After about 2000 hrs of printing, the first 0.4mm nozzle finally gave out last night.
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Shane Qi
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#3DPrinting community: I finally did it.
I paid Terracycle to recycle PLA waste from my 3D printing. I know it’s hard and expensive to recycle PLA (even tho it’s “biodegradable”), but still feel silly to pay hundreds of dollars. I should feel better tho after filling up the box with the PLA waste from all the years.
Next is researching for an economical way to shred 3D printing parts. Please send your solution my way 🙏.
It only took 8 iterations to get the design to perfect.
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Memorial Day: sit with cold a beverage and watch your 3D printer printing.
I've paid for a year of #ProxyMan subscription before and have been using an outdated version since my license expired. Today, I realized that #Setapp includes a #ProxyMan subscription!
Not only can I use the latest #ProxyMan features, but I also get a better justification for paying for #Setapp! This app alone is worth the price for #Setapp for me.
I started a 22 hrs print before we left for vacation. The print was interrupted at the -40 min mark because the "toolhead front cover fell off"? Like, how?
I guess you will need to keep the bed warm for 3 days until we are back LOL.
@badnetmask@hachyderm.io I do have an AMS. Whether it reduces waste depends. If the objects are single-color objects with different colors, the printer will only need to change the color between objects therefore reduce waste. But if each object is a multi-color object, the config will increase waste because objects won’t share filament change.
31-hour print over the weekend; wish me luck. 🤞🏽
My Apple Card (the physical Titanium card) expired. Apple shipped me a new card and included an envelope for shipping the expired card back to them for recycling.
I’m not sending it back, Apple.
@kcase I probably already have missed the window, but it might worth asking: may I request a TestFlight invitation to OF4? I’m an OF3 subscriber and heavy user, would love to check out and help test OF4.
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With this config, I would take out the completed objects early to check if the quality is acceptable or to start assembling the parts as new parts are being printed. (2/2)
Thanks to Murphy's law, I got locked out of my car.
I didn’t bring my car key and locked my phone in the car when dropping off kids at school. Had to Uber home to get the car key 🤦♂️.
@badnetmask@hachyderm.io Nice! No problem!
@Natanox@chaos.social You are absolutely right.
I’ve asked around previously, it seems like we don’t have something like that around here. I’ve seen places selling recycled filament, but they don’t accept PLA waste and the price wasn’t competitive to brand filaments.
Regardless, I’m okay without “coupons”, I’m even okay with paying, as long as the waste is recycled properly.