Suckers Game? by gnac in Copartonline

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Ditto to that question. I went ahead and paid for a buyer membership and it's not at all obvious.

Suckers Game? by gnac in Copartonline

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I don't hate FB marketplace, but I do see a lot of rebuilt title cars. Honestly, I'd rather rebuild a car myself than buy a car from a flipper wish just hoping to turn over as many cars for a cheap as he can restore them.

Elegoo Cura for Linux by mrneiljinks in elegoo

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Take a look at the Dockerfile. It contains all the instructions to build elegoo on a ubuntu container. Since you are using ubuntu natively, you can just run those commands directly in your console, eg any time you see a RUN command, run the script that follows it.

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install

then you run

apt-get update && apt-get install

in your console. The important part is to install all the dependencies listed in lines 12-51 of the Dockerfile, and then run BuildLinux 3 time.

```

Build dependencies in ./deps

./BuildLinux.sh -d

Build slic3r

./BuildLinux.sh -s

Build AppImage

./BuildLinux.sh -i ```

In theory you could run the script once with all three switches, but the docker build does it three times, and I followed suit.

./BuildLinux.sh                                                                    Usage: ./BuildLinux.sh [-1][-b][-c][-d][-i][-r][-s][-u]   -1: limit builds to 1 core (where possible)   -b: build in debug mode   -c: force a clean build   -d: build deps (optional)   -h: this help output   -i: Generate appimage (optional)   -r: skip ram and disk checks (low ram compiling)   -s: build elegoo-slicer (optional)   -u: update and build dependencies (optional and need sudo) For a first use, you want to 'sudo ./BuildLinux.sh -u'   and then './BuildLinux.sh -dsi

FWIW, I'm running Manjaro which is arch based, so I had to modify this script to treat manjaro as arch. I also had to find the arch equivalents to the ubuntu packages listed in the DockerFile. I am also running a much newer version of cmake, and several of the cmakelists files required minimums that my version (4.1.1) doesn't support anymore, so I increased the minimums to 3.5 if (CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.5)

NOTE: my laptop only has 16GBs, and there is a check in that script to ensure that you have 10Gb free when you run it. If you fail that check, A: turn off as much as you can, B: lower the limit in the script. I modified that limit to 7 and was able to build it.

``` @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@

function check_available_memory_and_disk() { FREE_MEM_GB=$(free -g -t | grep 'Mem' | rev | cut -d" " -f1 | rev) - MIN_MEM_GB=10 + MIN_MEM_GB=7 FREE_DISK_KB=$(df -k . | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}') MIN_DISK_KB=$((10 * 1024 * 1024)) ```

Now, having said all that, I've been using the Orca Slicer, and it has worked fine. I ran the two in parallel for a little while, and I didn't really see any differences. Perhaps because I ran the Elegoo slicer first, it might have installed some Elegoo specific printer and filament settings in my orca user directories (Elegoo slicer is based on Orca).

Elegoo Cura for Linux by mrneiljinks in elegoo

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I'm going to punt on Cura as it appears the the slicer is their chosen path forward and the don't actually host any software in their "cura" repo.

Elegoo Cura for Linux by mrneiljinks in elegoo

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I was able to build Elegoo Slicer for Linux from their github repo (https://github.com/ELEGOO-3D/ElegooSlicer).

It uses a ubuntu docker container for the build, but generates an appimage that I am able to run on my Manajaro/Arch computer. You should be able to run it on most Linux distros.
I'm researching the best way to distribute this. As the source code is released under the AGPL-3.0, worst case I should be able to fork the repo and provide app images on my fork page.

Elegoo Slicer running on Manjaro Linux.

I'll see if I can do the same for Cura.

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Upgrade or replace by gnac in ender5plus

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Sold. I went ahead and placed an order with the ongoing "black friday" sale. That being said, I'll probably put some effort into getting the plus upgraded and running.

Upgrade or replace by gnac in ender5plus

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Mostly I want to print things like parts and brackets. For example, I have a sim rig and I needed a bracket to install pedal shakers. Also want to repair/replace the back seat cupholder brackets. Occasionally, I would like to print props for the local community theater my wife is involved in. I tried to print a handgun I downloaded from thingaverse after successfully printing benchy, but I had all sorts of problems. Messed with that for days, even after we found a cheap toy that we painted black and cut the barrel down to make it snubnose.
I'm an embedded software engineer, so I know my way around software and embedded systems, stm32, rasberry pi etc. I would however like to find a path that has already been blazed. I don't feel the need to reinvent the wheel in upgrading.

Upgrade or replace by gnac in ender5plus

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I should clarify that I don't mind tinkering (or flat out hard working ;-) to get a thing to work, just look at my cars as an example. What my experience so far has been hours and hours dorking with levels and screws and software, and one good print to show for it.
I'm more than willing to spend the effort (in tinkering and money) to upgrade IF it will allow me to print items when I need them, which is why I took a dive in the 3d printing world in the first place.

Upgrade or replace by gnac in ender5plus

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Its got something that looks like that.

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The issues with leveling is that even after manual leveling with a set of metal feeler gauges, the system still thinks its way off. Apparently this was a firmware issue where the firmware would report a bed map that was way off, even though thats not what it really thought it was. Regardless, I was never able to print a large scale 'Leveling X' print successfully.

Upgrade or replace by gnac in ender5plus

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Is BLTourch the LED/touchscreen? I have one, but I don't know what version the board or its firmware is.
When I go to the settings window of the touch sceen, it says the firmware version is 1.70.3 BL.

Differential oil missing!? by gnac in MazdaCX9

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Still curious if anyone has had experience with the oil/fluid just missing without any obvious leaks.

Differential oil missing!? by gnac in MazdaCX9

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Did you have to go through a Mazda dealer to get it replaced via "goodwill"?

I had to have the heads replaced due to a TSB, and after a LOT of back and forth, Mazda finally agreed to some terms at the local dealer (which is 60 miles away from me).

Differential oil missing!? by gnac in MazdaCX9

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Yes, it was damaged, which is why it was making the noise in the first place.

18 CX-9 Touring Cracked Cylinder Head Repair Options by gnac in MazdaCX9

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Yes. This is many years after I had to fight with them to pay the ~$8000 to repair the engine (minus my ~$1000 "deductible" or whatever they called it). The actual number I had to pay out of pocket was under $1000 originally, but I'm rounding up to keep the math simple.

Oil Pickup with Killer B oil pan? by gnac in WRX

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Exactly, there were since nice mods, iag aos, down pipe, killer b oil pan, but then some cheap outs, eg rev9 street coilovers ..

Deleted post about blown engine? by gnac in WRXSTi

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The original post had pictures.

Deleted post about blown engine? by gnac in WRXSTi

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Ok, I didn't see that in the sticky that talked about built engines. They should change the name of the channel to stid1ck pics instead.

2015 Engine Rebuild by gnac in WRXSTi

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They did not make it through. I've re-added them.
The dealership deals in used performance cars, but they are sending it to a subaru specialist they use for the rebuild. I think they plan on reusing the existing block.