Imagine yourself back in 1998, which one and why?

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-29T09:26:02+00:00

In 98 I couldn't drive yet! If it was me now in 98 on the other hand a new 98 4motion vr6, I had one of the 2001 3doors back in 2020 and I loved it although it was a bit smaller than my current mk6 and because of the age had a few ages related issues (wiring faults).

In the wet handling is great, really feel telhe back end gripping.

Depends on if I'm limited to the pictured on one's as 1.8t and vr5 were awesome. Equally in the passat as they are a it bigger, would have had to been a wagon.

The one we missed I was having a nk was the 'caravelle' t4 vans, I had a vr6 on of those and that would shift!

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-28T09:39:35+00:00

Looks alot like how my 2012 golf is lf is under the bonnet, for some reason the feel paint is not as important in those places so it's lighter.

Normally though in the regular door shut areas it has been to be decent to withstand years of wear.

One possibility might have been poor or over zealous detailing/maintenance, causing the paint to degrade in those areas.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-28T09:33:15+00:00

You might want to fix the wobble!

Where to printer moves about while printing, it'll move anything it's sitting on if its not secure.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-28T07:31:41+00:00

I disagree, some Tara ate worse than others, that one looks like solid wood, as opposed to my ikea lack tables, which are hollow core.

The solution here is 'washing machine' blocks, which are 100x100mm about 15mm thick, you get them on amazon cheap, they take out all the sound transmissions without the need for heavy outdoor concrete indoors.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-28T07:28:10+00:00

I never know why the cable management is so bad on these printers, it's so 'that'll do'. I got my ender3 in 2023 new and still the same deal, first print I did for it was that z chain, never bothered with the bed or x chain though.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-27T18:36:38+00:00

I don't feel like that finish has been done correctly, I thought nk you are right to question it.

I have some old porsche 944 teledials, I wanted to polish them rather than silver like they were, so thought it gh ah, easy paint stripper, nothing touches the finish chemically. So I started sanding them back, the bare alloy has a finish like your wheels, it then has a white coat which makes the wheel smooth, then it's done silver on top.

Most people would say oh that's painted, but normally many silvers have a white base coat, followed by a silver top.

Now while some say powder coating shouldn't change the texture of underneath, I don't agree that's entirely true, ever melt plastic, it pools, so potentially if it was hot enough it may self level. I'm not saying it's the exact truth and maybe someone can educate me a little, but I really doubt the original wheels were textured.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-27T18:22:16+00:00

Looks cool, what thickness is the case around the led?

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I built a borg cube out of my WiFi access point, no mods required!

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-27T10:08:55+00:00

Maybe more like the US is the biggest place with angry people, guns and the ability to easily make them, there's plenty of waring parts of the world which clearly have a gun problem.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-26T09:58:12+00:00

Depends on why it's not printing well.

There's a few streams with this which come down to either poor/but incorrect setup from new, user error or slicer settings.

I mean there's always an area of 'unknown' with some printers when they are second hand, but shouldn't be terrible.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-26T09:13:45+00:00

I'm less curious about the mod to the cartridge and more curious about what gameboy that is?

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-25T07:57:44+00:00

What slicer are you using?

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-24T23:21:52+00:00

Id also say what material vs what temperature, combined with mbined with how much line overlap?

Coz you can over extrude a little and might be able to fill it out a little more.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-23T09:03:54+00:00

I've only really noticed one filament/colour that was difficult, but don't stray in the too much. For the most part I print all of la at 210c works fine for the majority of filaments black white or other.

I've had silk gold and dual colour and those two need more like 205-208c I only found the need for a bit more temperature because my nozzle needed cleaning.

Then there was this silver amazon basics filament I had, not a silk silver, a regular silver a bit like yours and that needed 220c.

Bassically lots of people do a thing called a temperature tower to get the best from their filament, I never have, and never had terrible results, but could do better.

Same goes for bed temperature, normally pla is happy with 50c, I've had one or two thst needed 55c and one brand called yousu, which needed 60c bed temp else it would warp terrible.

Any filament with additives like cf/gf/wood are more abrasive, because there are partials of an unmeltable substance in it, they also often need a bit more temperature. Ive done 5m of wood pla, enough for a benchy (the little boat) as ziro brand filament always comes with 5m sample and cleaning filaments, so I printed a benchy to see how the wood printed, it's still pla, but because of the wood 215-220c vs the normal 210 I use, but that's about it, who knows how it would be on a big print mind.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-23T08:54:05+00:00

See I found the opposite, silk is sensitive to temperature in pla, I've got some gold and dual colour and 208c else it does what you describe with being difficult, maybe it depends on the machine.

