You can do it with the connect app

Thanks for the advice I will give it a shot.

Here is the guide I used

https://hackaday.io/project/14823-monoprice-select-mini-maximum-3d-printer-mods/log/55525-upgrade-the-z-axis-with-a-nema17-stepper-and-tr8x8-leadscrew/

I had to cut out the old lead nut and drill tiny holes to mount it. The wiring that came with the new motor plugged into the main board but the motor turned the wrong way so I had to switch two wires. Do not switch them the way they did it in the guide it will not work.

Something to consider is also that the stock screw is not standard and you should change your layer height to

Layer Height (mm) 0.04375 (results may vary)* 0.0875 0.13125 0.175 0.21875 0.2625 0.30625

https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/3904/what-are-the-magic-numbers-on-a-monoprice-select-mini

There is also sailfish firmware which iirc helps a lot plus using octoprint and modern slicing software. The only pain point is leveling the bed manually and not having a flexible bed plate so sometimes removing the print can be a pain. I used to get pretty good prints off of this clone.

Prusia slicer makes it easy to set up two extruders as well as having the option for the firmware. Although it still outputs gcode and you have to convert it to x3g which I use the GPX octoprint plugin for. I’m sure you could use Orca slicer but it’s not documented. I used to use Slic3r before Prusia slicer became a thing.

I had to go with prusia slicer but at least it’s an up to date slicer.

Yes this is the first layer. I can upload the gcode later if you’re curious.

It’s a brand new roll that printed fine on another printer yesterday. I think the issue is the z axis motor as now it’s toast after I crashed it into the bed.

The outer perimeter is sticking really well though. If you look you can see where the nozzle was dragging through the plastic on that part then when it goes to infill it does this guitar stringing thing.

I don’t use Mastodon or Twitter either. I never understood following specific people and prefer following topics instead.

You might look for a sony dvmc-da2 as they used to be relatively cheap until a YouTube video made people aware of them. You might be able to snag one though.

Yes it’s that reddit sucks ass.

https://youtu.be/40SnEd1RWUU

Logitech Ball mouse. You move the ball with your thumb and your hand stays still. Takes a little getting used to.

we like B E A N

You can make websites for local businesses.

They could be making tens of dollars! But seriously used printers are essentially worthless.

I want to find the best price for things before I buy them but I might spend more if it is closer to my house. I might also look for an alternative to that item. Search engines don’t show all the retail stores in search. I created a custom bash script which would insert my search term into the URL of each store on my area and automatically open a new tab for each website with the search. I still have to manually go through and decide but it beats going to each individual website and searching manually. Basically I would like pcpartpicker but for everything. The one I haven’t figured out yet is car parts. They have made it difficult to easily search their websites other than rockauto.

Ai search results are ass

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