The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though.

I’m comparing cura and prusa, so prusa wins by a lot. What are you comparing prusa to? Orca?

Fork of a fork of a fork.

Can someone give me a brief intro to orca slicer? Who is it made by and what’s it’s quirk?

For example prusa slicer, made by prusa, prioritizes user interface and has powerful almost modeling features (text, cutting etc)

It let me download and publish a make. (I got all the way to the confirm on make, but didn’t commit.)

Not to name and shame but what’s the stl link? I’ve never seen this before and I’d like to.

If that doesn’t work out, upload to a 3rd party, like catbox.moe and post a link instead.

Whatever is on sale https://3dprintingdeals.com/

I hate the phrase “missed the mark”

Because it’s fun

Yes, same! I wish I had the ability to share my goofy experiments with my tribe.

If you absolutely had to, print in your bathroom with the ceiling vent on. Otherwise, no.

You can treat Fusion360 like Tinkercad, if you want. You have to create the shapes from scratch, but you combine them just the same. Thanks to the parametric timeline, you can make the tiny adjustments and then the software will rebuild it. The complex shapes are harder but, in general, the more complex functions are just faster ways to accomplish the same goal.

(around 95C when klipper reports 200C).

Oh wow.

At that point, I’d think it’s just time to start saving for a new printer and donate the old one to someone smarter than me.

hahahahaha yes, I understand that frustration!

Amazing write up. I love it.

That clog reminds me of the ender 3 v1 problem. It had the same gap between the nozzle and tube. I liked captured tube fix. In summary, cut a piece of PTFE tube and seat it in the hot end, place a printed washer over it, then the coupling on top of that, which compresses the tube and the hot end. I ran mine this way for years.

Cutting guide - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3236093

Washer and cutting guide - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3203831

Longer explanation, graphics at 4:50 - https://youtu.be/dIkjR2Ytx-g

I’m not sure I understand. What is it supposed to look like.

What about the printer environment? Has anything changed? Have you moved it? Has the ambient temperature changed even slowly? (I can’t print pla in an enclosure during the summer, but I can in winter.) did you add or remove air circulation? Change the ac temp? Anything else external?

What are your first layer settings? Temp? Speed? Line width? Etc etc.

No, in fact it can be a bad thing. It’s better to have stable temperatures and windows can let in heat/cold. Idk why it’s there.

Too soon. It needs reviews. If you’re looking to just get started, find a smaller, cheaper printer that’s a at least 6 months old and has good reviews. Most printer companies send out review units to a bunch of youtubers, so reviews should be easy for a reputable company. Don’t get a great value special from alibaba.

It’s a different skillset than woodworking. It’s very close to manufacturing/process-engineering. (Which I am IRL.) A smaller printer has fewer quirks and any mistakes are going to waste less material. It’s also cheaper, so you don’t spend a lot of money on something if you decide you don’t like it.