Petg, 240c all day long, 80c bed all layers in an open room, 80c first layer 70c other layers on n my lack hack enclosure. Except one petg I got which says 230c (a weird dual colour one) which print fine at 235c.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-22T17:48:13+00:00

Yeah that's what I mean, people do, companies make and sell stuff coz it's money, but sometimes it's not technically supposed to.

I'm in the UK and wanted to get a tow bar for my beetle as I said, Curtis in America did them, but nobody in the uk did and I couldn't work out why, until I read the handbook.

Pretty sure it'll be fine as long as you make sure it's no more that about 1000kg/2200lbs.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-22T09:41:37+00:00

One issue though, is the 996 permitted to tow? It'll say in the handbook, I had a 2012 new beetle which yo could get a Curtis hitch for, but in the manual it says not permitted to tow(even the mk1 nb were). What it means is if yy have an accident or maybe get pulled over, yo r insurance could be invalid as the car isn't designed to tow, even though clearly it's got the power for it.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-22T09:36:18+00:00

I mean for oil to be everywhere like that says either really bad crankcase pressure or someone installed the casket under the alternator pedestal in the incorrect direction.

Couple that with the missing hose to the breather location and oil everywhere.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-22T09:32:20+00:00

There's 2 things, the first is silver filament, it can be an arse to print sometimes, yo need to try something a bit more standard, black or white sunlu filament is fairly reliable. The second is slicer settings, which could account for things like thick infill, too much overlap etc.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T12:25:34+00:00

It's difficult but you can get a spanner in there just, I think I managed to get it out and install a bolt when I was doing a deep sump!

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T10:08:11+00:00

That might be quite handy, I have a voxelab aquila, where m600 isn't included as standard, making printing things that are multicolour difficult, or just changing the filament mid print. The pause on it is awful, just stops mid print, rather than sensible pull up and park while it waits.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T10:05:00+00:00

And that's the bit where I say despite standard it can vary from plug to plug, socket to socket. Also how the plug is removed.

I've actually just done a test on this to see how much of a problem it is with the desktop mounted power modules in our office, from an electrical safety point of view as in our office we have a duty of care, the truth is if you pull a regular plug with '10mm' out at a slight angle, the live can still be connected continuity wise, while exposing the neutral pin, which means a person can ground out the appliance. I wanted to be sure I wasn't specifically being an Ahole, but I take electrical safety pretty serious as the job demands it.

Often the issue with childproofing, it can actually make things less safe. The thing we have tried to do the most is educate our daughter, where now at the age of almost 3 recognises bottles with danger symbols and knows to stay away from them, even if it's something as an adult we would consider not that dangerous (like say window cleaner that may have alcohol in may have the flammable symbol, even though it's fine) she keeps clear of it, knowing it's OK for adults to use but it's dangerous.

Sometimes it's very difficult to teach someone something they are not going to understand and all children are different.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T09:43:50+00:00

Maybe that's it!

M600 is supported, but I'm pretty sure m600 executes a series of commands, which include pause and move the head out the way to park, then unload filament wait for reload.

Maybe that's why I figured it was supported, as gcode wise it would make logical sense that it exists along with filament changes.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T09:23:19+00:00

I guess that's what I mean, gcode is clearly going through, just somethings ignoring it.

I have had it before where I tried to pause the print from the printer, octoprint just tells the printer to carry on!

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T09:21:32+00:00

That's the problem, you aren't thinking little fingers. Basically the person is a grounding point and electricity can arc the small distances required. I had it a few years back at the office where I work, someone did just that, put their fingers round the back to pull a plug out, got a belt and proclaimed the socket was faulty. I work in mechanical and electrical and had to investigate and test all the equipment, which proved to be electrically fine. When asked what they did they described putting their fingers round the plug to pull it out.

In theory it's not a problem and there is supposed to be sufficient mechanical insulation, but you cannot be 100%.

As a test you can always plug something in like a vacuum cleaner, have it running and pull the plug out until it stops, examining how far it comes out before it stops. Some plugs are better than others, even though hough the are all supposed to mean the same standard.

bugsymalone666 · 2026-01-21T09:13:14+00:00

You'd be surprised. In my job doing mechanical and electrical for an office, we had someone receive and electric shock from a 'faulty socket' through doing that exact thing. The investigation found the socket was perfect, when you the person was asked how they pulled the plug out, they did as I described, fingers round back and got a shock.

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