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Cake day: January 28th, 2024

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  • With big prints like this that require tolerances I tend to make a dedicated model for just the feature with the tolerance and hone it in on that. Since just printing the bit I need to test is way faster than reprinting the whole thing a bunch of times. It takes a bit more planning but is totally worth it in saved plastic and time!

    If I’m in a time crunch for the piece then sandpaper works well enough if the tolerance was too tight, and some wraps of electrical tape if it’s too loose

    The print looks great tho!




  • That’s fair, there is a bit of information overload online when looking into it.

    If you want my two cents, find the cheapest print with auto bed levelling (mingda magicians are good and cheap) and just start playing around.You don’t need to know much to start, and you learn what you need to as you encounter problems.

    That’s how I got into at least, and now been printing for like 5+ years.