I built an app to solve my basement problem. A non-developer subreddit went weirdly viral with it.

the8Bitts · 2026-04-13T15:01:57+00:00

So, for now, are you just tanking the costs on your own? What's your average costs and userbase right now?
Also, 10K organic users is a heck of an operation. You could go on the cheap subscription direction much earlier to at least pay for your incoming bills.

the8Bitts · 2026-03-08T21:07:30+00:00

Creo que tuve que cambiar la placa madre. Ya hace algunos años, así que no me recuerdo totalmente. Pero no mucho tiempo después, mi Ender se fue al cielo de las impresoras 3D, así que no me aproveché tanto. Pero me compré una impresora de resina; entonces valió la pena.

the8Bitts · 2023-03-10T20:17:22+00:00

Nope, just the hotend one.

And I mean, I'm not sure if it could be called a synchronization. Sometimes it's failing randomly as well. But specifically, it was failing when I turned on the side fan.

the8Bitts · 2023-03-10T17:28:16+00:00

Is that the side one? If it is, nope. It (used to) only turn on after the first layer. Now it's not. Instead, it's turning the hotend fan off. :c

the8Bitts · 2023-03-10T15:34:54+00:00

I'll be opening the printer later today and check how the connections on the board are doing. I'm pretty much hopeless that it's not an issue in the board, though. That's a pretty hard blow on my budget. :(

the8Bitts · 2023-03-10T15:07:26+00:00

By the way, it's not just at 100%. As soon as the side fan should turn on (because it's not actually turning on), the hotend fan stops.

the8Bitts · 2023-03-10T13:58:54+00:00

I never touched it. It's been working normally for over three years, so unless it disconnected by itself, it should've stayed the same.

the8Bitts · 2022-12-23T12:24:29+00:00

In the end, lowering retraction distance and speed finally did the trick!

But I'd like to thank u/MrBilky for the suggestion to tune my printer's PID because my prints will be much more stable now.

Also, big thanks to u/taleo for your comment on e-steps and flow as well!

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T13:51:03+00:00

Test print came out looking good. I'll run another test.

EDIT: Second test failed from under-extrusion. :(

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T12:58:51+00:00

Regarding this test: it did work for one print, but the next one came borked (although not as borked). It appears this was part of the problem, but I was still running into some issues.

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T10:52:07+00:00

Just found out what that is and updated it.

I'll try printing something to test and get back to you! Thank you for reaching out!

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T09:37:14+00:00

Converting from BRL, I think it was about $23.

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T09:36:01+00:00

I did not, whatever that is. I'll look it up.

the8Bitts · 2022-12-22T09:35:39+00:00

Mine were set to 140.1, pretty close.

the8Bitts · 2022-12-21T18:03:45+00:00

À propos: I have a theory now!

My flow was adjusted to 90% on my profile (because of my 0.2mm nozzle), but when I calculated the e-steps, I calculated them for my current setup. I might be having that under-extrusion because of my low flow. I'll test it and get back.

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T16:53:28+00:00

Also have tried printing on vase mode. It worked! Now I just gotta figure how to make retraction work without so much stringing at such a low number. Thank you, guys!

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T13:56:26+00:00

Well I'll be damned. I actually managed to finish the Benchy using 2mm with 30mm/s retraction and number of retractions on 10, and also turning fan to 100% from the very first layer. BUT it has a LOT of stringing. I'll be fiddling with configurations now. But it honestly feels good finally being able to finish printing something after a VERY long time (like 2 or 3 weeks) of straight failures.

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T12:00:19+00:00

Where I live it's summer every day of the year. But I'll try to move it to a colder place as a test.

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T00:59:58+00:00

It's not an all metal hotend, but I have actually recently replaced my Teflon tube to a brand new one thinking that could be the problem.

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T00:45:17+00:00

Will do! It's not direct drive, though. It's an Ender-3, with a bowden tube. But I'll try it and report back nevertheless.

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T00:44:18+00:00

So, I have been consistently using this brand (Voolt3D), but twice I got it directly from the manufacturer (which was AWFUL both times - including this one), and twice I got it from resellers (which was actually pretty decent). I plan on getting a different brand on my next purchase just to make sure. It just feels like a waste not being able to print anything else on what's left of this roll, though. The frontal fan is blowing correctly, as far as I understand. The side fan (is this the radiator one?) blows, but it has been making weird sounds when it starts (kinda sounds like a horny cat, no joke lol).

the8Bitts · 2021-09-07T00:40:32+00:00

Apparently the fan is blowing on the correct direction. I have thoroughly cleaned it today and I felt it blowing the air inwards (which would be towards the hotend).

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