A word to the wise...
When you print a spiral vase and disable retraction, make sure you enable it when you slice something new...
The interesting thing is that it seems like I'd be able to bridge that distance (6.5") had I wanted to...
Trimmer line with .6mm nozzle, .45 layer height
Retraction is your friend?
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Retraction is your friend?
Fellow Philosophy majors unite!
"The proverbial achilles heel of property monistic epiphenomenalism is the apparent impossibility of ex-nihilo materialization of non-structural and qualitatively new causal powers."
"The proverbial achilles heel of property monistic epiphenomenalism is the apparent impossibility of ex-nihilo materialization of non-structural and qualitatively new causal powers."
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Looks impressive! ...3Dprinterfail
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Cope,
Rather impressive artistic rendering of your part there
Rather impressive artistic rendering of your part there

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Thanks, I was really trying to capture the post-modernistic essence of my filament tower.
Without browbeating, I tried to use varying thicknesses of nylon to allow different amounts of light through the suspended strands represents the wealth inequality that exists in the world.
Without browbeating, I tried to use varying thicknesses of nylon to allow different amounts of light through the suspended strands represents the wealth inequality that exists in the world.
Fellow Philosophy majors unite!
"The proverbial achilles heel of property monistic epiphenomenalism is the apparent impossibility of ex-nihilo materialization of non-structural and qualitatively new causal powers."
"The proverbial achilles heel of property monistic epiphenomenalism is the apparent impossibility of ex-nihilo materialization of non-structural and qualitatively new causal powers."
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These guys probably slaved over their design http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/05/13 ... nt-page-1/cope413 wrote:Thanks, I was really trying to capture the post-modernistic essence of my filament tower.
Without browbeating, I tried to use varying thicknesses of nylon to allow different amounts of light through the suspended strands represents the wealth inequality that exists in the world.
All you had to do was forget "retraction"

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Strings with trimmer line are an evil unlike any other filament.
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So, what retraction settings do you use anyway? Since you brought it up...