What did you 3D print today?

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

Fwiw. I had an air fryer given to me a few years back, while it never really saw use in the kitchen I fir certain purposed it for drying filament. Its important to know the temp range as too hot will cause it to melt.


The ninja air fryer will get as low as 120 which was perfect for my use. Hit up your local goodwill and salvation army for the used appliances, typically they are dirt cheap.

The ninja ended up not liking the duty cycle and took a shit after id used it about 2 dozen times which was pretty good for a free item but not something id reccomend at new price. My S4 dryer was about $160 when I bought it but im still on the fence about its ability to recondition rolls and ive used it a lot.

Now ive not heard anything about the new AMS 2 or the mod units to bring an ams up to drying use. I am intrigued and may end up with an h2c but im still on the fence. And id like to see if BL has any larger units on the horizon.

[lhamilton1807]

I’ve found that pla isn’t as sensitive to moisture as petg or others. It’s pretty forgiving. Getting a used food dehydrator works as a filament dryer just as well. I picked one up that is just a bit bigger than a spool and cut out the tray floors. Works wonders to revive filament.

[BrickHaus]

I have a whole pile of purple glue sticks for that reason
. But honestly with the new orca slicer being way smarter than creality slicer ever was. It just prints now that I've dialed in my g code a bit ( changed the offsets and wipe protocols.)

Im seeing a lot of pocks in the parts though, and you can hear the little snaps as water boils out of the nozzel. I saw a few pocks develop as it printed so Im concinved its water.

The silk has way less pocks than my normal green pla Im trying to burn up.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I found I could get the old stuff to print nice with a lil bit of kids paper glue skimming the plate to get the first layer adhesion to stay put lone enough to get the print going. After it gets a good start it don’t seem to matter how wet it it is.

[BrickHaus]

Who would have though, the 2 year old brittle silk pla that has to be at 48% humidity would turn out like that...
guess a matched lid is on deck

[lhamilton1807]

Rock on! Having two printers means you definitely have a mini factory going. OctoPrint makes managing it all much easier 👍🏼

[BrickHaus]

This is ChoSanJuan 's design. He was gracious enough to give me the files. Still need to order the magnets.

[evilfishsticks]

I was going to draw one of these now nova insert cases in sketchup to print last week but never got around to it.

[BrickHaus]

Printed a nova insert case today. Then some electrical stencils.


Then I started an articulating skeleton shark. For the laughs of it. The neices and nephews always want my wigits.

The I got the dust knocked off my second printer and got it on octoprint.

Making a second rainbow nova insert case now on that printer, just because I knew the g code was solid. I didnt expect this old wet silk filament to work out.

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

Another tweak, I'm happy with this now. Now onto the next part.

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

Minor change up, working on a printed slider. At this point youll just need the sear, ill probably send out for scs machined triggers if this goes well.

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

Getting closer.

Need to assemble. My test pieces are operable. AC sear and trigger plate, RC linkage and generic springs. About to move on from this phase if the frame tests out correctly.


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I have thought about the slider quite a bit on whether I want to use stock pieces unadulterated so far it works as desired but if I went over to a swing trigger I feel i could make the adapter much shorter.

For the time being im gonna run with the slide as its got meat that i can mod if needed.

[nuclear zombie]

A cf20 mag winder I designed

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

Still making progress. I know the desired outcome and so far the rest of the project has been on track with multiple tests and alterations. The longer frame will pay back with other designs. I've decided to use the stock sear and trigger plate, an RC airplane linkage set and a few easy to aquire springs.

I do have a physical working model but it very bare bones

[Chemical-x.....ahain]

on path for making an extended cocker trigger frame.