DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 5

If’n you caught Andrew’s toots yesterday about our new Filibus Keshi design going into production, and saw the failed attempt to get a gigantic version of it printing on our massive 3D printer at the makerspace, well, I’ve re-leveled the bed and re-sliced it for what I hope will be happier results, and you can watch it live for the next three days (or until I have to log in and abort it because it failed miserably):

https://communitymedia.video/w/aNHhQV2ThVFMC4ehpbiXuR

Andrew (Television Executive) (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I'm putting the photo under a CW for folks who want to avoid spoilers, but the first test shots of our final Filibus Keshi design came off the press yesterday. This is the third minor iteration on the sculpt, and it addresses some problems from the first test shots. They've been approved, and will go into production this month. I'm thrilled to be growing the Mysterious Air Pirates toy line!

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Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 5

I also set up all the remote access bits I’ll need to connect to the machine running the stream and (a) abort the print and (b) stop the livestream, should things go poorly.

Computer touching! 

Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab
The Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga looks like the slowest 3D printer around in comparison to our smaller bedslinging Anycubic Kobra 3, but it can print the entire volume of the Kobra 3 including its four filament changer and still have room left over on the bed, so I’ll take slow - so long as it succeeds this time!
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Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 5

Having two different camera views of the same print really points out how being at the proper angle defines whether or not an in-progress print looks good or bad.

It also makes me want an articulated robotic arm on top of the print head assembly with a small high-resolution camera with optical zoom to lean over and get specific shots of parts of the model via remote control (and of course it should be driven by gcode)

Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 5

Before I started this print today, I took the time to check and see if there was a newer firmware version available for it, since it’s been a number of months since we last used it.

Nope. Still the same firmware, which I’d be good with if it wasn’t obviously buggy here and there in non-critical-yet-annoying ways.

Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 6
Getting close to filling out the boot uppers and everything’s looking good so far, from these angles anyway
Show threadaschmitzMar 6
@djsundog Lightning infill?
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Mar 6
@aschmitz @djsundog Yep! Works reasonably well.
Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 6
@ajroach42 @aschmitz and so much weight savings if you don’t need the structural reinforcement (I did add an extra perimeter from the defaults though, to give the shell a little more oomph)
Show threadaschmitzMar 5
@djsundog See, that's the second-worst option, slightly better than installing a *new* firmware version just before a very long print and getting to discover any new issues live.
Show threadaschmitzMar 5
@djsundog At one point there was a Prusa XL beta firmware that had a good chance of crashing during an extruder change, which of course I discovered experimentally after the Nth time it happened on a largish print, sigh. (Serves me right for trying beta firmware I guess, but typically it hasn't broken things that were working before.)
Show threadDJ Sundog from the *new* toot-labMar 5
@aschmitz you hate to see it
Show threadaschmitzMar 5
@djsundog Annoyingly true. I really like my Prusa XL, but printing tiny things on it is sometimes a hassle: if text on the first layer goes down smooth, it'll be fine pretty reliably after that, but at that bed size, it may literally be hours before you're sure.