I know it’s not as popular anymore, but this is why we calibrate our printers. [(https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/articles/index_tuning.html)] This is an excellent guide to getting your printer to work to near perfection if you do all the tests. But it does take time and effort to learn and do.

If you switch to Orca, they have a pretty decent calibration suite built in. It’s not as rigorous as Ellis, but good enough for most things.

You can go on you tube and search for “mini excavators” or “mini skid steers” if you want to see machinery lawn ornaments. Now, there are plenty of people that own mini excavators that really use them for making a living. But theirs either say Kubota or Bobcat on the side and cost a LOT more than the $2500 these guys paid for the one they just drive around their little suburban acreage.

Yes, yes we do. I own a 24,000lbs tandem trailer that I haul large stuff heavy stuff with at times. Sometimes 300 miles one way. I have a good reason to own a pickup truck that says Hemi on the side…

Those swave and deboner urbane urbanites seldom have an actual use for a pickup truck. But there are places where the trucks wear the scratches and dents of their hard use proudly.

Suite Judy! He hit everything including the Golden Parachute.

Madness lies in that direction.

I can use Vim, it was the choice for years. But I actually like using nano because it’s what I need and all I need.

I don’t think those fans are bad, just noisy. And noisy fans are a thing for a lot of less expensive brands. They tend to use sleeve bearings rather than more costly ball bearings and the fan designs can be not optimized for quiet operation.

I would keep using the printer and monitor the sounds of the fans. If it gets louder or odd new noises appear then something needs to be done. I would recommend starting to look for fan mods for this printer. I’m sure there are some out there. Ender printers have a very active user base for modifications and help.

Yes they can. But, most open source projects don’t have that kind of money. Lawyers ain’t cheap. And location of the lawsuit matters too. It’s really hard to sue a Chinese company in China.

I just asked Goggle Gemini 3 “The car is 50 miles away. Should I walk or drive?”

In its breakdown comparison between walking and driving, under walking the last reason to not walk was labeled “Recovery: 3 days of ice baths and regret.”

And under reasons to walk, “You are a character in a post-apocalyptic novel.”

Me thinks I detect notes of sarcasm…

The worst part of immutable versions is when you go searching for help, you need to be careful about answers that might be presented to you.

For example, if I search for "how to install nVidia drivers in Fedora Kinonite 43, the first returns can often be for Fedora Plasma 43. Those terminal commands for Plasma won’t work for Kinonite. And even updating is different. Instead of sudo dnf update for regular Fedora desktops, you need to type rpm-ostree update for atomic versions.

Edge cases are well, on the edge and sometimes you just need to let them go. You can’t always be everything to everyone.

That’s the rub isn’t it. It’s good, but not quite good enough all the time, every time.

It’s called collaboration. When I worked as a toolmaker, I needed to use SolidWorks, despite not being a big fan, because our customers used SW and they were often literally on the other side of the planet.

She’s got other heavy baggage for sure. But you can still appreciate her efforts on this front. If she’s willing and able to tear down Trump and all the other pedos on the list, don’t turn down the help. We still need all we can get.

I’ve had tinnitus since I was maybe 4 or 5 years old. A high end sound system is cool to look at, but wasted on me. Those $30 computer speakers are just fine.

But morons with money to spend! The best kind of moron.

I’ve put barbed wire up, I’ve taken it down. It ain’t that hard. Just cut it into lengths you can easily coil by hand if you don’t have a winding machine.

Personally I think woven wire fencing is a bigger pain in the ass. All that grass and weeds growing through it and then rolling it back up.

Just how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Or more importantly, how many demons can skate on a snowflake? How much purity is needed?

The best licences protect everyone. This one seems to do a pretty good job of protecting both Prusa and the consumer. Is it perfect? No. But it’s far better then Prusa getting raped and pillaged into nothing. And it goes a very, very, very long to protect consumers access to parts and design specifications.

Yes, this does work. I do this if I have a tangle in a spool. I don’t even stop printing most of the time because it’s quick and easy to do.

I have 2. One is a real shop with a metal lathe, vertical mill, drill press, hydraulic press, and welders and other stuff. That’s all in a separate building.

My 2 printers, a Mk3s and an A1 min and AMS sit nicely on a pine log table that’s 21"x49". It has a large drawer that I gridfinitied and holds everything I need to completely disassemble a 3D printer, repair it, and reassemble. I also 3D printed a system with 2 small drawer that hold things like screws, magnets, and heat set inserts. A cheap rolling 5 shelf unit sits tucked into a corner and holds some extra 3D stuff and also some basic hand tools for home repairs so I don’t need to go out the real shop at midnight when it might be -30F out there for doing a quick fix.

I have 2 plastic totes to store my filaments in under the table. This helps manage my filament inventory by limiting the amount I can store. Though there is room for excess as needed for bigger projects.

My work surface is my desk with my computer, papers, and other miscellaneous stuff in the 3 drawers it has.