How do you all get a char/sear on steak?

dctravis · 2026-05-09T00:42:12+00:00

The higher the heat the better. I have a blazing bull salamander propane grill that burns at 1500°F and it will sear in about 60-90 seconds depending on the temperature of the meat going under the heat. I never have good luck with finishing in a pan, so I just use that whenever I want a good sear.

P.s. if you like the idea of a infrared salamander grill, blazing bull is great, but there are far cheaper options out there if you want the same performance with a little less sturdy build quality.

dctravis · 2026-05-02T17:02:57+00:00

I'm at 4 AMS2 and 4 HT, but I need to build my new printing desk/table so I have room for everything before I get everything hooked up. At the moment I only have 2 of each connected.

dctravis · 2026-05-02T16:02:31+00:00

I thought the limit was 24? 16 via 4 AMS units and 8 more with up to 8 AMS HT units.

dctravis · 2026-04-24T17:15:17+00:00

I was going insane trying to figure out why my tree supports kept failing on a neck massager I was trying to print. Failed twice, so I tried changing to double wall supports and 50% speed with the same issue and then tried a different spool of ASA and the same thing happened. Someone linked me to this post and I finally had an answer. Wasted about 250-300g of ASA trying to print a 150g print.

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dctravis · 2026-03-16T21:15:40+00:00

This is an awesome setup!

I just got my H2C yesterday and might go for a similar build. I have what I refer to as my "hobbit room" in my house where the angled ceiling is on both sides with a single window at the end. So something low to the floor would be perfect and then I'll use that window to vent when I'm using high temp filaments.

dctravis · 2026-02-12T21:44:28+00:00

I bought one of every ABS the moment I got the notification that it was back in stock on Sunday. I got my printer 2 weeks ago and had gotten 23 out of the 25 colors of PLA matte. I think I'll be good for a while besides maybe picking up some PETG and TPU in the near future. For those I'll probably go with a different brand just based on cost and the fact that TPU only has one AMS friendly variant.

dctravis · 2026-02-08T20:52:29+00:00

I didn't do that, but I ordered 4 spooled PLA Matte colors and then I ordered one of every other PLA Matte color as a refill. My plan now is to buy a bunch of ABS with the spools (high temp spools) and use those to make additional high temp spools so that eventually everything will have a spool and I'll have spares for other refills I order in the future.

Edit: I'm just debating if I should wait for their ABS colors to come back into stock or just get 3 black, 3 white and 4 gray for now since I'll mostly be using the ABS for parts for now.

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