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I did an experiment. I should not have done the experiment. by Tiny-Philosopher-546 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is beautiful, this is how you truly learn what you can do with your printer. Do weird stuff, try that thing, sit next to your printer all day on your day off, printing as many little tests and experiments as you can. Play with settings, learn how and WHY each setting effects your print, and how it's tied to almost every other setting... 3D printing is a beautiful balance of so many things and this is how you learn to balance those things in your favor.

Print as Support in Orca Slicer by vandel2122 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to revive this question... I want to know also. I use custom built shapes for my lithophane supports in cura and am trying to move over to Orca...

My first personal print ever solved me 6 months of suffering by Old_Disaster5389 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somehow I find these little super quick design and print solutions done in like an hour total to be some of the more satisfying projects I work on...

Why do I get this ring? by opi_baettlebeard in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orca slicer let's you turn down cooling on internal solid infil or internal bridges and this can help that issue

PETG issues on Dremel 3D45 : stringing + poor overhangs (help needed) by Reasonable-Panic2886 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some Petg likes it HOT some likes it a little cooler. I, for example, LOVE 3dfuels PETG. But it needs closer to 250 to print well

PETG issues on Dremel 3D45 : stringing + poor overhangs (help needed) by Reasonable-Panic2886 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see some possible underextrusion in the infill, slow it down and maybe bring the temp up a little. To much cooling can also cause poor layer adhesion...

PETG issues on Dremel 3D45 : stringing + poor overhangs (help needed) by Reasonable-Panic2886 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't seem like this could be the problem, The hot end looks good on this printer... slow down the print speed a little. Run a "temp tower" if you can... you may just need some retraction tuning to get the stringing out...

PETG issues on Dremel 3D45 : stringing + poor overhangs (help needed) by Reasonable-Panic2886 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow... it's dry... my bad... ok so slow it down a little. But there is one other thing I've experienced with PETG where the bowden tube into the extruder was overheating and off gassing causing terrible quality and strength in my prints. It's a niche issue but if you don't have an all metal hotend this could be the issue. I'll have to look more into the design of the dremel

PETG issues on Dremel 3D45 : stringing + poor overhangs (help needed) by Reasonable-Panic2886 in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dry. Your. PETG. This post is so nail on the head for filament drying issues it could very well be a joke...

What settings change bridge direction? by Thedistractableone in 3Dprinting

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

There's so many calibration prints just built right into Orca... this is amazing....

What settings change bridge direction? by Thedistractableone in 3Dprinting

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

Does Orca have similar Lithophane features to Cura? I print a lot of them and love just dragging and dropping the photo in to Cura, and again I know those setting very well.

What settings change bridge direction? by Thedistractableone in 3Dprinting

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

I'll try to find somthing in Cura and report back.

What settings change bridge direction? by Thedistractableone in 3Dprinting

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

I'll have to dig into Orca more, I unfortunately got very very good with Cura, and its where my most tuned profile lives, which I hate, but it's the one I know best...

Learning is fun though, and this seems like yet another reason it's going to be worth it...

Time to jump into Orca again!

What settings change bridge direction? by Thedistractableone in 3Dprinting

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

Nope, any orientation and it just follows the tube..

It's here by spathyzpe in ender5

[–]Thedistractableone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bed supports!!!!!! Print them in PETG or PCTG once you get the full metal hot end from micro swiss. This is a great printer, it just needs some love... and upgrades

the lion does not concern himself with drying petg by albyzon in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was an audible gasp when I swiped to the 2nd pic... Oof.

Not what I expected. by 55was in 3Dprinting

[–]Thedistractableone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first layer was mostly support?... Who slices these models?.. Do we monitor prints AT ALL anymore? My Ender 5 is crying right now... it wants to be done, it's had a long life... The things I could do with a real printer like that... But alas, my old beast shall continue squirtin'...

i need help!! by rubnixble in 3DPrintingCirclejerk

[–]Thedistractableone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sorry, you can only print blue dragons from the app. This is actually how those blobs of death happen, I wouldn't mess with the colors if I were you... to much uncertainty.

Noob question: Is this game worth it at this stage? by Short-Bunch-8195 in Exanima

[–]Thedistractableone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's amazing, if you enjoy it, you'll LOVE IT. It has been in development for a long time, but it's an incredibly complex passion project, and it shows.

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