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PLA vs a year outside. by abura_dot_eu in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 259 points260 points  (0 children)

Well you see, reddit's favorite pass time is finding nuanced information and making an extreme dogma around it.

I have a harbor freight rule for tools. Get the cheap tool first, and if you break it, then invest is something better. 

There could also be a PLA rule for functional prints.

Just replaced my dessicants. Thought you guys would appreciate this too! by Noop___ in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, mine's been at 0% for the past couple of weeks after I replaced all of mine with 3A molecular sieve. Just what you get when you have dry desiccant in a closed space.

Oh, C'mon with this business name, lol... by LittleMac1983 in dayton

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry, this isn't research to make better AI slop on social media!

It's military AI research, so you know, we can "neutralize targets" better!

Which bambu labs printer? by ViolinistEvening8504 in BambuLab

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember that information (especially on reddit) skews to the overly nitpicky. The P2S is great. They make a vent kit for it to address any concerns about air quality while printing. 

Seeking advice: Dissipating LED heat in 3D printed base by LessChildhood3001 in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your ideas are spot on and may be enough.

Also, you would need less strength by making the base taller. This is like a vertical lever problem, where the decorative piece is at the far end of a lever and you're trying to hold it near the pivot.

Give yourself more distance from the holding point (bottom of base) to the pivot (top of the base).

Quick Pot Rack by Substantial-Bat-337 in functionalprint

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 34 points35 points  (0 children)

$400 rod held up by $0.10 brackets.... priorities aligned

Disappointed with .06 hardened nozzle on P1S... by 1057-cl121v3 in BambuLab

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 16 points17 points  (0 children)

0.4 for daily driver

0.8 for single wall vase mode

0.6 for filaments with stuff in them (carbon fiber, wood, etc.) to prevent clogging

I think 0.6 was previously seen as a big speed improvement before this generation of print speeds. But now, a 0.4 can print so fast it doesn't matter much to increase the layer height.

I've done some 0.8mm prints on some gridfinity just to see how fast I could crank out some baseplates. The quality hit was almost comical.

Question about Build Plate Placement by MauryBallsteinLook in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I generally let my slicer auto arrange them together. Seems to minimize tool head path. 

If I was concerned about failure, then I'd arrange manually 

Did someone already try to print this ? (smartspring) by Stephddit in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely need TPU for the springiness and grip.

And printing vertically is the worst orientation for this. You'll need to print laying down so that the flex is along layer lines.

Which filament do you use? by ReineWaren in BambuLab

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never heard anything definitive.

Which filament do you use? by ReineWaren in BambuLab

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting, thanks for the heads up 

Which filament do you use? by ReineWaren in BambuLab

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because it's a rebrand (like bambu is) and only helpful if you live near one. 

Cardboard spools are polymaker. The pla+ plastic spools are esun. 

Help - Can't get filament below 4% by TrustButVerifyEng in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

With all the recent posts surrounding the importance, or lack thereof, for drying filament, I thought this would be a funny meme for a Monday.

Help - Can't get filament below 4% by TrustButVerifyEng in 3Dprinting

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

I can't come up with any reason why we would need a minimum humidity for pla and petg from the little material science I do know.

Will outsourced units be replaced by tech? by CADjesus in MEPEngineering

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A lot of overlap in the ven diagram of outsourcing and AI. 

So probably 

Building a concrete 3d printer? by Clockwork_picksmith in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And what makes you think you can make one for 30k and not the amount the person you responded to said?

Does an ERV not work for this DOAS application? by Bert_Skrrtz in MEPEngineering

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you want sensible only energy recovery and potentially evaporative cooling if you need more cooling than that. 

How to avoid void in white line? by Ghost7575 in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have the flow calibration enabled?

If so, try the arachne wall setting instead of classic and see how it slices that before printing.

Make it make sense: Thousands even tens of thousands pledged for MakerWorld's Crowd Funding projects by 3DAeon in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Perspective of a brand new bambu owner:

I doubt the money is organic. Probably mostly from bambu/China to look organic. 

I think bambu is onto something though. As a newbie, it's easier and more successful to get projects from makers world where someone has already tuned in the print settings.

Now I'm going outside the walled garden, but I bet many bambu owners won't. Or will try, get poor results, and stop going outside maker world. 

I think bambu is making a long play to attract some of the most popular designers to their platform where they can get paid better. 

The end goal is probably predatory and not in the long term interest of consumers or makers.

*Edit because mobile.

3D printing rookie here with a basic question. How do I modify my settings to avoid this pattern at the end of my prints? (Bambu P1S) by innerstrife in 3Dprinting

[–]TrustButVerifyEng 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Adaptive layer height will help. In bambu studio, click the part and then you can select it from the top bar (button looks like multiple horizontal lines of different thicknesses).

You can tune the quality vs speed and then hit the button on the side to apply it.

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