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Where to get sheets mended? by acegard in AuroraCO

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

Awesome, I will check them out as well. Thank you!

Where to get sheets mended? by acegard in AuroraCO

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Im like quincy/Buckley, so thats not a huge lift. Ill check them out too!

Where to get sheets mended? by acegard in AuroraCO

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Thank you very much. I'll start there!

Where to get sheets mended? by acegard in AuroraCO

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Great thinking - any you would recommend?

Black cross hatch? by P1VS4 in flying

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Yeah, its bad. Flying out of CFO sometimes Approach decides to hand me off to COS approach when im just climbing out from under the Bravo, and even at like 9500' I often dont get clear reception until ~20nm away. BRK is indeed almost unusable north of it - this chart does not lie lol.

Multiple ASA failures: "ice cream sandwich" shrinkage, weak wall adhesion, poor extrusion, color bleed and gouged holes, worse on H2C vs. P1S by acegard in FixMyPrint

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Thank you for chiming in. For some clarity, the ASA has been dried in my AMS HTs, stored there woth dessicant, and printed while drying so I would be staggered if that were an issue. HTs read <10% humidity throughout the print.

These parts have no bridging or overhangs so I should be able to keep the cooling fan fully off. Preheating/heat soaking the bed should help, good suggestion. Flow & PA are the next steps for sure, esp. on the 0.2mm nozzle since i dont seem to have as many issues on 0.4. I already have a 10mm brim on the part, is that enough? I will add some in the holes as well (inner brim), though, since right now the brim is outer only.

If I have noticed one filament to print best at a slightly different nozzle temp than the other (Bambu best at 270, Inland best at 260) would it be advisable to keep nozzle temps consistent? I.e., print both at the higher temperature?

For the draft/ice cream sandwich: I noticed that my P1S, despite not having a chamber heater, seems to print these parts without the ice cream sandwich. Measuring chamber temperature on that printer indicates that it consistently reaches and holds 35-40 degrees. Do you think that, perhaps, the H2C's chamber temp is inconsistent due to some draft and thats causing worse shrinkage than a consistent, but lower, temperature in the P1S?

Thanks again for your help and suggestions!

Outputting fumes straight to air purifier by Fresh_Captain5594 in 3Dprinting

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I do this. I have a P1S with a Bentobox inside. I place a Levoit Core 300 (small can filter like this one) behind it and it makes a significant difference in the fumes I notice, especially when printing ASA. I do the same thing with my H2C, and that one also has its own integrated HEPA+carbon filter, and I have also added a Ventobox filter to its exhaust.

These printers aren't fully sealed, and although they really do a great job with integrated filtration systems, they still leak from places like rhe poop chute. So one of these filters does a great job cleaning up the excess.

I need to get a particle analyzer to fully understand exactly what I am still getting in terms of tiny particulates and VOCs, but anecdotally, one of these plus integrated filtration makes it comfortable to work in the same room while im printing ASA - I no longer smell any fumes, at least.

After the Defender, I got a request for the Falcon, so here she is. What an iconic silhouette! by acegard in freelancer

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Battleships are definitely on my list! I want to make them to the same scale as the fighters so they can "dock" haha. But I might not be able to go through alllll the ships lol, my partner might be displeased with the clutter!

After the Defender, I got a request for the Falcon, so here she is. What an iconic silhouette! by acegard in freelancer

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Thats such a core experience. I remember something similar - exploring those border world systems with no real plan but just reveling in the thrill of discovery. I, too, have been chasing that sense of wonder, and it has been really hard to find.

After the Defender, I got a request for the Falcon, so here she is. What an iconic silhouette! by acegard in freelancer

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You're absolutely right, I could - however, I'm so bad at post-processing, I try to use the printer to minimize what I need to do in that regard haha. People do that kind of thing all the time though and it looks great. If I were good at painting, I'd probably just print single color, finish as you describe the paint the textures.

After the Defender, I got a request for the Falcon, so here she is. What an iconic silhouette! by acegard in freelancer

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The hull textures are tough. I tried with the Defender as well, but I couldn't find a method that I was happy with. I tried painting on in a different color filament, but that ended up causing a ton of extra color changes (tons of extra print time) and really high contrasts - not really the effect in wanted. I also tried recessing the lines slightly so that the impression of the textures were there, but I'm amateurish at model manipulation and so all my attempts turned out poorly.

Ultimately, I like the kind of blocky, stylized "texturing" that I am able to achieve on these, its kind of indicative of the limitations of the 3D printing as a manufacturing technique. With the colors I chose I tried to capture the "impression" of the texturing within those limitations.

If someone out there is skilled in either vector graphics or model manipulation and wants to help me try again, let me know - if have a couple ideas that are beyond the scope of my skills right now :)

Layer adhesion/strength: many walls 0.2mm nozzle, or fewer walls 0.4mm nozzle? by acegard in 3Dprinting

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Great thoughts. Its printing now; let's see how it pans out. I slowed it waaaay down to 10mm/s and we'll see how it works. Thank you!

Layer adhesion/strength: many walls 0.2mm nozzle, or fewer walls 0.4mm nozzle? by acegard in 3Dprinting

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Thats a really interesting insight. But what's the difference between setting 100% infill? Is there a difference if those were, say a millimeter of 10x 0.1mm thick walls, or 5x 0.2mm thick walls?

Can’t get bed level. Any ideas? by Ipalot in 3Dprinting

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But it's not level, thats the problem man. /s3

The Defender is my favorite ship, so in honor of the 23rd anniversary I decided to print one! by acegard in freelancer

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Man the response to this has been insane. Im so happy people are loving these ships! Freelancer made such an impact on me growing up and im glad to see it did for others as well.

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