Oops

Used the AI on Porkbun to find this domain, apparently a company owns a similar domain. I’m still waiting for the cease and desist email. That might explain why this domain is already getting traffic. Maybe it’s fine since it’s .com.de, and just a blog. If not, I’ll delete domain, and buy a different one. And look up the domain first, to make sure a company doesn’t own it or similar. ...

August 5, 2024

I think OrcaSlicer is printing too fast

Changed some of the speed settings, still won’t print a retraction test right. The Z offset is fine in Cura. So some setting in OrcaSlicer is different. Now I’m not sure the first flow calibration was right. Where the numbers are supposed to be, looked awful, didn’t print all the numbers, or the -. Blobs on brim too. Well, that didn’t work. Changing Z offset now. And offset was probably fine, set the Z offset to 0.1 in OrcaSlicer. If I want it 0, then I need to change offset on printer to -2.20. But then Cura won’t work, so I’ll pass. ...

August 4, 2024

Air purifier might be better for odors on the high setting

That might be why it isn’t doing much for the 3D printer smell. It’s kind of loud on the highest setting though. I should get a new one, same brand, but the filter might be better, and it’s not the same shape. And I’ll have two. Put one in bedroom maybe. Or put one by the AC, so it can hopefully suck dust that comes in through there up. I have a LEVOIT Core 400S, want a LEVOIT Vital 200S-P. Hmm, mine is for bigger spaces apparently. The 600S, can do around 600sqf in 12 minutes. But it costs $300. Clean almost my entire apartment in 12 minutes. Or maybe more then my apartment, forgot how big it is. ...

August 4, 2024

VOXEL Bento Box 2 Stage Filter with HEPA and Activated Carbon

Says it’s for a printer I don’t have. But I see no reason it won’t work with my Ender 3 V2 Neo in an enclosure. Better then trying to figure out what to buy for some other air purifier thing, that you print some stuff, but needs stuff you have to buy, but doesn’t say what. Too lazy to keep looking for a model that says all the info needed. ...

August 4, 2024

Polymaker white ASA settings

250C nozzle, and 90C bed seems to work. If it isn’t sticking @ 90C bed, use G10, and Bed Cement, if just a G10 bed isn’t good enough. Or some other glue stuff. No fan for the first few layers or so. 1% might be fine, and is needed on my printer, or the motherboard fan doesn’t turn on, too lazy to rewire it. Z calibration print Still has some blobs. Maybe 245C works, going to bed though. Might just do a flow rate calibration in OrcaSlicer @ 250C instead.

August 3, 2024

COEX 3D

My next ASA filament will be from COEX 3D. At least for anything other then black. TH3D black ASA works fine, but only has black. Might wait until I use all my ASA filament, including the black filament. Their recycled PLA, might be the way to go for PLA from now on. My order will be $100 or more. They got a declogger tool too, no need to cleaning filament. I’m not brand loyal, so I try other brands. Ataraxiaart is nice too, but their stuff doesn’t like moisture, even their PLA. Never tried the flexible PLA I bought from them. No idea what to print that would need that. ...

August 3, 2024

Looks like Z offset should be 0.1mm away from bed

0.0 should apparently be 0.1mm away. Or you’ll need to change slicer settings. No wonder I can’t get the right Z offset. But the Z offset is still less then it was, -2.10 vs -1.86. Soon I’ll find out if it’s good enough. Printing a temp tower with OrcaSlicer. I changed the flow rate back to the default. If you make it touch the bed it’s -2.20. On my printer. Fan speed probably too much. And now I can’t get it off without waiting for it to cool down. Got some off. Going to print Z calibration next, to see if it prints right yet. The one made with Cura, since OrcaSlicer settings aren’t right, Cura was working before. ...

August 3, 2024

Z Offset Almost Right

No bumps or blobs, but one spot isn’t perfect. There may or may not be Bed Cement on the build plate, I used a paper towel to try and get some of the excess Bed Cement up. Dumped too much out. Was easy to remove the bad prints, but they didn’t have the right offset. Waiting for print to finish. Printing this. Nope, not perfect, but getting better. Can’t increase much more, if this doesn’t work. As 0.02 might have been too close. ...

August 2, 2024