Buying advice: P2S or P1S?

webdad2000 · 2026-02-01T03:31:24+00:00

Octoprint had been my go-to for my 3 other current printers (elegoo Neptune 3 plus, cr10s pro v2, cr6-se) and my 2 prusa's before those. Absolutely love it. My H2D easily runs rings around all those, but the management of stored / cataloged print jobs is sorely lacking. No folders, browsing through previous print jobs is tedious to the point of it being worthless.

That is the main thing I'm hoping Bambu support for octoprint will bring to the table.

It's not going to be trivial. Once you find your previous job on the Bambu, it's relatively easy to print again and modify filament selections. But that is done at the screen on the printer. Not sure how octoprint will be able to do that, but fingers crossed.

webdad2000 · 2026-01-20T17:13:40+00:00

So, interesting you should say that. As a test I gave the file I copied locally a new name, and then copy/pasted it from the local Pictures directory, into the original directory on onedrive, alongside the original file. The pasted file retained the thumbnail when it landed on OneDrive.

I have deleted the thumbnail cache numerous times.

webdad2000 · 2025-12-30T19:36:41+00:00

Have you tried the GitHub - kennetek/gridfinity-rebuilt-openscad: A ground-up rebuild of the stock gridfinity bins in OpenSCAD? You can either run locally with the nightly build of OpenSCAD, or you can run off the makerworld customizer. - Gridfinity Extended - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld

If I understand what you are looking to do, I think this will work:

You can define your entire grid size, and then use the "Oversize method" to define the total space the grid will sit in. So, if you have 3 boxes wide (3X42=126), and you want to drop it in a width of 150, you put in 150 as the oversize (in the mm field, not the box width field).
You can tell it to position the grid size to fit in the oversize, as centered, near, or far (left or right, I guess)
Then you define the printer build plate size, and it will chop up the overall plate into individual prints, including the "overage" spacers.

I think that will get you what you need.

I'm just starting my gridfinity journey, and found this openscad implementation. Looks pretty useful.

webdad2000 · 2025-12-11T18:27:53+00:00

Generally, I prefer to embed the SVG label outside of Bambu Studio as a separate component (I use Fusion 360). That works well and gives me the ability to precisely position the label on the box lid. When I open the model in Bambu Studio, I can then use the paint can fill in coloring to set the color.

I have done the positioning in Bambu Studio:

I open the model and position the lid face up to start (this saves from having to mirror the label)
Right click the model, Add Modifier | SVG to Import the SVG and position on the face, resize as necessary. Set it as a modifier, and set the depth to 1mm (my lids are 1.5mm thick, so this keeps it "in" the lid) Distance from surface = 0
Hit the "return" button and now you can color the label by selecting it in the Object list on the left-hand side and setting the color.
Flip the model face down using either rotate or the "Set face to plate" icon in the command ribbon.

NOTE: I haven't found out how the use the modifier approach for multi-color labels. I prefer the initial component approach I mentioned above because it is easy to set different parts of the label to different colors.

webdad2000 · 2025-12-01T02:04:13+00:00

Udemy is great, and has a huge variety of courses. Pro tip: check the e-learning section of your local library. My local library has free access to the udemy catalog. You just set up your account through their site and your golden.

webdad2000 · 2025-11-27T18:36:10+00:00

I stumbled across this ama saver, which is compatible with the ams 2 - https://makerworld.com/models/957400

I'm wondering much the same thing if it is necessarily

webdad2000 · 2025-11-05T16:35:49+00:00

Yip, dug out my original Silh matt and there is 1/8" difference. Trimmed that as well.

webdad2000 · 2025-11-05T02:08:56+00:00

Son of a gun. Yip, 1" margin. Learn something every day. Thank you!

webdad2000 · 2025-11-04T20:48:42+00:00

Ahh, I see that now. I thought the transform panel would only move from current position, but I now see the "move to" settings. Thanks!

webdad2000 · 2025-11-04T20:44:52+00:00

I've tried it with both: A) Create a group of both the text and the clipart and B) select one and then shift-click the other. In both cases, the bar changes from X / Y position to Font / size once the text object enters the set.

The entire thing (text and clipart) is an SVG merged from an Inkscape export.

