On the flip, I broke yet another $%_* SD card when the pi fell out of it's case. The #raspberrypi has always felt intentionally designed to snap cards in half. I guess the next project is multi-instance #octoprint. (Lol "octo" you'd think it could handle 8 printers. Or just 2. But no, the official answer is "human time counts a lot, so buy more raspberry pis instead". I guess the amplified maintenance time and effort from hundreds of users doesn't count. It is easy enough to run multiples with docker, but they end up as pets instead of cattle.)
I also managed to "test" the P1S power fail recovery and it was PERFECT. (I think it skipped about 3" of an infill line.) Why did I test it? Because I was moving stuff around finding Prusa parts and the workshop is still on a light switch.. π€¦ So the first Prusa print was a switch cover. (I got the 10 prints cancelled award along the way but eventually, acceptable success.)
This morning I went to print a quick #gridfinity battery holder and wow! The P1S can get it done in a pretty reasonable 3 hours, but the Prusa will take 3 times as long, 9 hours. Same settings, using the default 'standard' profile, generic PLA, etc. (It isn't the slicer; Orca is within a minute of PrusaSlicer.) I expected the Prusa to be slower and planned to let it take it's time building small objects, but I was also hoping to be done before the Extinction.
Also surprising yesterday was the quality difference between Prusa original factory parts and the ones I casually printed on the P1S. I get that the factory parts are never going to be as clean as reprints, but this was night and day different. As much as I hate the nightmare nature of the BambuLabs software, it is without a doubt excellent hardware.
Now I'm off to solder power to this espcam and hw-468 because I don't trust the Prusa without machine oversight (self-hosted spaghetti detective.)
www.printables.com/model/275550-no-chimney-mmu2s-mod-super-easy-fs-calibration plus www.printables.com/model/799165-no-chimney-mmu-mod-remix
#3dprinter #3dprinting #bambulabs #p1s #octoprint #esp32 #esp32cam #espcam @3dprinting #prusa #mk3s #homelab #obico #spaghettidetective
