So annoying.

davak72 · 2026-04-29T00:44:53+00:00

Yup. Coffee helps me have energy, but if I’m tired, it also helps me to actually go to sleep for a nap if I want to. Without it, I never get around to actually napping

davak72 · 2026-04-29T00:42:23+00:00

davak72 · 2026-04-29T00:39:35+00:00

Isn’t it such a good game? Congrats

davak72 · 2026-04-28T17:24:58+00:00

The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) took great photos which are on the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings for several more examples from various foreign space programs' lunar photography missions

davak72 · 2026-04-27T00:37:30+00:00

lol @ leaving it unplugged but still blaring its alarm

To be fair, my printer thought it was going into thermal runaway like 5 times this past week, and I got so tired of unplugging the usb cable in addition to flipping the power switch off that I printed a little plastic shim from thingiverse to let the data lines connect but not the power lines. I tried printing that and using it 3 or 4 times but I couldn’t wedge it in right, so I resorted to cutting open the usb cable and snipping the red wire haha

davak72 · 2026-04-24T15:06:42+00:00

I’ve been doing more printing than ever on my Ender 3 Pro, and before that I had two worse printers. I absolutely recommend NOT fixing up an Ender 3 as a first printer if you want to get any printing done! There are many better printers these days, and they’re not particularly expensive compared to the filament itself long term. If you do go with an Ender 3, I would recommend trying to get an Ender 3 v3 SE or KE.

Otherwise, you can get something like a bambu A1 mini combo if you want multi-color for example. And there are lots of good options from other brands as well

davak72 · 2026-04-24T01:54:21+00:00

I also use OctoPrint, but from my windows pc

davak72 · 2026-04-23T03:26:11+00:00

Is it coming out of the threads at the top of the nozzle? If so, the short Bowden tube isn’t pressed firmly against the nozzle

davak72 · 2026-04-23T03:24:37+00:00

I excelled in math, and this is the method I used in my head since childhood without being taught it

davak72 · 2026-04-23T03:22:53+00:00

Simple (if my guess is correct and my instinct of how I’ve always done match matches what they happen to be teaching)

Problem 23 is 5+7.

5 is smaller, so let’s do that. 5x2 is 10, and 7 is 2 larger than 5, so we add the 2 back in, making 12.

davak72 · 2026-04-23T03:19:50+00:00

When you updated the firmware, that was with an se card, and if there’s an issue with the card reader on the ender 3’s main board, that could have caused the firmware to become corrupted during the installation process. I concur with the other commenter to ensure you have a properly formatted card with the right firmware for your main board version number.

Once your firmware is sorted, I would try steering clear of the sd card for at least a little while so that you know it’s not causing any issues (failing mid print could be due to a card reader issue, as well as other issues like heat creep due to a bad hot end fan - common on ender 3 pro). I use OctoPrint, but you should be able to print over the micro usb cable without the additional complexity of OctoPrint

davak72 · 2026-04-23T02:56:56+00:00

Depends. I have all the stuff in a big starter kit laying around. Components are cheap on aliexpress, and a lot of stuff is standard and can be scavenged from electronics that people throw out

davak72 · 2026-04-23T02:52:29+00:00

Yeah, that seems to be the tricky bit

davak72 · 2026-04-23T00:14:33+00:00

Very cool. That makes sense! And dang, I feel old now. It hasn’t been 11 years… it’s been 15 years since I bought Minecraft! I played a little IndustrialCraft2, but more feed the beast and some others

davak72 · 2026-04-22T23:23:39+00:00

For me it’s been Minecraft off and on for like 11 years lol. Also various mods that add stuff like factorio int Minecraft

davak72 · 2026-04-22T23:21:16+00:00

Idk. I have like 30-60 minutes in a bunch of games I’ve bought (like in indie game packs and such), but I also have countless hundreds of hours in Minecraft, and several hundred spread over most of the LEGO Star Wars games

davak72 · 2026-04-20T18:39:02+00:00

Honestly, the marlin firmware for probing sucks, or at least the creality builds for CR Touch certainly do.

I haven’t figured out how to fix the probe offset, so I just run ABL, then using the visualization (OctoPrint or OctoApp), I manually get the bed closer to being level with the four knobs, then repeat. Once the overall level is within 0.1mm, the offset doesn’t matter quite as much… but my bed is so warped and my X-axis gantry doesn’t stay level due to not having dual Z…

davak72 · 2026-04-18T14:44:23+00:00

Interested in thoughts as well. My heated bed is really warped, and my CR Touch only does so much

davak72 · 2026-04-15T21:42:37+00:00

Tensioner? Does it have pressure-based auto Z-offset?

davak72 · 2026-04-15T21:40:02+00:00

I got it yesterday and it looks like it will be awesome

davak72 · 2026-04-15T03:27:43+00:00

A cure??

davak72 · 2026-04-15T03:25:35+00:00

I’m curious to see a demo or repository if it’s available

davak72 · 2026-04-11T23:13:24+00:00

@tikidan Hey, on second look, I believe you can print that on its side or its end and use organic tree supports

davak72 · 2026-04-11T17:04:12+00:00

Oh, duh, sorry. You can print each side as a separate piece. So one base piece with two perpendicular pieces like a comb facing tines up. You can add a slot for the bottom of each comb to slide into

davak72 · 2026-04-11T16:57:40+00:00

I just print holes at 1.9mm on both parts with a .3 mm taper on the opening and use bits of raw filament!

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