Recent content by chaos_engineer

Nice! Thanks for that link.

I switched to a different plate, it wasn't really successful so I went back to the textured PEI plate. I also added some LED strip lights just above the printer so I have better vis while printing. The 5M doesn't have any lights included. So for that experiment, lights==good. Alternate...

Ask Azure. :p

How not to change filament. On the AD5M, to change, you clip the filament at the top of the extruder, run the last bit through as you add your new filament, and carry on. Well, I clipped wrong. I spent several hours trying to chase down the problem thinking I had messed up settings or...

Bed adhesion on the textured plate has been a bit of a pain. Some filament works fine, some filament loses adhesion halfway through a print. Spent the weekend methodically working through various permutations to try and find a "one size fits all" solution with the included flashprint slicer...

I've had a Monoprice Voxel/Flashforge Adventurer 3 for a few months that was gifted to me by a buddy. Great printer, but it was slow and really only liked PLA. So I've been kinda looking for a faster upgrade that could handle other filament types. Found a great deal the on the Adventurer 5M...

One of my other hobbies is painting, and I do paint pours quite a bit. I printed some split cups to use for pouring. Each section of the cup is a different color (or colors) and then you pour them together to get the flowy, organic patterns typical of acrylic pours. Then, you pour a nice single...

Got the Mrs. a new nerd car. Oddly, a sunglasses holder was not among the bells and whistles it came equipped with. So I made one out of ABS, lined it with some "felt" padding, and stuck it on with double side high temp 3M tape. My ABS kung-fu needs work. This took 3 tries fiddling with temp...

I think it was my garbage lenovo laptop. I needed to have it re-imaged for Windows 11 a couple of weeks ago and pulled some strings to just get a new one instead. Hasn't happened since.

Before/after. This camera has a habit of resetting the USB connection and re-enbabling itself. So, I have it a little hat.

I had some stuff queued up to run once I got access to an FDM, so I'm knocking them out in rapid succession. Did 3 of these little bud vases yesterday to go with the roses I printed last month. Image is shot in front of a mirror to show the color variation in the PLA. The odd-looking "parting...

Stringy on the fine detail at this scale. Bed was 55c nozzle was 221c. Both within spec for the PLA. However, I"'m taking it as a successful learning lesson.

Oh I've been printing for a bit. This is just my first FDM machine. My existing setup is resin SLA, so now I will get to explore the joys of jammed nozzles, funky extruder heads, and all that jazz. Which reminds me. Anyone have favorite filament brands? I ordered some elegoo to play with while...

You will be excited to learn I'm picking up a monoprice voxel tomorrow from a friend who upgraded to a Bambu A1, Free.99! Works fine, he just wanted a bigger plate printer that wasn't as finicky.

I have a not-insignificant list of things needed to get done before we host family for Christmas, so what do I do instead? That's right, whip up some bespoke stocking tags instead. :p Illustrator-->Tinkercad-->Lychee-->print. screen grab from lychee Rough blanks after printing and an alky...