There’s an age-old saying: “No one should ever meet their heroes.”

Um, what? You mean, like IMDB? You have the internet where you are? 🤪

They’re not bad machines, per se, but the company’s been pushing the shitty practices envelope in an apparent rush to compete with a shrinking barrier to entry and attempting to create a sub-market for “elite” hobbyist machines (in size only) without increasing the quality of parts but certainly upcharging on them… I currently have 8 Elegoo printers (2 Mini 4Ks, 4 Saturn 8Ks, and 2 Jupiters) as both Phrozen and Anycubic are notably worse in a number of ways. To wit, replacing the Jupiter screens is $250 apiece, whereas the Saturn screens run less than $50 and are not ⅕ the size or value. It’s genuinely disappointing, and I have less than zero confidence that this FDM machine won’t shit the bed right out of the gates.

All this aside, I recommend you look at established brands in the FDM space that are less likely to be making a cash grab outside their comfort zone.

Oh, yeah, I remember him at GenCon in the mid-90s! Signing glossies at his table between two huge private security guys while he talked the rudest shit about the fans in line to shell out $20 minimum. Never about the one standing in front of him that I could tell, always the ones half a dozen spots back, but he was so impressively drunk you could smell it before you even got on deck. I stepped away from the line and just watched the spectacle for a while before finding something better, but I didn’t miss him getting into it with a couple fans and the security guys “helping” him up to take a break. 😅🤷🏼‍♂️

Elegoo, hunh? So, you’re into random parts failing and then waiting 6+ weeks for replacements from coastal China? Elegoo barely made a viable resin printer with a similar “bigger = better” inspiration, and people are really that excited to throw their money at the same whore in a different dress? 🤦🏼‍♂️

Good bot.

Wasn’t she just going off on “kids these days” not working hard enough to be able to afford things like a house, health insurance, free time, etc.? Nah, bitch is rich and drank the Kool aid lonnnng ago… She was never your friend and role model if you paid enough attention.

How about we remember the character and the scenes we love, instead? 🤪

Also, the strike is over.

The Roddenberry’s what now?

No worries at all! Are you able to send detailed, clear pics of what you want and how it needs to fit? Feel free to DM me, I’m game to give this a try. (Also, PacNW)

Oh, and before I forget: are you able to remove the top of the unit to give small zip ties a try?

For sure! What part of the world are you in? I have that same unit, so maybe I could cobble something together, but I’m not having your same problem with it (yet?)…

Do you need me to print you a solution?

Cheeky.

Ever since cutting my teeth back when on the Prusa, it’s been Haribo all the way. Besides, picturing them less as ammo and more as brave soldiers “bouncing here and there and everywhere” is much more fun. 🤪

Also, involving prototyping. 🤓

That’s called “prototyping”, and it’s an essential step! 🤩🙌🏽

Recycled PLA for prototyping all the way! ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

“Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.”

Cheeky quotes aside, that’s a great reason to start playing, honestly. 🤘🏼🔥

Clearly, Spock is the universal constant as Star Trek, in all of its various permutations and exquisite minutiae, is the cosmarium wherein the consciousness known as Spock explores mortality. Without Spock, there is no Star Trek.

IIRC, cured resin is not as toxic as uncured, but it is in no way “inert”. Piercing locations are typically soft tissue, and therefore more susceptible to contact issues. Please, be safe, and if you’re selling these: ensure your clients are, too. To put this in perspective: would you feel as confident in this “inert” state were you printing binkies for infants?