3D Printing

Ender 3 Pro, Slicr, retraction: 6mm; temp: 215; PLA+.

The pin feathers usually happen in the upper layers. Cura doesn't do this, but it's so desperately slow as an app (to load, to slice, to preview) that I'm trying Slicr, (which does everything almost instantly.)

Any advice how to avoid them?

(The top surface is another issue I can't seem to solve, but one thing at a time.)

I think my prompt was: 3D print, trending on Thingiverse or Printables.

This was my first print with that filament so it's not spectacular.

One of the things I like best about designing and printing is having my wife idly talk about wanting something, and then being able to produce it for her. In this case, she has a doll she wants to decorate for the holidays/seasons. I pulled a set of Easter Bunny ears off Thingiverse, but then designed a headband with flags for the Indy 500 (month of May) and now rockets for July 4th. Working on other designs for later holidays.

This article is about a new 3d-printable prototype version of the BusKill cable.

The BusKill cable is a laptop kill cord. If you're still struggling to understand what is a BusKill cable and why you'd need a laptop kill cord, there's a 2-minute explainer video that makes this clear:

• https://www.buskill.in/#demo

Enjoy and happy printing :)

The plastic waste has always been my main concern with 3d printing, with supports, failed prints, rafts, and other such realities of the hobby it builds up quick.

I have looked into local recycling services, but they aren't equipped to deal with these plastics. I have also looked into industrial grade composting for my PLA but again, nothing in the area seems ready or willing to deal with it.

After looking into shipping boxes of sorted filament to be recycled into more usable rolls I could only find services based in Europe unfortunately.

Would love any help

Made with Protopasta Metallic Blue PLA

Used rosewood PLA for the body and black PLA+ for the top.

I remember some years ago 3D Hubs allowed one to select people around you with a 3D printer and ask them to print what you wished.

It appears that's not available anymore on that website. Is there anything similar?

tags: peer to peer, p2p, crowdsourcing