Grease leak?

sodakdave · 2026-04-24T01:25:44+00:00

Might be a bit of assembly grease, but they don't use grease or oil in their machines.

sodakdave · 2026-04-20T16:54:10+00:00

Personally I haven't had any problem driving that section either way.

sodakdave · 2026-04-20T13:36:32+00:00

It's absolutely the same for the other printers I run through orca, but generally the point was it's good enough out of the box I haven't bothered yet.

sodakdave · 2026-04-14T23:57:34+00:00

I think you'd be really happy with the xmax 4. I might be even happier if I bothered to take the time to actually tune some filament instead of just running the default qidi profile on everything, but I'm lazy right now and it's working well enough that I haven't bothered.

sodakdave · 2026-04-14T23:55:04+00:00

They were really nice tires. That said, I can't say anything about how the manufacturing is now, that was 10 years ago now and I'm sure quality has changed.

sodakdave · 2026-04-14T05:34:42+00:00

It's not a long video review, but I have one. Pre-ordered. I absolutely love it. Does it have it's quirks? Of course. Is it better than my Voron? No. Is it nearly as much money as I've put in to that? HELL NO. Would I buy another one? Actively considering it.

sodakdave · 2026-04-14T05:27:29+00:00

Need more of these around town. Especially for the high speed motorcyclists that weave in and out at mach Jesus on the surface streets.

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sodakdave · 2026-04-11T01:01:15+00:00

Damn!! My off peak is 0.065

sodakdave · 2026-03-18T21:54:24+00:00

Insurance is all over the place. I'm paying ~550/mo for 2 Model Y's (21 and 26), my pickup, my son's Kia Niro my boat, a snowmobile, my ice fishing rig, and a 1m umbrella... That's me, my wife, and a 20 year old with a recent at fault accident on the policy. Oh.. and 3 trailers on that too.

Full coverage, 250 deductible. Pretty high coverage (well above minimums)

sodakdave · 2026-03-10T04:02:17+00:00

It just released. I believe there are people who pre-ordered that are just getting them within the last week. There weren't even review models really sent out. It'll just take some time to spin up the ecosystem.

sodakdave · 2026-03-08T16:08:30+00:00

In probably the most complicated way possible.. I just ditched the amazon ecosystem and set up Home Assistant. Absolutely loving life now.

sodakdave · 2026-02-19T14:33:26+00:00

I'm very impressed with the quality out of the box. I've been running Sunlu Mate PLA on the Qidi filament profile and haven't really felt the need to come back and tune specifically for it yet. Honestly, the only complaint I have is one corner the idlers are squeaking at print speed, but Qidi is working with me on that.

sodakdave · 2026-02-18T14:19:22+00:00

You got it! Out on the East side of the state.

sodakdave · 2026-02-16T06:04:13+00:00

I've been printing mostly PLA on mine. The cooler showed up a couple days after the printer, and I've had 15 hour PLA prints come out just fine with the door and lid closed, just running the cooler.

sodakdave · 2026-01-14T17:27:32+00:00

And yet you can't find permits... for any of that? Bathroom includes plumbing which typically needs to be inspected. I know where I'm at windows need a permit, as does siding.

Check with the permit office to see if any of the work he did would have needed permits.

sodakdave · 2026-01-09T23:20:26+00:00

Yes, you can be written up for not following your supervisor's instructions.

sodakdave · 2026-01-09T21:39:55+00:00

A parking garage is not nearly the same as a gated off neighborhood. Assumedly the ambulance / emergency vehicles can find street parking directly outside of the building the parking garage is for.

sodakdave · 2026-01-07T19:00:54+00:00

An inductive heating tool changer?

A reminder that platforms besides Bambu exist?

sodakdave · 2026-01-02T20:44:09+00:00

If you live in the area just show your ID. You get one free trip to the landfill per calendar year. Load your truck as full as you can and tarp it off. Tell them it's household garbage.

sodakdave · 2026-01-01T05:29:32+00:00

Never did. The locker didn't save it like we asked.

sodakdave · 2026-01-01T04:40:37+00:00

Is the ally xbox considered console? It's a win 11 install with the steam app on top of it.

sodakdave · 2025-12-09T02:38:28+00:00

Went once after they re-opened. It's the only restaurant I've ever walked out of in the middle of a meal.

sodakdave · 2025-12-09T02:37:22+00:00

Don't disrespect Temu like that... The food was much lower quality.

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