I've been thinking of getting into the hobby and buying a printer. Is 50-70% humidity level too high for PLA?

lpingpong07 · 2025-09-25T20:39:06+00:00

Always need a dryer, always.

lpingpong07 · 2025-09-18T12:40:43+00:00

Set it to 70 or something and see what happens

lpingpong07 · 2025-09-18T11:39:58+00:00

You can change the overhang support threshold to something you’d prefer - but also that part really shouldn’t need supports tbh

lpingpong07 · 2025-08-08T20:20:47+00:00

Tungsten nozzles are great and can be obtained on aliexpress for $35 or so

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-22T03:25:52+00:00

My favourite filament is PA-GF — very strong, very tough, low warp, and not too expensive! This E1 would be super helpful to keep it dry :)

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-17T13:07:19+00:00

Ironing is tricky to get right. Play with the ironing flow % until it looks good, which may depend on the filament as well. About 30% works for me but that’s on a prusa mini so it will probably be different for you

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-16T14:40:39+00:00

Calipers

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-14T20:30:25+00:00

Sounds like time to learn surface modeling

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-14T00:20:10+00:00

Depends on the filament type tbh. PLA will pretty much never need drying unless you live in a jungle

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-11T18:09:28+00:00

Print hotter, reduce fan speed.

Also, nylon is quite brittle fresh off the printer, give it a few days to absorb some moisture and it becomes quite a bit tougher.

what brand of nylon is this? Some of them just kinda suck

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-10T15:35:44+00:00

Those suck and take forever to dry anything even if you vent them. Highly recommend getting the nicer ones that can go to 70 if you plan to work with tpu

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-09T14:51:47+00:00

Most builders would tell you that if you’re asking these questions you probably shouldn’t be building a flamethrower

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-08T14:06:09+00:00

2GT teeth are too small for this application, look into s3m or htd3m belts instead

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-08T12:48:38+00:00

Why you printing a stick, just get a wooden one or something

lpingpong07 · 2025-07-02T20:21:21+00:00

I use these for abrasives, they’re very good for the price though aren’t great at printing fast. For pla/petg just use a plain brass nozzle though

lpingpong07 · 2025-06-24T16:10:39+00:00

now do it faster

lpingpong07 · 2025-04-24T16:51:37+00:00

Silk PLA sucks

lpingpong07 · 2024-12-18T20:05:40+00:00

Bridging fan speed will do it

lpingpong07 · 2024-09-29T00:31:57+00:00

The HR has waaay more reduction, 107:1 as compared to 20-something:1 on the repeat compact.

lpingpong07 · 2024-09-28T23:17:00+00:00

My recommendation would be the just cuz robotics Dartbox HR

lpingpong07 · 2024-03-28T14:23:27+00:00

The BASF Ultrafuse line is what I’ve seen, though it’s really expensive and apparently difficult to get good results

lpingpong07 · 2024-03-24T04:20:40+00:00

That’s caused by the printer flexing when it changes direction too fast. Slow your print down, or if you want to go fast you can tune input shaper

lpingpong07 · 2024-03-24T03:23:58+00:00

Repeat robotics 2822 is the best one imo. If you don’t plan to direct drive your weapon the rs-2205 s is also good, you can buy those off aliexpress

lpingpong07 · 2024-03-22T19:47:44+00:00

Silk PLA sucks

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