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Jonathan LamotheKaty wanted a fancy organizer for her alcohol markers but we didn't have the money for it. What I *did* have was a copy of <a href="https://pixelfed.sdf.org/discover/tags/OpenSCAD?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSCAD</a> and access to a <a href="https://pixelfed.sdf.org/discover/tags/3DPrinter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3DPrinter</a>, so I made us a better one.

I have spent the last six hours trying to get NinjaFlex 85A TPU to print in my Prusa CORE One #3DPrinter .

I think I am at the point I have to accept that it won't print and take the loss on the NinjaFlex that I bought, as well as the loss on the other pieces I printed for a bird feeder that needed a flexible part to hold the peanuts.

This is what is called "Taking the L."

#3DPrinter Problems, #BambuLab

The print head of my #X1Carbon has recently started banging hard against the back wall (or rather, against the folded metal sheet at the back wall) 🤔.
Cleaning the carbon axles and recalibrating the printer didn't help in the search for the cause, nor did the internet.

Until the epiphany came 💡
I recently carried out a skew correction and, as recommended by Bambu Lab, inserted the measured values into the machine's G-code:
M1005 X150.05 Y149.65 ; Skew correction
M500 ; save the values permanently

The solution to the puzzle:

The X value is greater than the Y value for the entered skew correction., i.e. Y movements are corrected upwards - ergo the distance that the print head travels from the front left corner (reference) to the position near the filament cleaner (very close to the rear wall) increases -> leads to impacts against the wall / bended metal sheet because the print head wants to travel further than it can.
🤦‍♂️

Changing the G-Code to
M1005 X150 Y150
M500
and the "head bang" problem was gone. 🤷‍♂️
No problem if the Y-value for skew correction is bigger than the X-value, but do not do a skew correction if X > Y !!!

Maybe it will help someone.

@3dprinting

One of the things I thought a #3dPrinter would be good for was printing a replacement piece for a marmot tent that I have. Turns out I also needed to figure out #3dModeling to generate the file.

About to make my fifth revision to the broken piece I have, but it seems like this might be the final revision for me, aka "Good Enough".

And now I"m considering setting up a #manyfold server as a model repository.

#Goals2025

Moving away from the constant upgrade cycle & moving closer to the ideals of #PermaComputing #MalleableSoftware

Design and setup a redundant system of old/used, cheap, low-power devices running ia: #Guix, #Linux, #FreeBSD, #macOS, #HaikuOS, #Plan9Front, #X11, #P9, #NFS, all working together

Become an expert on #MicroControllers #ESP32 #STM32 #RP2040 #MIPS #RiscV

DIY sensors which sing like birds to communicate their status

DIY robots "drones"

Move as much as possible of my computing needs to the #Terminal, #Emacs, #Rio #CLI #TUI #P9

Get an #3DPrinter and learn to use it

Design and build my own portable 8dot #braille terminal & try out if 3x3 or 3x4 dots is also workable.

Design and build my own low-power computers, their OS, and tools

Writing more of my own tools #DIY

#SmallTalk #ObjectPascal #Prolog #Scheme #Racket #CommonLisp #Haskell #Rust #Go #ObjectiveC #Swift

Deploy #LoRa #ReticullumNetwork #RNodes #MeshCore #Meshtastic

Start an #InternetResiliencyClub

Add #Tor, #I2P support by #WebProxy

#SolarPowered #SelfHost over #I2P, #OnionService #Blog #Wiki #Repositories #GopherHole #Darcs #Mercurial

#SelfHost my own #EmailServer, which will only accept email from #KnownServers #CommunityEmail #MutualEmailAcceptance

Share files via #BitTorrent over #I2P

DIY #HomeAutomation
DIY #GardeningAutomation
DIY #GreenHouse

Get a house cat, train the cat, use voice and gestures

Start asking money for advice & technology support

Build/program my own opportunistic and strange cryptocurrency miners #BTC, #XMR, #ZEC, etc #Art

#MakeMoreArt #LearnToDraw #Learn3DModeling #LearnGenerativeArt #LearnToComposeAmbientMusic

#ReCreateJottit #ReCreateInstikiWiki

#WriteMore #PublishMore #Letters, #Essays, #Missives, #Reports, #Treatise

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@MAJ1
Good morning! It's a glorious start to the day in NW Norfolk, with 'sun peeping out from fluffy white clouds' as the forecast for the day.

My #3DPrinter is already churning out another piece of grey plastic, contributing to the current thermometer reading of 30.9°!

Off now to break out a cliché...

Have a great day all!
@weirdfolks