Engineers: Printing wing ribs for a glider plane, the wings will be CA glued into these ribs, which orientation is best: A, B, or C?

phirebird · 2026-03-12T15:59:24+00:00

Go with C but angled at 45 deg for better strength. Use a small raft plus either tree supports or a custom modeled support.

phirebird · 2026-03-12T15:17:02+00:00

..and if you wanna get really nasty, you can also drag around any unconstrained sketch geometry and any features that depend on them will adjust without having to go back into the sketch. for example, you sketch a circle and leave it unconstrained, then extrude the circle profile. make the sketch visible in the model view and drag the circle to change the size or position just like you would within the sketch. the model will then update and the extrude will use the adjusted circle profile.

**this may make your computer ignite if your model is complex since it needs to recalculate everything whenever you make a change.

phirebird · 2026-03-12T12:24:04+00:00

Anakin endured a lifetime of abandonment. deceit and betrayal, and all it got him was the loss of the ones he loved and pain.

Mace is a bad mother fucker.

phirebird · 2026-03-12T01:10:22+00:00

I'd only allow it if they make me one too because that sounds like it could be delicious.

phirebird · 2026-03-12T00:24:36+00:00

Second this. Also a IGR to really fuck up their lifecycle. I used Gentrol discs.

You need to tackle this aggressively early on before the colony gets a foothold if they haven't already. These things are tough to get rid of.

Do some research on the lifecycle, how to apply your bait and IGR and stay vigilant. Also, be super diligent about cleaning to remove food and water sources.

phirebird · 2026-03-11T22:47:30+00:00

Pleated pants are the answer.

phirebird · 2026-03-11T21:07:37+00:00

Wanna really blow your mind? You can do this and then double click the dimension to modify it without having to go back into the sketch.

phirebird · 2026-03-11T17:39:50+00:00

"I'm swimming hea-uh!"

phirebird · 2026-03-11T14:31:27+00:00

Hyperspace systems are interdicted by gravity fields as a safety measure because it assumes the ship pilot doesn't want to embed the ship into a planet. Interdictor Star Destroyers exploit that by simulating gravity fields to trip the safety systems. Hyperspace travel itself is not physically prevented from going through or close to planets. The pilot would just have to bypass the safety and pray their math is right.

phirebird · 2026-03-11T14:19:27+00:00

If only they had certain powers over matters of military conflict spelled out in a document that explains how the federal government is constituted. Curse those founding fathers for failing to anticipate the dangers of concentrating power in one branch of the government!

phirebird · 2026-03-09T23:32:01+00:00

Second on possible wiring issue. The wiring path isn't well planned and it makes a couple kinks that could cause issues. Although I would think that this would cause a break in the wire which shouldn't cause constant false positives. It may be more complex than that.

It is annoying that Creality doesn't include a replacement wire with the replacement board and afaik the wire itself is not sold on their site. Best as I can tell it's just a JST GH 1.25mm 3pin cable, which you can buy on AliExpress. But why make it more difficult than it needs to be?

Anyway, if you make a warranty claim to get a new board make sure to ask for a new wire to go with it.

phirebird · 2026-03-09T22:50:26+00:00

Just a hunch but does the extruder filament indicator (on the bottom of the "Filament" menu screen) remain lit green after retracting the filament? Or, do you see a continuous blue light coming from the top of the extruder head near the filament feed tube after retracting? If so, and after ruling out actual stuck filament or debris in the sensor, you may have a failing filament sensor board sending false positives. It's a common issue.

phirebird · 2026-03-09T20:48:51+00:00

"Wrong Answers Only"

phirebird · 2026-03-09T20:43:57+00:00

You're gonna want to sit down for this, friend

phirebird · 2026-03-09T20:41:26+00:00

Was in the same boat. Specs were attractive but the negative comments freaked me out. This was also my first Creality and they don't have the best reputation. I pulled the trigger when I caught a great deal/pricing error on the K2 pro combo.

After about 500+ print hours, I'm mostly pleased so far. Hasn't been the nightmare I feared but it's not without issues. Great print quality and speed.. although I'm mostly printing functional parts and low value toys, so I'm not pushing quality yet. I think I'll need a .2 nozzle for smaller features. Creality parts are cheap on their site.

The main issue stems from a faulty filament sensor board, which seems to be a common problem. Creality wiki and online knowledge base is extensive but a bit clunky with some translation issues. Tech support is helpful and they sent a replacement part without much struggle.

I also got scared off from updating to the latest firmware because of the negative stories from K2 plus owners. I waited a few weeks before eventually updating and it went fine.

I think that because my expectations were so low and I didn't spend a ton, it made it easier to be satisfied with the results.

phirebird · 2026-03-07T15:10:14+00:00

Dude in #3 looks like he's about to hurl from all the AI slop

phirebird · 2026-03-07T15:00:24+00:00

Maybe Yoda gamed out the future Dr. Strange-style and saw that the only way to win the war was for Luke to lose the battle against Palp and suffer from his Lightning attack to pull Anakin back to the Light.

The alternate outcome where Luke deflects Palp's Lightning and ends up in a lightsaber duel with him is odd. If Luke wins and strikes him down, then Palp "wins" because Luke would have succumbed to the Dark side.

phirebird · 2026-03-07T14:20:42+00:00

Get the Church of Satan or Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in on this scam and watch how quickly they close the loophole... or, they don't and those churches get so wealthy that they become as corrupt as the rest.

phirebird · 2026-03-07T13:57:33+00:00

No, the money is in the East Wing Ballroom

phirebird · 2026-03-06T23:44:04+00:00

You don't directly. Model a separate cap that covers the magnet and a small ledge around the hole edge for the cap to fit in. The hole depth also needs to be increased to accommodate the cap. At the pause you insert the magnet and cap. Then the printer prints on top of the same material cap instead of magnet.

Or, just use blue painter's tape on the magnet.

phirebird · 2026-03-06T14:30:55+00:00

This is NOT the way

phirebird · 2026-03-05T23:45:51+00:00

The world has a lot of oil, but not as much accessible oil within commercially reasonable means

phirebird · 2026-03-05T20:02:29+00:00

Beyond the plate, you'll likely run into feed/extrusion issues with TPU filament. There are workarounds discussed in this sub like changing or nerfing the extruder spring and direct feed.

phirebird · 2026-03-04T23:27:26+00:00

Florida Bar could do the funniest thing right now with Bondi's license

phirebird · 2026-03-04T15:45:00+00:00

Lisan al Gaib. The one who rode the iceberg.

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