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My girlfriend loves going to craft fairs, and man those dragons are everywhere at them now. The first time I saw them I thought the guy selling them had designed them, but quickly realized nope, people just print other people's work and sell it.
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Slugworth posted:My girlfriend loves going to craft fairs, and man those dragons are everywhere at them now. The first time I saw them I thought the guy selling them had designed them, but quickly realized nope, people just print other people's work and sell it. Yeah, I've noticed this too. First time I saw an entire booth of silk PLA prints, I was like, okay, someone got a 3D printer. Now they're everywhere. I wonder how long this will last.
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Dec 22, 2023 19:56
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3d printers are the new Cricuts of the craft world.
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Dec 22, 2023 20:11
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There were at least three booths at NYCC selling them for $50-60
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Dec 22, 2023 20:14
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Sockser posted:There were at least three booths at NYCC selling them for $50-60 Yeah count a few of us in here as people selling dragons at events. I suspect this is the last year youre really going to see them at events. Cheap bambu printers really put this stuff in a weird "I'm an independent girl business owner" territory that everyone wants to jump into for a quick buck .
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Dec 22, 2023 20:19
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w00tmonger posted:independent girl business  e: All the booths I've seen appear to be run by middle-aged men. 
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Dec 22, 2023 20:41
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Cinderwing's $10/mo Patreon membership includes a full commercial license to sell finished prints, so lots of people on are that bandwagon (myself included). I don't do events, but word of mouth travels fast in my little podunk town and I usually have three or four requests a week for various dragons and dragon eggs. It's an easy little side hustle that doesn't even really cut into my own personal printing, I just run the paid jobs before I go to bed.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:15
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Im going to come out and be the non popular opinion and say that the 'original' cinderwing dragon is the popular one. But she is making MAD money hand over fist but her Patrion is a big waste of time. She (or she had someone) design the dragon, and she has possession of all the step or model files, and her sole release each month is to remove the crystal and add ... a rose. next month its spider webs.... now a sunflower ... etc Its the 'Hudsucker Proxy' hoola hoop all over. Now, I have had a handful of people ask about the different versions, or those with wings, but hands down the most popular is that crystal dragon and I will ride the tide until they start washing up on the NJ shoreline. She just is like any other popular thing over the last 10 years.. made something insanely popular and rides that to the bank. I see the 'next' thing being a guy who makes flexi axolotls, or maybe the flexi factory guy.
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Dec 22, 2023 21:54
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Rexxed posted:
Because I am kind of paranoid, I have everything important on a UPS, 3d printers included. My area will get the occasional sag or outright loss of power, and I would hate to lose a lot of work and waste materials due to one.
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Flexi axolotls, you say? https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/adorable-articulated-axolotl-print-in-place-body-snap-fit-head-cute-flexi Or my personal favorite, his Robolotl (which should have been called the Robotolotl) https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/robolotl-robot-axolotl-anniversary-edition-print-in-place-body-cute-flexi I really like MMM's stuff, he gives things a little extra bit of character that a lot of other designers don't. Been thinking about joining his Patreon as well.
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Because I am kind of paranoid, I have everything important on a UPS, 3d printers included. My area will get the occasional sag or outright loss of power, and I would hate to lose a lot of work and waste materials due to one. This is what I do as well. I got an inexpensive Eaton 5PX 1000va UPS with a dead battery, swapped in a new one and it's been running for a couple years now. I've got pretty rear end power that kicks off for a few seconds overnight at least once a week, and it's saved a lot of things over the years. I've got a couple cheaper ones around the house for various things too. They pop up on Facebook Marketplace for surprisingly good deals on a regular basis around here, often with dead batteries that are a pretty cheap fix. Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Dec 22, 2023 |
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Slugworth posted:My girlfriend loves going to craft fairs, and man those dragons are everywhere at them now. The first time I saw them I thought the guy selling them had designed them, but quickly realized nope, people just print other people's work and sell it. The Cinderwing designer gives out resale licenses
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Ahaha, this was a mistype from rephrasing things. It's the wine mom crowd but very much guys running things to get rich quick. Stlflix is the same weird thing, and this is all going to get overcrowded in the same way that fidget spinners came and went
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Acid Reflux posted:Flexi axolotls, you say? Thats the one. I see them selling almost equal to the dragons in most cases
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Because I am kind of paranoid, I have everything important on a UPS, 3d printers included. My area will get the occasional sag or outright loss of power, and I would hate to lose a lot of work and waste materials due to one. Yeah, I have like a dozen UPSes but the storm took out power for like 6 hours and I didn't rush to setup the generator at 1am.
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On my large voron I run the UPS battery on everything other than the bed. The small one makes it significantly harder because it uses a DC bed.
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Acid Reflux posted:Flexi axolotls, you say? Thanks for the link! One of my friends gave me a roll of shiny multicolor blue/purple Silk PLA for my birthday. She's a huge cryptid nut, so I'm now printing one of these in the filament she gave me. It'll be a cool Christmas present. I have terrible luck with Silk PLA and bed adhesion (regular PLA and most PLA+ sticks wonderfully) but I turned down the speed and acceleration quite a bit, and so far at least the head with an extra brim is staying put. I only have the Bambu Textured PEI plate. Is the smooth one any better for bed adhesion on PLA/Silk PLA? Does anyone know of a good article that explains the pros and cons of each plate type? Edit: Don't know why I was thinking the axolotl was a cryptid. Just a cool weird animal. She'll still love it. WhiteHowler fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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WhiteHowler posted:Thanks for the link! One of my friends gave me a roll of shiny multicolor blue/purple Silk PLA for my birthday. She's a huge cryptid nut, so I'm now printing one of these in the filament she gave me. It'll be a cool Christmas present. Did you try cleaning that bambu plate with regular dawn dish soap?