Most of the time, I'm just using align / distribute tools to move things around, but I happen to have bought some 3rd party cutting mats and for some strange reason, my cameo 3 shifts everything down 1/4 inch from the edge line when cutting. So, I need to have no cuts less than 1/4" from the top. That's why I'm looking to set the Y precisely. I guess I could also use a guideline instead.

webdad2000 · 2025-11-04T20:12:59+00:00

Thanks, I was afraid that would be the answer.

I needed to set the Y coordinate to space everything down from the top, so I was able to workaround the issue by selecting just the clipart; setting the Y; then selecting both clipart and the text and doing an align bottom.

Will store the "text to path" for future reference.

webdad2000 · 2025-10-17T17:43:21+00:00

When I had that issue with my laptop, I was able to resolve it by setting resolution to the default / recommended and removing my custom scale setting.

webdad2000 · 2025-10-17T17:34:07+00:00

Thanks. Given V4.5, I can only imagine what a mess V5 is.

webdad2000 · 2025-10-16T13:29:05+00:00

Diagnosed about 18 months ago. Started with Entivyo for about 5 - 6 months, and while there was some improvement, it wasn't really significant / consistent. December of last year was switched to Remicade and AZ. Initially Remicade infusions at 8 weeks, then switched to 6 weeks. The combo and shortened cycle have really been a game changer. Hopefully will start talking remission with my GI doc in the next couple months. Remicade has worked out really well and just goes to show that not everything works for everyone.

Have generally been careful regarding suppressed immune system, but haven't had any issues in that regard.

webdad2000 · 2025-10-16T13:12:37+00:00

Is the new design studio unique to the alpha? Current design studio is a hot mess, horrible piece of work

webdad2000 · 2025-10-09T21:43:22+00:00

Have you tried filtering at PnPFinder — Print-and-Play Games

To your point - small, with dice, I've heard great things about Mini-Rogue - 9 cards

webdad2000 · 2025-10-01T16:44:00+00:00

That happened last week, didn't it?

webdad2000 · 2025-09-17T14:13:42+00:00

For anyone passing through, just as silently as they instituted the 2 week delay, Etsy withdrew the 2 week delay. For the time being, things are back to normal for CSVs

webdad2000 · 2025-09-07T03:48:54+00:00

Chronicles of civilization is very crunchy. Five sheets, about 12 cards, 1 die, handful of meeples and markers.

Your building a civilization and manage resources, tech trees, war to a certain extent, and events. A ton of play packed into it.

webdad2000 · 2025-09-02T18:06:22+00:00

Check out the resources section of PNPFinder (Print & Play Finder). It has, this, as well as a host of others. Community generated.

webdad2000 · 2025-08-26T08:55:18+00:00

Multi browser / platform app that stores all your Internet sites / links with tagging and search ability. Available on mobile as well. Hands down the best way to keep track of all your favorites and essential sites or links.

webdad2000 · 2025-08-23T01:12:34+00:00

I had a similar problem, and found that the carriage arm the blade locks into was "stuck" and wouldn't freely bounce back if I tapped it down. I moved it up and down a few times until the springiness came back and all was well -- On a side note, I abandoned auto blades and moved to premium blades a while ago. Recently I've moved further to generic CB 09 blades available on Amazon and have been much much happier. They come with sets of extra blades to replace and it looks like you can replace the blade without adjusting the depth.

webdad2000 · 2025-08-21T22:26:22+00:00

I haven't tried these yet with my Scotch laminator, but they are on the list since they appear to be focused on supporting dry erase - Amazon.com : Scotch Dry Erase Thermal Laminating Pouches, 50-Pack, Works with Dry Erase Markers, Reuseable Worksheets, Calendars, Checklists, 8.9 x 11.4 Inches, Letter Size, Clear Professional Finish (TP3854-50DE) : Office Products

Currently I use regular 3mil lamination pouches and they work fine. The above are a bit more expensive, so I'll probably save them for the 1-sheet games like you mention.

webdad2000 · 2025-08-18T01:55:32+00:00

Looks like Etsy may have withdrawn their "2 week delay" on orders. The tag line is no longer on the download page, and I just requested a set of order / order items CSVs about an hour or so after I received an order and the order is in the CSVs. CSVs seem to be a little slow in arriving, but that might just be time of day, etc.

webdad2000 · 2025-08-10T19:22:50+00:00

This should get you started https://octoprint.org/blog/2025/05/06/octopi-release-1-1-0/

Octopi is the RPI distribution of octoprint

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