This cat toy. If it’s too close, the nozzle will hit it. Just because the Z offset calibration print looks fine, doesn’t mean it’ll work at a certain layer on that print. I’d recommend only making it 0.02mm closer if it’s too far. I did 0.04mm, and made it too close. Might be fine now, after making it 0.02mm farther. She needs something else to chew on, so printing that. Took a long time to get it to print. Might print another ball at some point, if this prints right. The next ball should be the best one. ...

Unless you want the offset to be wrong, and you will probably need to tram again. Oh and don’t print the Z offset calibration two times, that is over itself. But the offset was too close, I tried printing a cat toy multiple times, and it kept messing up. Moving the print, because the nozzle was touching it, even @ 0.3mm. The toy she can chew on. Beats buying a plastic straw. Just print something instead. ...

I mean printing, well almost, just have to tram bed again, and get Z offset. I replaced the mainboard, and the hotend heater for the nozzle. I broke the cable for the heater when trying to crimp it. And if you use Tailscale, OctoPrint will say you are connecting to it over the internet. Perhaps, but over a VPN. Not sure it can do a direct connection, since the networks are isolated. Except, I think the camera is somehow doing that. Cause I’m not using a shitload of upload data. ...

Craptility ones are. My Creality/Craptility 4.2.7 just shows a Creality screen now. I went to bed, and it was printing, finished the print, but was stuck on a Creality screen. Can’t flash the firmware either. Tried unplugging lots of stuff, still wouldn’t boot or do anything. So just bought a new board. Based on reviews on the SKR I was looking at, I decided against it. It isn’t any better, and their support might be worse. ...

PHIL is printing now, takes over 12 hours total. Well, almost 13 hours. The one I made smaller sucks, at least printed with PETG. The Z offset might be a little close, or I need to change layer height. Or the bed temp is too high, it’s somewhat hard to get stuff off of it. All printable, so no bearings needed. The one I made smaller, can’t use bearings, they won’t fit, and only one of the printed beings I generated fit. Might have printed incorrectly. ...

Like the Tough Extruder, they decided to delete the support page with instructions on it. So I thought I needed a new motor, even though the old one still turned. Nope, the gear was on the motor shaft wrong, if they didn’t delete the instructions, I would have figured it out sooner. Well I have two working motors now. Well, three if you count the one with wrong wiring, I’m not rewiring it. ...

I used Shapr3D and the STEP file. So you can scale it all at once, and uniform, no need to guess what to scale the axle things to. Except, you might just scale to the same % as you do for the frame in Cura. No luck 3D scanning my dry box with foot spray, and used almost all of it somehow. All I need is the bottom, and maybe I could make my own spool holder. ...

Somebody said you may need to change the flow rate, because some extruders grind PETG a little. They said they use 104%, I printed a flow tower, but hard to tell, because the bridges were kind of junk. I’ll know once the ball is done, seems to look better so far. You can try changing the Z offset until there’s no gaps, but the gaps were only in some spots. Not a huge area. That was on the soap dish print. Probably won’t reprint that. Find something else big to print, and watch the first layer. ...

Cheap 3D scanners, apparently aren’t as good as cheap 3D printers. But my printer cost more, because I upgraded it. So it might be a $600 printer with all the work that’s been done on it. I kept breaking it, before I knew how to use it correctly. I wonder how shitty it prints stock. With Craptility’s firmware and everything. Some call it a toy 3D scanner, the one I ordered. But I’m guessing it will be fine. If I use a turntable. ...

Look at this. I may have bought the Moose Lite. Didn’t research much before buying, might be able to cancel it. But I think it’s probably fine for $300 or so. Just use it with a tripod, like I use my camera for making videos, to make 3D models with. I don’t need super results, just scanning a cereal box, I’ll use foot spray crap on it. Can’t be as bad as Craptility, supposedly it’s basically the same as a different brand, that wants over $600 for the one I’d want. ...