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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • It’s not at all. I’m saying it was good then and it is now.

    It’s gotten heavier and more technical but that’s because as it goes on you learn and it gets deeper. And yet they still find a way to make it accessible even though they’re obviously still only scratching the surface.

    As a counter point via science is really good but tries to avoid the deep math as much as possible while explaining the concepts behind it. All the while it’s been pure science and less of the popular topic as a way to introduce the science.








  • Best upgrades for me was the following in order of overall impact

    Klipper
    BTT Skr mini e3v3 board
    Silicon bed spacers
    Klackender mod by KevinAkaSam
    G10 build plate
    Orbiter extruder and dragonfly hotend for direct drive
    Belted Z mod by KevinAkaSam

    More recent EBB36 canbus for the tool head mainly because it frees up some ports on the control board for other things like my Nevermore.

    For overall quality and reliability the following have the biggest impact.

    Ensuring the physical frame is as square as possible. As well as adjusting and shimming things such as folded aluminum foil under the Z extrusions to get them square with the base.

    The board and Klipper are huge since it makes it easier to use the klack probe (Klicky for ender) and the silicone spacers allow me to dial in the screws with adjust_screws.

    And skew correction because my X gantry is twisted (tested that on granite counter top) and after I’ve done everything else to ensure it’s physically right i still had to work around some of it with software.

    Now I can just fire it up and print PLA, ABS (it’s in a grow tent enclosure), PETG and TPU without any issue.

    The g10 plate works great with all of them, Klipper can compensate for any warping, build offset as long as the screws are properly adjusted (which I test every couple of months or after I’ve had a print that really didn’t want to come off.

    I’m building a trident myself right now and I’m using the “Frankender” to do it with really great quality results.