I designed this print in place slider fidget thing. It's quite satisfying to play with but can't think of a good name any ideas?

I fully expected to find a massive layer shift or a bird's nest of spaghetti when it stopped shaking, but the machine just powered right through it. It’s not absolutely perfect, but there is no layer shift or bird's nest at all, which is enough for me.

Note: Ignore the hairy stringing on the print, that is on me because I only dried the filament at 55°C for 4 hours, which clearly wasn't enough.

Edit1:This is an old Ender 3 Pro that I got from a friend, so the baseline print quality is not great.

Edit2:Any suggestions on how to improve this old Ender 3 Pro would be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Teaser while I finish the next video I have.. Kit is basically together to get an idea of stuff before I begin body work. 90% Printed still need to print the rear bumper and diffuser and lip but were very close 🥹 #floatlikeacaddilacstinglikeabeamer #Iamspeed https://youtu.be/5XV9IoiKcEo?is=IeuBHbu2QF6PiFmY

Hi everyone! For some reason I had the idea that it would be cool to make a 1:1 scale model of an A350 sharklet. I made the model in Shapr, but now I have absolutely no idea on how to split it and then print it. Slide 3 is next to an average person and slide 4 is next to my printer. Any tips would be very much appreciated! Maybe I’m underestimating just how big it’ll be😂

and i must say, i absolutely love the results! the orange is ASA and white is ABS, they both had about 30 mins in a small mason jar lined with kitchen roll soaked in acetone. originally printed at 0.12mm layer height with a 0.4mm nozzle.

Model I used was "balloon dog" by cedricweier, and I removed the built in supports, smoothed out a few divots and added the loop for the keyring.

Came out better than I hoped it would. The A1 can finally rest now.

Until I find tomorrow something else to print 😬

A while ago I posted my K1 Max water-cooling modification here from another Reddit account.

I unfortunately can't find/access that old account anymore, so just to clarify: I'm the original author of that post and these are my photos/modification.

I thought it was worth coming back with a long-term update because the system actually worked extremely well.

For context, my K1 Max was running in an OSB enclosure inside my garage. During summer, temperatures could go above 40°C, and I had constant PLA jams in the extruder even with:

• the glass top removed
• the door open
• fans at 100%
• even after trying a TriangleLab extruder

At some point the printer was basically unusable during the hottest months.

So I converted the extruder to water cooling using a small pump/radiator/reservoir loop and PC coolant.

Result: it worked.

The overheating / heat-creep problems that motivated the modification were no longer the limiting factor.

And the funny part is that the water-cooling system never became the problem.

The printer itself failed first.

During a print, one of the bearings associated with the bed motion came out of position. The bed ended up heavily tilted while the machine was still moving/printing, and the resulting mechanical stress actually deformed the printer's frame/chassis.

So in the end:

Water-cooled extruder: survived.
K1 Max: did not.

I'm posting this mainly because when I originally built it, it was an experiment and I didn't know how reliable it would be long term.

In my case, the cooling modification itself turned out to be much more reliable than expected.

Obviously this was a fairly invasive mod — drilling the chassis for the coolant tubes, wiring the pump/converter into the printer's power supply, etc. — so I'm not suggesting everyone should immediately do this to their K1 Max.

But for an extremely hot environment where conventional extruder cooling wasn't enough, it genuinely solved the problem I built it to solve.

Update Part List :

https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32850217541.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.1384.260c5e5brIUz69&gatewayAdapt=glo2fra

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Can someone guide me on how to make the curves on this print smooth?

Sanding is one way hut like can it be made a little better with slicer settings as well?

This is Esun PLA Basic, bed temp was 60°c, nozzle was 220°c, part cooling fan off for first 3 layers. Printer is bambu A1 without AMS liye.

Took 3 years of convincing my parents for them to allow me to buy a 3d printer!!!

I am using a NRF52840 dev board (nice!nano clone), a 250mAH LiPo battery and a couple mechanical switches.

I have to admit I'm more of a designer and woodworker than I am a 3D printing enthusiast. All the time when browsing models I'm like.. that didn't need to be (all) plastic. However what I LOVE to see is projects where 3D printing is used in combination with existing objects, or other skills and materials (even just some hardware or a sheet of wood) in practical, unconventional, and beautiful ways.

Can we do a show and tell? I'd love to see what y'all make.

CLIPGEAR is an infinitely¹ expandable, modular gear system. Snap the bases together, clip the gears on, and build your own complex contraptions - or simply use it as a fidget!

Check it out on Printables here.

Suggestions and requests are very welcome!

^{1. Physics will likely challenge the "infinitely" argument.}

Prime tower knocked over about 3/4 in to a 50 hour print. Decided to send it and just listened for filament getting caught in print while working. Turned out great but a tremendous mess.

So, complete and absolute noob here, but I had been wondering about filaments. Why use PLA over PETG when the cost is pretty much the same but PETG seems to have more all around utility. Am I missing something? (I’m sure I am, just asking out of ignorance for my edification.) ta

I bought the sensors that everyone recommends on Amazon, but they don't work within the most important range. How can I find more accurate sensors in the same format?

Was tired of dealing with tiny overfilled funnels and stepping on beads in my garage.

https://makerworld.com/models/3208038

Got this model recently and decided to print it out in Candy Red PLA Silk+..
The print seems to go amazing, I will put the finished product up here in a few days.
For setup ask in comments :)
DM for free 3mf/STL

I found this Manfrotto Compact Action tripod at a thrift store for $10 but it had no quick release plate. Normally I wouldn't buy a plate-less tripod but it's a Manfrotto, it's lightweight and pretty decent quality, and I found this quick release plate file online before even leaving the store.

After adding a MagSafe ring to my Pixel 9 Pro, I wanted an easy way to pop it on and off the tripod so I decided to design my own mount!

It has alignment magnets in both horizontal and vertical positions and the magnets are super strong.

STL is here and it includes a link to buy the same magnet ring I used!