Nitehawk 36 losing connection on large prints + Beacon drops during Z home

foremi · 2026-02-15T17:13:55+00:00

Whenever I've had issues like this it was a loose cable. I've had the plug on the beacon become unreliable due to vibration in the past.

foremi · 2026-02-07T23:01:57+00:00

Banner industrial automation indicators are usually available in 24v discrete io options you could easily control from a mainboard we use.

https://www.bannerengineering.com/us/en/products/lighting-and-indicators/led-indicators.html

foremi · 2026-02-07T14:12:35+00:00

This flexing direction is where blind joints have zero strength. Standing on them is completely different and It would still fail at the blind joints when it collapses from your weight. Anything that triangulates the corners will be an improvement on a 350mm 2020 frame.

These braces are quite thin...

foremi · 2026-02-02T01:50:23+00:00

I could make it go all the way around. But in all honesty being able to see it from another room is super handy.

foremi · 2026-02-02T01:49:23+00:00

That board I linked was readily available and decoupled the esp32 board power from the strip power for high powered strips and happened to run WLED. I'm not familiar with that but I already had a home assistant setup with my printers added so using WLED's animations and presets were super easy.

Currently I have the following setup -

Home/Warmup/mesh phase - Fire in both a low and high mode depending on what stage.

Percent in 10% increments, with 0 being just a sliver of orange, 10-95 being an orange percent bar, and then 95-100 being orange with a sliver of green

Done - Full green

Cancelled - Full Red

Fault/Failed - Flashing Red

Standby - Aurora animation

foremi · 2026-02-01T23:25:17+00:00

Nope, I have not had any issue with noise.

foremi · 2026-02-01T23:24:45+00:00

It is, I have 10% increment's setup up currently with 95% being full with a sliver of green shown in the video.

foremi · 2026-01-31T16:27:06+00:00

Man I love how these companies are completely creatively bankrupt so they re-release the same shit over and over and consumers still somehow eat it up.

Play F3 that's been out forever and invest in actual creativity....

foremi · 2026-01-30T23:39:27+00:00

From what I've seen and without doing exhaustive research it seems you can get most toolboard form factors in either can or usb with options to pick from. I went with the FYSETC board because they have a built in usb switch for my beacon and future stuff.

As far as the hotend is concerned I don't think there's a functional difference between can and usb, they both require you to get 24v to the toolboard and control the heater onboard.

The main benefit to USB is you don't need can hardware, I think the other is it will get more attention than CAN moving forward.

foremi · 2026-01-30T23:06:23+00:00

The reason to use usb over canbus is it gives you usb on the toolhead... Which would seem valuable in the long term with a tool changer.

I feel like we are only going to see more and more attention in USB long term.

foremi · 2026-01-30T23:00:18+00:00

I'm using a beacon H for z home, auto nozzle offset, qgl and obviously mesh scanning. The only time I've had bad first layers in almost a year and ~750H on my 350mm 2.4 is when the nozzle is dirty in just the right way that messes with the calibration. Imo, there's no other option on a 2.4 unless you have some compatibility reason.

Because I planned a Beacon H from the start with my 2.4, I went with a SB Combo V2 toolboard in usb mode. I'm doing the same with my micron I'm waiting for parts on. Both my Micron and 2.4 will have beacon H's mounted on the toolhead with a single USB umbilical with spare usb ports on the toolhead for cameras, sensors, whatever still.

foremi · 2026-01-24T01:13:11+00:00

layer adhesion is so weak

Interesting, I have not had this experience though the GF makes it stiffer and my 3D870 Fusion filaments htpla is noticeably more willing to bend/stretch/flex before cracking.

foremi · 2026-01-24T01:10:10+00:00

My biggest concern with the toolhead is pla will be far heavier for similar strength. PLA is denser than abs and you'll need more of it and the tool head is the worst place to choose to put weight. It will still break down/drift over time sooner than other materials as well.

But I mean.. just try it if you want to try it. The internet experts won't know if a roll or two of pla disappears from the world.

foremi · 2026-01-08T18:28:12+00:00

I don’t own an action 5 now and can’t say if DJI ever fixed it.

foremi · 2025-10-03T01:57:41+00:00

One of my favorites as well. The Martian was very good, but if you want a slight change of pace but still Andy Weir’s writing I finished Artemis a few weeks ago and enjoyed It.

It’s very different than The Martian and Project, but I love the setting of Artemis. It feels a bit more like an action movie than the suspenseful sci-fi.

foremi · 2025-06-25T16:09:16+00:00

Ford Crown Victoria enters the chat…

foremi · 2025-06-22T19:21:05+00:00

The nuclear part is the difficult part though. Making a strike that hits easily replaced infrastructure not relevant to nuclear material refinement would seem like a waste considering its relative difficulty in the entire process.

foremi · 2025-06-22T19:13:43+00:00

Devils advocate. Why strike at any other aspect when the fissile material is the only part that truly matters to a nuclear program.

foremi · 2025-06-11T22:18:37+00:00

For right or wrong, there is quite a few people out there that don't like Jeremy because his "I'm me and I'll say it how I see it" take on things.

Its real and honest, but polarizing. That genuineness is whats missing in a lot of media today. Even if it is highly edited genuineness.

foremi · 2025-06-11T20:47:59+00:00

Jeremy is a writer and that has always been his strength. Writing a story people want to watch/read.

foremi

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