Desk jockey based in New England. I post about #3DPrinting, #HomeAssistant, #COVID, and other things.

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Cake day: January 8th, 2023
  • Dennis@social.lolto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•What the humidity level in your area?
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    2 days ago

    @matlag My printers are in the basement. During the winter, it’s dry enough. During the summer, it measures at >80% humidity. I’ve got a dehumidifier but can only get it down to around 60%.

    In this situation PETG can only sit out for maybe 3 days before it’s noticeably wet.

    I’ve still never had a moisture problem with PLA. It tends to simply be an age thing. PLA gets brittle and snaps when under constant pressure, say where it loads into an extruder or AMS.

  • Dennis@social.lolto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•What 3D printer should I buy?
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    3 months ago

    @polakkenak @SorteKanin While you *can* “upgrade” the MK4S to a Core One, it’s more like a complete rebuild with very little parts carryover. It takes a lot of time and doesn’t really make any financial sense.

    The MK4S is competent at being what it is, which is an un-enclosed bed slinger. It inherently isn’t going to be as fast as the Core One, it will struggle more with materials that want a stable printing environment, and it’s less suited for printing tall things.

    For the time being it uses the same technology the Core One does, though it almost certainly will not support INDX ever. If you really want to do multi-material/color stuff, the MK4S probably isn’t the right choice.

    As far as the open source stuff, IMO it’s only a step backwards if one wants to be an absolutist about such things. I’m not here to say whether that is right or wrong, but in practical terms I don’t think there’s much of a difference with the new licensing, if one is not trying to sell knock-off printers.