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Google Butt posted:Did you try cleaning that bambu plate with regular dawn dish soap? I did right before I started the current print. So far the head is printing fine, but it's only a two-hour print. The body is going to be an all-day thing, so that's the one I'm a little more nervous about.
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WhiteHowler posted:I did right before I started the current print. You’re also setting the material type as a silk? I only ask because I’ve printed a mini in silk PLA and had no issues.
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mrbass21 posted:You’re also setting the material type as a silk? I only ask because I’ve printed a mini in silk PLA and had no issues. I did. It's usually only a problem with taller stuff. It just seems not to adhere as well as the normal PLA.
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Quoting myself to repeat the advice for printing silks on a Bambu printer that I offered to someone else earlier this month. Been doing this pretty much nonstop for a few weeks now, printing silks almost exclusively for gifts and dragon orders, and the few failures I've had can almost all be attributed to something I personally did wrong. Not saying my way is the best or only way by any means, but it's been working really well so far.  Acid Reflux posted:Bed temp to 65, nozzle temp to at least 220. 225 might be better depending on the specific filament. Print slower, especially the outer wall - about 75mm/sec max for that to make sure it keeps the nice silk shine. I usually reduce all the other stock speed values by about a third.
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Are there any situations where grid infill is better than gyroid?
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Splode posted:Are there any situations where grid infill is better than gyroid? Grid can be significantly faster. Gyroid is my go to though.
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grid is faster it can theoretically segment the interior of the part into watertight cells, which might be useful in a few rare cases it's got anisotropic physical properties (stiffer in the vertical dimension than from the sides, and also see-through-able along that axis alone), which also might be useful in a few rare cases that's about all i can think of. i rarely care about achieving high speed so i stick with gyroid most of the time.
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I’ve switched to adaptive cubic as my standard infill over gyroid for my Bambu, because when it does gyroid infill it shakes so much it sounds like it’s trying to walk away. I still use gyroid on my bed slingers though. Honestly most infill types seem niche, and I think grid is only the default some places because it’s simple.
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Lightning infill is awesome if you don't need internal stiffness. Really fun to watch it print, too.
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Splode posted:Are there any situations where grid infill is better than gyroid? Gyroid infill makes my printer make loud noises
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I love gyroid but it doesn't let you hitax accel as well as other infill. I use adaptive-cubic/cubic 90% of the time
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I'm morally opposed to all infill patterns that cross previously extruded lines at the same height. Gyroid 4 everything 4 life. e: or rectilinear 100% density. Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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w00tmonger posted:I use adaptive-cubic/cubic 90% of the time
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Ok so I've finally really started using and learning how to use my resin printer. Where are good brick and mortar places, or even websites to go look up to try and find gallons of 99% isopropyl alcohol? Currently just buying off Amazon for $75 for 4 gallons and I'm wondering if there are better solutions that may be cheaper. Caveat: I live in Southern California.
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Where are good brick and mortar places, or even websites to go look up to try and find gallons of 99% isopropyl alcohol? When I found big ol' jugs of IPA for use with resin printing, it was from a painting supplies (as in house painting etc), since it's a common solvent for cleaning up oil-based paints. Big 5L jugs. If I'd take another swing at it, I'd look at bioethanol/denatured ethanol as a possibly less smelly option, as that too is fairly easy to find in bulk here in Norway.
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HamburgerTownUSA posted:Ok so I've finally really started using and learning how to use my resin printer. $75 for 4 gallons is probably about the best you're going to find. IPA is rather expensive. Here's what I got: https://a.co/d/dnnO5rJ I could not find a brick & mortar source, but I didn't look that hard either. SubNat posted:When I found big ol' jugs of IPA for use with resin printing, it was from a painting supplies (as in house painting etc), since it's a common solvent for cleaning up oil-based paints. No denatured ethanol(Denatured Alcohol) in CA. Got banned a few years back and it's hard to find in meaningful quantity.
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The Cali and denatured thing is unfortunate. It's easier to get here, and smells a LOT better than ISO. Can you get a distiller license in CA? 😂
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Y'all talking about buying gallons of alcohol made me think: what was it like during the height of COVID when alcohol was hard to come by? Just let your printers hibernate?
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Unperson_47 posted:Y'all talking about buying gallons of alcohol made me think: what was it like during the height of COVID when alcohol was hard to come by? Just let your printers hibernate? We traded leads on where to get it. I bought a half gallon.. and still have most of it. And it's where we developed the techniques for saving the alcohol. Using the sun, filtering, multiple baths, etc...
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Unperson_47 posted:Y'all talking about buying gallons of alcohol made me think: what was it like during the height of COVID when alcohol was hard to come by? Just let your printers hibernate? Resin printing wasn't as widespread as it is now (although it was getting there), but yeah, it took a bit of a downturn at the time. Since a lot of resin stuff is for miniatures and cosplay, and tabletop gaming and conventions are both human interaction zones which were a good way to catch covid at the time, that also dampened the resin printing phase. The IPA doesn't get totally used up since you can UV cure and filter and reuse it a lot, though, so it doesn't require constant new supply after your initial big outlay as long as your containers seal well.
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Early in the pandemic, I stopped printing with my resin printer to help conserve IPA for people who needed it. Don't think it really affected anything but I felt weird using it to print essentially useless tchotchkes. Later on it was a bit hard to find higher concentrations, especially locally. I remember not seeing 90% at Walmart for a long time. Zorro KingOfEngland fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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My poor resin printer has been sitting idle for months and months, I just haven't been printing stuff that would benefit from that level of detail. I've been toying with the idea of donating it to the local maker space that a couple of my friends are involved with (and that I still haven't visited because ew, people) and just buying something newer whenever the need or want arises again.
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