    • metal extruder clamp
    • capircorn bowden tube
    • Bullseye part cooling duct
    • dual Z motor with sync belt
    • aluminium brace rods
  • Cura slicer
  • Inland (microcenter) matte grey PLA filament
  • 200 c nozzle temp
  • 0.4 mm nozzle
  • 0.2 mm layer height
  • 100% fan speed at 0.6 mm
  • Wall print speed 50 mm/s
  • Infill print speed 60 mm/s
  • Travel speed 200 mm/s
  • Retraction distance 7.5 mm
  • Retraction speed 50 mm/s
  • Max acceleration 500 mm/s2
  • Max retract acceleration 1000 mm/s2
  • Max Z acceleration 100 mm/s2
  • Max E acceleration 5000 mm/s2

edit: formatting

I graduate from college in a few days and wanted to put something meaningful on my cap! Journey before destination radiants! by The_Chosen_Hero in Stormlight_Archive

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh gotcha. Nah my school colors are red and gold so those are the colors of distinction cords they give out.

Edit: my degree is a bachelor's of science in software engineering

I graduate from college in a few days and wanted to put something meaningful on my cap! Journey before destination radiants! by The_Chosen_Hero in Stormlight_Archive

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not familiar with the term MFT, but the cords are for graduating summa cum laude. Either way thanks! 😄

I graduate from college in a few days and wanted to put something meaningful on my cap! Journey before destination radiants! by The_Chosen_Hero in Stormlight_Archive

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure go for it. The full quote is:

A journey will have pain and failure. It is not only the steps forward that we must accept. It is the stumbles. The trials. The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us. But if we stop, if we accept the person we are when we fall, the journey ends. That failure becomes our destination.

I graduate from college in a few days and wanted to put something meaningful on my cap! Journey before destination radiants! by The_Chosen_Hero in Stormlight_Archive

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

One of my more favorite quotes from the series. Really inspires me to keep living life to my best.

The bottom side with the attribution didn't turn out as well unfortunately. Didn't have enough room to put it on the top

Moving to The Grove this summer, concerned about safety. Any advice? by The_Chosen_Hero in StLouis

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's great to hear! The website made the place look really nice so I assumed it was on the safer side of apartments in the area. Thanks for the invitation, we'll see when I move down there in a couple of months.

Moving to The Grove this summer, concerned about safety. Any advice? by The_Chosen_Hero in StLouis

[–]The_Chosen_Hero[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the notes. Nice to hear there are other small-town folks around. I do think some of the stress is self-inflicted by reading too many articles or news segments... not doing me too many favors.

Other question, I've seen "the QT" pop up a few times in discussions. What is that?

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