Been battling with the new #prusa printer - never quite happy with the print quality using Prusament filament with Prusa Slicer and the correct Prusament profile.
After having fiddled with setting after setting, it turned out it was all down to retraction and the incredibly optimistic setting in the profile. Final tweak and print quality is up where I'd expect it.

I'm sure this hyperfixation will subside before too long. Maybe? Bear with me a bit longer.

Here are some thermal camera images of the core one inside and outside the case. Some of the external stuff is reflection not surface temp but it's still interesting.

Of course I forgot to set it to C, and it's not printing now, so these will have to do.

There's a laptop to the right of it blowing exhaust toward the printer, so that's what that flare is off the side.

If anyone wants to have a go at 3D Printing him, my Star Wars Pit Droid is now live on #printables ! (I would appreciate a boost if you can spare it ) :)

https://www.printables.com/model/1227789-star-wars-pit-droid-14-scaleish

I'm not sure I ever successfully printed anything close to this in this orientation on a bed slinger, but this handled it without breaking a sweat.

It's a magnet dispenser for 5x3mm magnets. Of course the original reason I got this size of magnets is no longer relevant, but I have them, so I'll make use of them.

Baron Harkonnen has some concerns about the velocity of this printer!

(I don't, he's fine)

These models are on a shelf at the top of a desktop rack sitting next to the printer. The desk is a VERY heavy solid wood old "teacher's" desk from a college surplus sale. I can only imagine how much a table with less mass would shake, but this is fine.

Especially since I don't plan on printing this fast, I'm just having fun to start with.

It didn't take nearly as long as I expected for the Prusa Core One to get here once it shipped (Thursday in CZ/EU to Monday in US via FedEx, not DHL). Have a few more hours of work before I can crack it open, though. I can at least confirm that the handles on the box are as nice as people say.

I moved the old CR-10S to the car to be donated (tomorrow), so there is a large open space on a desk for it later.

Obligatory stupid/boring picture of a box.

I made a quick #prusa Core One mount for the Logitech C615 I had sitting around. Seems to do the job!

https://www.printables.com/model/1212632-core-one-logitech-c615-camera-mount

Pop quiz: There's a costume party in 2 hours, and all you have is a pair of cat ears and a 3D printer. What do you do?

We were invited to a birthday party over the weekend, and the hostess wanted everyone to come in "party animal" costumes, even if you "just throw on those old black cat ears you got for Halloween".

@llorenzin and I would be masking, since the party would be a bunch people in a small apartment, and I got to thinking about what I could do to add to those "old black cat ears" from the Halloween box...

One of my protective masks has a SIP valve for drinking using a small straw. While out running on Friday, I thought about how could replace the SIP cover with one of my own design, adding an arch that could be used to hold some pipe cleaners as whiskers.

We ended up with a very busy Saturday, but with a couple hours to go before the party, I pulled out my calipers, pulled up Tinkercad, and threw together a simple design for a cover with an arch (made of just 3 basic geometric shapes plus cutouts).

My first two prints failed because I didn't slice it with supports under the arch, and the "arch" ended up as a big ugly glob of plastic. Doh! After re-slicing with supports, it printed great. The fit over the SIP valve was good, and it worked just the way I had hoped! Yay!

@cannibal
#MakeShitMonday
#DIY #3DPrinting #Prusa
#CovidIsNotOver #MasksWork

My venerable Prusa MK3.5 suffered a terminal blob for the hot end (melted and pulled out the thermistor cable from the block).

2 weeks for a new part, 90 mins to fit it, and we're back up and running!

I do enjoy taking about the printer every now and again but I'm thinking I might sell this one and get a #prusa core one. Anyone here got one? Micro review? #3dprinting

New build thread.

I am upgrading my Prusa MK3 to MK4S. I ordered the kit on Black Friday, and I've been getting other projects off my plate so I can start on it.

Tagging @jasoncoon and @younata because you both have experience in this.

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@3dprinting #3DPrinting #Prusa #MK4SUpgrade

Spend the weekend upgrading my Prusa Mk3S+ to a Mk3.5S. While I was at it, I also swapped out all the accent pieces for my favorite color.

As is tradition, my first print was a Benchy.

Another new round of Prusa CORE One shipping updates, they keep moving up the timelines which is a good thing, except it means I need to relocate or redistribute my CR-10S sooner than I thought.

They put up a new table and it shows your shipping batch in the order status.

https://help.prusa3d.com/article/shipping-information_2297

Now mine is expected to ship in batch 4 sometime between February 25-March 3.

Der #Prusa CORE One macht einen echt soliden Eindruck. Jedenfalls von den Rezensionen her, die ich bisher gesehen habe.

They announced the shipping estimates for the Prusa CORE One based on order date, and I've got some waiting to do. ~March 10th for me. About what I expected, give or take. That will allow me me plenty of time to rehome my old CR-10S and find some new filament.

https://help.prusa3d.com/article/shipping-information_2297

As the #BambuLab users are slowly waking up to what https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ means, it's a good time to remind everyone that the writing has been on the wall from day one.

It's not a "told you so", mind. It's a "this will continue and get worse". #Bambu will continue to tighten the ratchet.

#Prusa is far from perfect, but they deliver reliable #3dprinting based on open source software at an acceptable cost.

And if you missed it: they allow you to maintain warranty with custom firmware again.

Wie auch immer: Bis zur Freigabe des Parts dauert es noch ein wenig.

Fedi xmas redux: posted this last year on an old account.

Happy Xmas mastodon, here's a small gift.
I won't be able to continue with my #makerspace activities, so I'm offering up the training materials I made for any other makers to use for their grasshoppers. All of the info specific to our space has been taken out, so you can put your own info in!
These docs cover #welding (MIG and TIG), #epilog #lasers , #prusa #3dPrinter , and #Formlabs #ResinPrinter , and pair well with @sjpiper145 skill trees for makers!
Happy making!

"These documents cover safe use of the Prusa i3 MK3S and basic 3d printing concepts, safe use of the Epilog Helix 75w and Epilog Fusion 120w lasers, safe use of the Form 2 resin printers and resin printing concepts, and basic safety and concepts for MIG and TIG welding. They can be used for training by yourself, with students, in a #makerspace , or a classroom, and can be used as a template for your own training documents for other models. This was shared by the creator of the document and is free to use. If you make a new document with different equipment, please allow me to share it too in the spirit of #skillsharing . Thanks, and happy making!"

https://archive.org/details/makerspace-training-documents

I have one of those little trigger gas firelighters - it stopped working, there was still a spark but no gas. I took it apart to find a small plastic part had broken.
Time to practice some newly acquired CAD and 3D printing skills, and I like a small challenge. I made a new part and its working again.
I find FreeCAD very easy to use and the Prusa MK4s is a lovely little printer.
#freecad #prusa #repair