I’ve lost soooo many hours to this!

In my youth, the falling sand game really spoke to me, I spent ages adding my own elements, and it even got me interested in coding as a result.

The powder toy was such a revelation. Still regularly play.

A broken clock is right twice a day.

Though to be honest I’d take John Major over the vast majority of MPs today

This is one of the reasons I really enjoyed the first few seasons of American horror story. At first I was like “oh yeah I know why this is going” but they change it up often enough where you had no idea where the last episode would leave you.

Glad I still use a ps)2 trackball mouse!!!

Who’s wasting the tin foil on hats now MOTHER!

A almost instantaneous blend of “pwaaar that’s soooo fucking hot, oh wait, no it’s a pumpkin, oh wait is it AI?” Then … ugh, unzips

Which is also interesting coz I’m not wearing anything with a zip!

Literally my first thought.

Well, not my FIRST thought, but you get it.

Personally yes, absolutely. I guess benefits of being Bi/Pan?

But I can see how some wouldn’t. Preference and compatibility matters in a relationship.

I really missed these popping up in my feed!

As for your life update. I hope you get that mansion Chickens are cool pets too!

I immediately thought Edith finch

I’m the ad hoc tech guy at work…

Young co worker told me the internet wasn’t working, and I asked if they knew if it was the Wi-Fi or not. (They have a docking laptop so used both wifi and a wired connection at times).

A specifically said Wi-Fi.

It turns out they don’t have a clue what Wi-Fi is, as they pointed to the LAN cable.

(Although in her defense, the reason we no longer had internet access, was that our outside tech contractors had just ripped off a “disused” master socket)

I mean, screw Anish Kapoor. All my homies hate that guy.

But good for Greenpeace

Obligatory technology connections video:

https://youtu.be/TBPVJtGBf8Y

Flaming bisexuality

CIV 5s Alexander the great awoke something in me…

I might have got lucky. but I also had every chance to succeed between the surface prep and the slow inital layers.

But a lessons learn definitely apply to all types of printing. I’ve done a couple of pla prints since… and they are perfect.

Truthfully it was so long ago I can’t even recall why I got the PETG to begin with.

For my purposes PLA has always worked fine. The only other filament I’ve really been interested in is tpu, but I think I want to end up getting something dedicated for that type of work… If I convince myself it’s worth it.

Also, good shout on the wipes!

Yeah as soon as I realized I was enjoying myself, I ordered a few roles of different materials. I’ll give them a try when they land.

Dish soap is my usual go to!

it has been a while since I’ve printed, but now you mention it yes I seem to recall never having good luck with pla+

😂 I know what to sing a theme with the responses. For the size of machine and enclosure is difficult. But it is positioned in a place I should be able to fashion something.

As I’ve mentioned with other comments I will try each of these things.

Have you had much luck with hairspray?

I do usually give it a quick scrub, maybe not the best technique… But I blightly scrub the surface with a sponge… admittedly using some mild soap and water, then wiping it down with plain water. And finally drying with paper towel. I also make sure the bed preheats beforehand to drive off any remaining moisture.

As other comments of suggested I will try using some IPA 99. If it continues this way I likely use some glue as well.

Thanks for the advice.

The heated bed was set to 70, however I’ve realised it’s actually only for the initial layer where it drops to 60.

Do you think I should try to consistent 60 or 70?

I do have an IR thermometer so I will give it a thorough probe…

As for an enclosure… This is something I remember planning when I initially got the machine years ago. Unfortunately one of the big selling points of the any cubic chiron was the enormous build plate! This means building of an enclosure for it eats up quite a bit of space 😂 It’s currently situated underneath a desk with three of the four sides covered, but I shall make a curtain to cover the front.

N.b. I can’t ever recall using any significant amount of the enormous build plate… So when I look to buy a new printer, I’ll definitely go with something a lot smaller, with an enclosure.