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poofy_cat
poofy_cat @ poofy_cat @lemm.ee
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Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.

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  • One thing to check on the factory models is the belt centering on the pulleys. Both my X and Y belts weren't centered correctly despite following the directions flawlessly, had to shim the motor mounts and also the printed Y motor holder where it mounts to the frame. Seems to be a common issue.

    • Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.

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  • It's significantly faster, the higher motor resolution reduces vertical fine artifacts, and the nextruder reduces texture that could otherwise be caused by bad drive gears.

    • Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.

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  • Tukkari support told me directly to do this. It barely gets warm under the dryer, so there's no real risk of it damaging the plexiglass.

    • Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.

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  • Case is great, I like not having to mess with moving the power supply or display. It's designed around having the PSU inside the enclosure, with dedicated air ducting to the PSU vents. It is a little noisy with the printer vibrating the melamine base like a drum on top of the enclosure's plastic feet... I'll suspend it on foam and/or a paver someday. It also removed the hot plastic smell from the room entirely (I'm sensitive to it).

    • Finished building the MK4 kit and placed it in the enclosure, first few prints have been great.

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    • Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month

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  • This right here. Crazy to me that people would pay for what ublock origin does for free. Especially people defending the need to shell out for the service to "support" a trillion dollar company like Google.

    • pretty pleased with my first print with PETG-CF

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  • It looks super stringy, did you dry the PETG first? I like the result though.

    • My Haribo order arrived

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  • Mine just shipped today, after waiting three months exactly. Pretty excited.

    • Tips for PETG?

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  • Bed and extruder both seem too hot for PETG, but it depends on your exact brand/type of filament. Are you using a textured/satin sheet? Glue stick on a smooth sheet is pretty unreliable. Some brands of PETG seem more prone to contracting while cooling than others too (avoid "Kaaber" on Amazon, it was pretty bad hah).

    Also make super sure your bed is clean. Washing with dawn liquid dish soap, drying carefully, then wiping with high-roof rubbing alcohol works best for a new sheet.

    • Hexagon Tool Wall In Progress

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    • Hexagon Tool Wall In Progress

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  • Thanks. Debating if I should switch to translucent green or purple for some other holders or stick with this pink/red for all of them.

    • Hexagon Tool Wall In Progress

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  • Also, I designed the flashlight (mini maglite) holder myself and I'm proud of it.