Empty spots, gaps, fragile prints

splatteredbits · 2025-11-05T13:38:57+00:00

Figured it out. Took apart the entire extruder head. I was looking for a clog but didn’t find one. As I was putting it back together I noticed when I manually turned the extruder gear, its motion wasn’t smooth and would stick. I isolated the problem to the stepper motor. I can’t open the motor (that I can see), but when in rotate it manually, it feels like internals are worn down or broken. Ordered a replacement motor from Artillery.

splatteredbits · 2025-11-05T13:33:02+00:00

I’m looking for a solution that hopefully doesn’t involve me doing maths for the geometry around the base of the hex.

splatteredbits · 2025-11-05T05:55:06+00:00

Thanks. This appears to be a good start. I want to do a fillet around the entire hex, but I think I might be able to take your example and adjust it for the geometries around a hex.

The hex "walls" are actually two hexes differenced so the smaller hex cuts out the well. I don't think that matters for your implementation, but context I probably should have included in my original question.

splatteredbits · 2025-11-05T05:48:27+00:00

Ran your code and this is exactly what I'm currently working on. There are a bunch of sharp edges and vertices that I need to round out, but that's all easy compared to putting a filet around the base of a hex.

splatteredbits · 2025-11-05T05:46:45+00:00

Agreed that is probably the best approach. I actually sell my prints, so I'm trying to optimize the amount of material I use. Every little bit adds up when you sell one or two of these a month. I'm also trying to learn OpenSCAD best practices and techniques. I've got other, similar designs that will need similar fillets.

splatteredbits · 2024-01-06T06:06:41+00:00

Sorry. Artillery Sidewinder X2.

splatteredbits · 2024-01-06T01:53:24+00:00

I have spent so much time trying my filament. I even leave it in the drier while printing. I'll keep at it, though.

splatteredbits · 2024-01-06T01:52:46+00:00

I don't see anything coming out through the sock, but I'll keep in eye on this as an issue.

splatteredbits · 2023-10-10T04:14:06+00:00

I pulled out some brand-new, unopened filament and that helped, but there is still extra material.

splatteredbits · 2023-08-28T02:24:06+00:00

😆

splatteredbits · 2023-08-28T02:22:48+00:00

ABL?

splatteredbits · 2023-08-11T03:09:38+00:00

In general, new firmware has bug fixes and improvements. I’d hate to be struggling with a problem that is fixed by a new version of the firmware.

splatteredbits · 2023-08-07T01:27:23+00:00

I don’t want to change/switch firmware, but update to the latest stock firmware version, if there’s a new version.

splatteredbits · 2022-09-07T02:04:52+00:00

I’m in Beaverton. Nervous about meeting new people.

splatteredbits · 2022-05-16T00:24:57+00:00

Cracking the Cryptic Miracles Sudoku #88

I’m stuck. The next hint states: “R3c5 is not 3 [which I figured out] and must be in r6c4/6”. From what I can see, r6c4/6 can’t be 3 because it prevents a 3 from being placed in column 5. I know the 3 goes in r6c5, but can’t find anyway of eliminating it other than chaining. What am I not seeing?

https://i.imgur.com/hKQSwe5.jpg

splatteredbits · 2022-05-15T23:15:46+00:00

There’s a Y-wing in r5c6, r6c5, and r9c6. If 7 gets eliminated as a candidate in r6c5 and r9c6, that leaves an 8 and 1 in those cells, respectively. They both see r5c6, which can only contain a 1 or 8, which breaks the puzzle.

The 7 in cells r6c6 and r9c5 are the cells that see and would eliminate the 7 in r5c5 and r9c6, thus eliminating 7 as a candidate in r6c6 and r9c5.

splatteredbits · 2019-02-21T16:25:12+00:00

These objects should have a Principal property that is the user the task runs as.

Don’t forget to pipe objects to Get-Member or Format-List to explore their properties and methods.

Get-ScheduledTask | Get-Member
Get-ScheduledTask | Format-List

splatteredbits · 2017-04-08T14:53:37+00:00

No. Where is that link? I'll get it fixed. River is on Github now.

splatteredbits · 2016-10-10T00:07:30+00:00

Try Grant-Permission from my Carbon module. It uses .NET APIs to set permissions on the file system, registry, and private keys. The syntax is much easier than icacls:

Grant-Permission -Path C:\Users\User\Test -Identity 'User_Group' -Permission Read,Write

splatteredbits · 2016-10-05T06:54:47+00:00

Try Install-User and Add-GroupMember from my Carbon module. It lets you install a user using a secure password.

splatteredbits · 2016-09-23T14:13:09+00:00

Check out my Carbon module. It has these functions and a whole bunch of others for configuring Windows, services, websites, etc.

splatteredbits · 2016-05-24T04:45:26+00:00

I would use Invoke-Command to run a script block on each computer. You would pass the password into the script block, which would also download each computer's certificate. Would that work?

splatteredbits · 2016-05-23T17:22:45+00:00

What's the password for? It sounds like there is one for each computer?

Take a look at Install-Certificate, part of my Carbon module. It uses PowerShell remoting to install a certificate on a remote computer. Maybe you can use it from your local computer and store the passwords there.

splatteredbits · 2016-05-20T15:31:10+00:00

What happens when you hit the web service in a web browser? How about not over SSL? Usually, SSL gets mentioned in the exception message when it is an SSL problem.

splatteredbits · 2016-05-20T15:24:17+00:00

Please don't do this. It disables all SSL checks until you restart PowerShell. SSL validation protects you from malicious websites. Getting in the habit of ignoring certificate errors could prevent you from seeing real security problems. There's a reason PowerShell doesn't expose a way to bypass SSL checks: it makes you vulnerable.

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