Such as a cat toy ball in a ball. One more try for today, then off to bed I go.
Good way to test settings and Z offset. Apparently PETG likes to be farther from bed then other stuff. So far, the ball breaks too easily. I got it a little stronger by increasing the nozzle temperature to 245C, the max COEX recommends for it.
This test is with the initial layer set to 0.3mm too, and the shell thickness to the default value.
I wouldn’t give it to a cat with a bunch of strings on it, they might eat the strings. So if it’s stringy, remove the strings first.
Maybe this nozzle will require the temp to be 250C or 255C, I think the max somebody said for PETG is 260C, I’d keep it under 260C. I don’t even remember what I was printing ASA at. ASA was easier to print with though.
If only I knew how to edit this STL file, for a Qi charger stand, phone doesn’t fit with current case. Won’t even charge. I don’t want to make the entire model bigger. Blender might somehow be easier then FreeCAD. Hmm how do you quickly select parts in Blender? I forgot. Too much work to edit it, using Blender anyways.
Damn CloudCompare is still broken, crashes on opening.
FreeCAD is too much work for me, can’t figure it out myself, and too lazy to keep searching.
Yes I dried the filament, was sitting in printer for months, just finally started using it again. If the ball breaks too easily, I won’t give it to a cat. PLA would be way easier to print. They make stronger PLA.
Maybe Shapr3D is easier to use, available for macOS, so Mac mini can be used for something besides video encoding. I’ll probably never buy a new Apple product though.
Limited editing for STL in Shapr3D. Would have to remake it, and too late to do that right now. Might be super easy to do in Shapr3D though.
Finally printed good enough for me. Assuming I can throw it without it breaking. Need to get strings off too.
Update
It broke when I threw it. Maybe wouldn’t have on carpet, don’t have carpet anymore. Need to change the shell thickness again. Maybe not as high though.