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My two best friends always joked about who would have a kid first. I lost and this was for the winner. in c/3dprinting

[–] MercuryGenisus 7 points 8 months ago

This thread went unexpected places. I can't even imagine the pain. I hope you keep printing little bits of joy for them.

Why does this happen and how to prevent it? in c/3dprinting

[–] MercuryGenisus 9 points 8 months ago

This looks similar to a problem I was having. Turned out that my extruder wasn't calibrated properly and it was pushing far less material then expected. Try running an extrusion test like described in https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/articles/extruder_calibration.html

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[–] MercuryGenisus 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.

The Economist, December 4, 2003, William Gibson

Noob question: What's special about the first layer? in c/3dprinting

[–] MercuryGenisus 6 points 10 months ago

I think about it like the tires on a car. They are (hopefully) the only part of the car that touches the road. If they aren't working correctly everything else isn't going to save you from a gentle curve in the road.