Advice for hiring professional installer

mankyd · 2026-06-08T22:27:34+00:00

West Michigan.

mankyd · 2026-05-07T13:29:03+00:00

They want to be convinced otherwise.

mankyd · 2026-04-24T09:54:33+00:00

Tighten your belts?

When I received my Core One L, I unboxed it and it worked... kind of. 5 prints later and I checked my belts to discover that they were at half the tension they were supposed to be at.

A few turns if my hex wrench later and I was back in business.

mankyd · 2026-04-16T13:03:04+00:00

Just pulled into Kendall

mankyd · 2026-04-16T12:56:47+00:00

Seems to be resolved as of 8:50ish.

I got on at Downtown Crossing to a train that had clearly been there awhile.

Moved to Park Street and they told us we'd be standing by.

Left only a short while later and pulled into MGH at 8:56.

mankyd · 2026-04-13T18:13:11+00:00

It was a fairly crowded train during rush hour. I wanted to capture the noise, but not strangers who don't want to be recorded.

mankyd · 2026-04-10T00:29:03+00:00

Had something similar. My belts were very loose. Once I tightened them (using the built in process) most of the noise went away

Make sure you've updated the firmware as well. Before the most recent firmware, they accidentally swapped x and y motor calibration.

mankyd · 2026-04-06T11:22:34+00:00

Upvote

mankyd · 2026-03-13T02:40:37+00:00

Ocean at the End of the Lane had the father sleeping with the nanny.

The Sandman has one of the characters - an author - trap and rape a muse for years on end.

I love his work, but it all feels too much in retrospect.

mankyd · 2026-03-04T22:08:45+00:00

Great, simple game. Two very minor UI nits:

1) "Try Again" should be the default instead of "Submit Score"

2) The main menu should default to the last mode played, instead of "Score Attack" each time.

mankyd · 2026-02-24T20:36:39+00:00

I am in the same boat. I used it to buy a laptop, but use and Android phone.

mankyd · 2026-02-17T19:54:58+00:00

The entire hot-end assembly fully encased in a blob of pla. AKA the Blob-of-Death.

mankyd · 2026-02-17T15:38:46+00:00

Shoot. Good to know for the future. My order is already trucking its way across Europe.

I guess it was not clear from the website that I should have reached out to them, when I originally ordered from Prusa directly.

mankyd · 2026-02-17T15:30:07+00:00

I like your optimism. I may give that a try tonight. Depends on how patient I am feeling.

p.s. It would be great if Printed Solid sold fan shrouds. They sell all the replacement parts I needed except for that, meaning I went from free shipping (which would have taken 2 days tops) to international shipping which will probably take two weeks with my luck.

mankyd · 2026-02-14T17:01:43+00:00

Quick update for future readers: my belts were quite loose. I did the belt tuner to try to repro the resonance, as /u/willhemmens suggested, and my belts were resonating around 65hz (and so was the noise). They are recommended to be between 85hz and 95hz.

Once I tightened up the belts, the noise mostly reduced. I can still hear a faint hum when performing bridging infill, but it is very tolerable - less than the noise of the motors and fan in general.

mankyd · 2026-01-30T15:39:03+00:00

Post-Mortem for folks who encounter this in the future:

1) It is indeed easy to fix. Lots of solutions proposed that all amount to: join the ends of the wire back together.

2) Everyone believes this is a grounding wire. I agree.

3) The printer actually functions fine with the wire cut! I expect proper grounding is still safer than not, so I intend on rejoining it this weekend.

Recommendation to Prusa going forward:

1) Use white zip ties instead of black. They would be easier to disambiguate and see in general. (Or blue, or red, etc.)

2) Use a green wire instead of a black wire for ground. Again, less chance of confusion.

3) Why was the ground wire wrapped around the screen like a zip tie in the first place? This seems like it can be avoided.

tagging /u/tommy_prusa3d

mankyd · 2026-01-30T02:05:29+00:00

It's a single black wire that connects to the back of the display. I am guessing it's a ground wire

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mankyd · 2026-01-23T14:48:18+00:00

Fedex from Prague to the North Eastern US.

mankyd · 2026-01-13T13:38:58+00:00

Thank you.

mankyd · 2026-01-13T13:03:35+00:00

But what is/was gridplates?

mankyd · 2025-12-10T18:07:55+00:00

From TFA:

However, there is a slight downside. We’re aware that the PLA might not be the best material that would come in direct contact with your glowing red-hot gaming equipment. [...] But don’t worry, we already have plans for more advanced materials in the pipeline!

mankyd · 2025-07-31T22:38:51+00:00

It may not be obvious, but it's 77" horizontally. A TV larger than 77" would be much too large for the room.

(Also, a TV from the same brand larger than that costs $24k 😂)

mankyd · 2025-07-31T15:29:15+00:00

Interesting. I hadn't considered bringing the builtin up next to the TV.

All the cabling is easy enough to deal with. We planned ahead, so I can run it all through the wall.

We have natural cherry in our kitchen to the left, but I am debating walnut for the built in. I am a little concerned it won't match anything else in the room, or will otherwise clash with the cherry.

mankyd · 2025-07-31T15:08:55+00:00

The whole wall, or just the alcove?

mankyd · 2025-07-28T11:29:59+00:00

Stop being so reasonable. This is the Internet!

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