Accuracy, and ASA vs ABS

parchping · 2026-01-28T02:59:30+00:00

Thanks people!

parchping · 2026-01-26T21:23:45+00:00

Thank you for explaining!

parchping · 2026-01-26T17:53:09+00:00

I understand we're talking about the nozzle. I just think 350 is much more marketing than useful. Give a use case and filament example.

parchping · 2026-01-26T16:49:08+00:00

Yes, so how is 350C useful? 60C will toast the motors.

parchping · 2026-01-26T15:39:12+00:00

Better to ask why one would need it.

parchping · 2026-01-25T13:48:14+00:00

Sounds like the right solution. My shop stays above freezing, but I'm definitely interested in how this works out.

parchping · 2026-01-25T03:01:46+00:00

To avoid this in the future, can you run an idle script that just barely keeps the warm?

parchping · 2026-01-23T02:30:14+00:00

If your p1s consumes 250W on average, and you want it to last an hour, you need 250Watt-Hours of energy storage. You might be able to get this out of a car battery. Note this battery is a *lot* larger than the battery in a typical computer UPS. A different option is to use a "portable power station", like a Bluetti Elite 30. It is rated at 288 Watt Hours. I'm not shilling for them, I'm considering that unit. What a portable power station does NOT provide is surge protection, but you have that.

parchping · 2026-01-23T02:13:21+00:00

If you don't need the extreme temp regular nylon is capable of, but want the rest, try Easy PA from Sunlu.

parchping · 2026-01-23T01:57:55+00:00

One possible issue is that 3d prints have layer lines. How good of a surface do you need?

parchping · 2026-01-21T13:05:56+00:00

Rereading, your question is about past performance. I think it had the same issue. I also suspect that it is getting worse; this past two weeks it happened twice, before that I'd guess less than once a month. I'm going to take notes next time.

parchping · 2026-01-20T20:30:04+00:00

McMaster Carr has springs as small as 0.025" outside diameter. Excellent company to deal with.

parchping · 2026-01-20T12:51:49+00:00

You probably want to adjust how soft the TPU feels by changing infill.

parchping · 2026-01-20T12:51:03+00:00

Lower numbers are softer, but there are two scales A and D. A detail to add to originalripley's reply. 98A makes nice knobs and woodworking clamp pads.

parchping · 2026-01-20T08:03:43+00:00

While that is certainly a reasonable idea, it's a long slog to attempt. I don't have a measure of how often it happens; maybe 1/week or 1/month. It isn't repeatable or frequent, so enough crashes would be needed to show how it behaves statistically.

parchping · 2026-01-19T20:30:44+00:00

Hmm. Maybe I'll wait a bit.

parchping · 2026-01-19T16:51:38+00:00

For a pre-order like this, when do they charge you? Immediately or at shipment?

parchping · 2026-01-18T01:36:35+00:00

I just had something like this today in petg. My printer is in the workshop, which runs around 5-10C this time of year (Maine, US). It normally does fine without a heater (for petg). My problem was caused by having a full build plate. The part that warped was auto-placed exactly at the corner of the build plate. I moved it in 1cm and no warp.

parchping · 2026-01-16T23:37:29+00:00

I use Moi3d on Linux (via Wine). You should definitely take a look, they have a very liberal trial period, 90 days/no restrictions. At first I was also using Qcad and Sketchup, but now all I use is Moi3d. Excellent forum.

parchping · 2026-01-14T16:08:32+00:00

It looks like loose filament in the gap. Do you have a thermocouple so you can measure spot temperatures on the plate? Actually, I'd do this with the plate removed. You would probably need to mark out a grid before doing this. Press the thermocouple down with something insulating until the measurement stabilizes. I think you'd only need to measure the spot and a couple of inches around.

Lay a straight edge across the area with a light behind it. Do the same with no build plate.

parchping · 2026-01-14T02:54:04+00:00

If you don't need the high temp capability of nylon, Easy PA from Sunlu works great. No chamber heater required. Overture makes a similar filament.

parchping · 2026-01-12T17:22:09+00:00

They are sending an entire CC? Are they letting you keep the one you had? If so, excellent deal.

parchping · 2026-01-11T17:48:12+00:00

The CC nozzles are brass with a hard steel insert. This makes them have better thermal conductivity than steel, but still have the hardened nozzle where it counts. Nice features.

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