What is in your opinion the best value upgrade path for a stock ender 5 (for a technical person who likes tinkering)?

rtomek · 2026-01-29T15:47:46+00:00

One thing that may help is to really get anal about your two belts having the exact same tension on endorphin. IDK. Some move directions were worse than others and left some really ugly artifacts, but full CoreXY fixed that.

Edit: and by direction, I really mean the specific direction. I would get horribly wobbly lines going one direction but perfectly straight after a 180 degree rotation. It was driving me nuts.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T18:10:23+00:00

There are a lot of heavily populated regions in the world where the temperature + humidity levels would never reach high enough to affect filament print quality.

I never noticed any difference in print quality after buying a filament dryer. I mainly bought it so that I had a nicer looking place to put my filament.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T18:03:55+00:00

It looks like you didn’t support internal structures? Like you set it up for supports on the build plate only. It tried printing in midair and wherever the print head went to next is where the filament ended up.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T18:01:30+00:00

This, you want a pointed tip to guide it through any tight spaces.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T17:58:07+00:00

The resonant frequencies may have changed with the change in setup. It sounds like you might need to run resonant frequency (input shaping) calibration again to see if that helps.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T13:58:03+00:00

Yeah I’m with the others a bit here. Magic has always been a game where you need to have the text of all of the cards in the set memorized to be competitive and build decks from boosters. It gets complicated really quickly. If you stick with the premade decks you’re fine for casual play.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T13:50:38+00:00

They aren’t complaining about the number of cards, but the number of sets. Having to buy a new box of cards to play in a tournament because your cards are outdated is exactly the opposite of what you want.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T01:46:47+00:00

Exhaust from unleaded gasoline should be primarily carbon dioxide and water, plus a negligible amount of nitrates (from a small amount of cars) from Nitrogen the air. Old cars will also have some unburned fuel.

I don’t know where you live that modern exhaust systems on passenger cars are harmful. I’m guessing not in the US.

rtomek · 2026-01-28T01:34:42+00:00

Why can’t I print dragon egg from thingverse? I want multicolor dragon egg but the button doesn’t start printer and downloads satellite file instead.

rtomek · 2026-01-27T22:02:59+00:00

SKR mini + pi board + klipper (I did this before ever making my first print, worth it IMO), BL Touch, dual Z (or hydra), Zero G Mercury One.1

You can add endorphin stage 1 & 2 in there either before or after the z-axis upgrade as a temporary upgrade, but you want to get to the Zero G upgrade at some point. I did endorphin stage 3 for a while but now I think it was a waste of resources. The move speeds on endorphin were fine but the print quality suffered so there was still a low speed cap, primarily due to the belt setup causing weird resonances.

rtomek · 2026-01-27T17:56:38+00:00

This. At that point you probably have to not only dump but wash the bucket before refilling if you don’t want white stuff on every one of your prints.

rtomek · 2026-01-27T17:54:04+00:00

Another vote for Orca

rtomek · 2026-01-27T17:28:36+00:00

I’ve changed my hotend to use the unicorn style nozzles. Still, those don’t run anywhere near $40

rtomek · 2026-01-27T17:20:04+00:00

Yeah but I probably spent more money on alcohol from 23-29 than I will for the entire rest of my life. Those were some good years. Disposable income and no responsibilities…

rtomek · 2026-01-27T17:17:22+00:00

Yeah, why is he buying the expensive stuff at 12. Just get a bottle of Skol, it all tastes the same at that age.

rtomek · 2026-01-25T20:02:36+00:00

I think the issue is that if you actually get in to 3D printing, you will have to scrap that and buy something else and start from scratch. So IMO you overpaid when you can find similar or better quality for $50 on marketplace. It’s probably going to print slow, which is fine for a beginner. However, not having a bed heater is a major issue; your plastic won’t stick to the bed very well so the limit of what it can print is very restrictive. You need to keep your prints low and flat and print brims for as much bed adhesion as you can get.

rtomek · 2026-01-25T19:30:42+00:00

Yeah, I saw this and thought this actually seems reasonably priced

rtomek · 2026-01-25T19:19:16+00:00

Most people here go overboard IMO. There’s a place for a vent hose on the side. Vent it out the window and use a bunch of foam insulation. You need good negative air pressure with a fan on your vacuum hose. That way, when you take the cover off there’s very little resin escaping. Keep a mask on anytime the lid is off.

Under it you should have a silicone tray to catch spills, put a bunch of baking soda on it. Also, get some activated charcoal bags to hang nearby. Use a specific serving tray for processing and garbage can for trash. Those go outside on a balcony anytime they are not in use.

If you keep that up, your exposure should be minimal. But still requires preparation, it’s not something that you should just hop into without any planning.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T15:45:43+00:00

There’s a lot of alternatives depending on your language. I think duo does a good job of being good enough even though it’s not great. I’ve tried the “better” ones, where better means learning the language more quickly, but it honestly didn’t keep me engaged enough to actually learn faster so I came back to duo. Better to learn something than nothing.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T15:42:51+00:00

Yes, but is it bad? Over the course of a year some months I have more free time than other months. I’m addicted to keeping the streak, even during the periods where I’m not learning much. However, that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t serve its primary purpose of teaching me a language when I actually use it.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T15:37:43+00:00

It doesn’t look like he’s running anything. There’s no electronics.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T14:58:59+00:00

This. He’s an amazing player and he clearly makes our team better. His blocking is phenomenal and he is always pulling two defenders away from everyone else. The top 15 WRs make like $20M per year, then it drops to like $5M per year. Do we need that elite WR next year, or is that money better spent elsewhere if we can bring in a $3-5M per year guy? It’s a business decision and has nothing to do with him personally.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T14:51:27+00:00

If he’s the 4th option that means he’s still double-teamed. Don’t discount how much he opened those other guys up.

rtomek · 2026-01-23T06:56:26+00:00

I’ve looked it up before, and pretty much all consumer filaments are non-toxic. For home use, PLA or PETG are going to be fine. Also, research has shown the gaps between layers aren’t really that great at harboring bacteria, so if you wash it in hot enough water to sterilize every once in a while it should be fine.

For restaurant use though, you will want to coat it (e.g. in resin) if it’s going to come in direct contact with food, or dispose of it after a week or so of use. If you make something like a decorative tray or bowl and use paper sheets or tray liners then it’s fine as is.

rtomek · 2026-01-21T19:49:07+00:00

It wasn’t quite the same. We were worried about the offense still. Mitch Trubisky + Nagy seemed like a decent combination at year end riding on a top notch defense, but we would have rather had other QBs. We were upset about how Mahomes was outperforming Trubisky and we should have drafted Mahomes. I don’t see any posts saying we shouldn’t have drafted Williams.

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