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Bluewing

@ Bluewing @lemmy.world

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  • Bambu Lab announces the Vortek H2C, an automatic nozzle-changing version of the H2D

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  • Be aware that old Joe Prusa even says that open source printing is dead at this point.

    So I would expect to see even Prusa locking their new ideas away behind patents.

  • Bambu Lab announces the Vortek H2C, an automatic nozzle-changing version of the H2D

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  • From what I read, it's supposed to have only the one hotend. But perhaps I misread.

    The swap-able nozzles are a clever idea. And does have it's advantages over tool changers. And despite the in house testing Bambu says they have done, it will be interesting to see what happens when you turn such an unproven system loose on all the knuckle dragging, hoof handed, club footed, thumb fingered masses of the world.

    But I suspect the price puts it out of the range of most hobbyists. Much like the Prusa XL, this is perhaps aimed at print farms more than the hobbyist.

  • Zoom zoom zoom

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  • She is a whirl-wind of terror for sure.

  • Zoom zoom zoom

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  • No absolutely not!

    The little orange Zip is already dragging socks under the bed to fight. I would never be able to get them back

  • "No, you post it. I don't post. You're the poster" Okay, fine

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  • Not with my tinnitus, which I've had to live with since I was about 5 years old.

  • Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025

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  • Now if I could only afford a Framework.......

  • What are the most useful things you've printed?

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  • The single most useful print is just a simple cylinder to repair a broken knob on a nearly brand new kitchen stove. A new knob cost $35 at the time and had a 2 month lead time from the factory, (it was during the covid lock down).

    It took longer to turn on my computer and start up my CAD program than it did to design the repair part for the knob. 30 minutes later, I had the sleeve printed and super glued over the broken part and the knob reinstalled on the stove.

    That's been 7 years ago, the repaired knob is still there and in use daily. And one more knob got the same treatment. It probably took less than 10 cents of PLA and electricity for both repairs.

  • Can't have nice things

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  • Nope. He's saying that the weight of the battery pack eats up 2000lbs of towing capacity. Plus the shit frames they are built on to cut weight to help due to the battery packs.

  • Can't have nice things

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  • So where do you apartment dwellers store your trailer?

  • Can't have nice things

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  • So, someone else needs to own and pay for such a vehicle just you can mooch off of them for free?

  • Bazzite has gained nearly 10k users in 3 months while other Fedora Atomic distros remain fairly stagnant

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  • Have you taken a look at Aurora yet? It asks if you have an nVidia chipset and will automatically build an iso for you to install. It wasn't the distro I wanted, but it was a smooth install and ran well.

  • Elon Musk to Take on Microsoft With 'Macrohard'

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  • Dude claims he can code. I want to see him personally make Doom run on a Tesla.

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  • Ain't none of them there wanna be 'high speed, low drag operators' would be caught dead with a carry handle on them cheap ARs. They want to festoon them with rails to mount all the bling they think they need. A carry handle would only get in the way.

    They have taken what was meant to a lightweight 6 1/2lbs handy little carbine and turned it into a 10lbs+ monstrosity.

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  • The ones I know spend more on those optics than they spent on the rifle.

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  • There is always risk in any medical procedure. Or sexy time fun.........

  • Remember to dry your filament kids

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  • I know. As an old toolmaker that managed a few shop floors, inventory management is something I practice with a vengeance.

  • Remember to dry your filament kids

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  • Only in your mind.

    I do dry the TPU I have when I use it, simply because I don't use it much. I've had my spool of TPU for a couple of years now. And I might drag it out a couple of times a year. So, it gets dried.

    PETG I dry as needed when it demonstrates the need. But if it shows the need, I do dry it. A few hairs on a finished print don't really bother me much. But I'm not really into printing knickknacks. As long as the part is fit for purpose. Again, if you need to dry your filament to within an inch of it's life every time you use it, you either live in a rain forest or need to do better with calibration.

    And the longer I do 3D printing the more I find that if I spend a moment of thought about the materials I might choose and the expected longevity of the item, the more I realize that those things I might have chosen ABS/PETG can just as easily be done PLA without the need for extra effort. And I still get the expected function and longevity I need.

  • Remember to dry your filament kids

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  • I agree with you about PLA, I have never dried a single gram of the stuff and I've got open spools being stored on a bathroom closet shelf for several years now. I'm more worried about the spools simply aging out than moisture.

    PETG is more location dependent. If you live somewhere with higher humidity levels, you will need to be more careful about storage and use. My personal habit is that I take a spool of PETG out, run a quick test print and then decide if I need to dry it or not. It's about a 50/50 thing. And for the practical things I make, a bit of stringing isn't a big deal unless I decide the aesthetics really matter.

    Marketing has really sold the idea that everyone needs multiple specialized driers, (that don't really work nearly as well as a cheap food dehydrator for actual drying). And if you don't spend all that money on those things from driers to special vacuum storage bags and desiccants, you simply can't print anything.

  • Screen size & your importance

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  • That's mostly because the cost of a TV was far greater than it is today. So it took a lot more money to buy a larger TV. TVs today are dirt cheap compared to 50 years ago.