<il>
Yeah, I'm looking at vernier scale mitutoyo one (against your advice heh)
<il>
Like with many other things, I prefer doing things the harder way :D
<il>
(and they're not as expensive as good quality digital calipers)
<il>
I think the model name of the one I might get is a 530-101
<il>
I got some extremely cheap plastic ones today, should be good for fixing some models and sketching some stuff up, I just prefer to find out things are stupidly 'out of spec' before printing a part for an hour lol
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<ghane>
530-101 seems good
<ghane>
i would not recommend against it :)
<ghane>
the mitutoyos are a joy to use, really high quality
<ghane>
I decided against digital once sence they were too expensive (especally mitutoyos solar powered with absolute scale)
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<oldlaptop>
cheap plastic calipers are probably good enough for any FDM application
<oldlaptop>
the printer is probably still no more dimensionally accurate than those
<ghane>
true, but less enjoyable to use
<ghane>
well, if you can measure properly you would know how inaccurte the printer is
<oldlaptop>
the box proclaims them to be Swiss made (?!)
<oldlaptop>
presumably not as kinesthetically pleasing as serious machinist's calipers :)
<ghane>
so that is like half the price of a simple mitutoyo
<ghane>
but with dial
<ghane>
nice
<il>
that is nice
<il>
I'm still learning solvespace and right now I'm printing the first slightly more complicated part (still nothing very complex)
<il>
It had some issues, but the export worked (even with errors), and the slicer fixed the errors
<ghane>
quite common to have some errors in the stl
<il>
The auto-orientation tool in the slicer is very neat, it did what I would've done manually (flip the model so the bulk is on the print bed, less support needed)
<ghane>
nice
<ghane>
which slicer were you using?
<il>
anyway, the model is a remote holder for my speaker remote, it should be able to clip onto my computor desk leg
<il>
ghane: orca
<il>
I didn't expect to be printing this much, I think I'll go through the first kilo of filament in 5 days lol
<ghane>
should perhaps try orca
<ghane>
i never tried it
<il>
So many things are very accessible, I did spiral first layer on one of the prints, for example
<il>
came out beautifully
<il>
Though, I am using a marble filament which makes first layer pattern much less visible
<ghane>
hillbert curve first layer is an interesting effect if you want first layer pattern btw
<il>
I know what hilbert curve is, but I can't imagine what it would look like on first layer
<il>
oh, I've also had surprisingly rough last layers, I don't know how to fix that, maybe there's an option to decrease speed on last layer
<ghane>
i used it for first layer with some metallic filament when first layer was supposed to be visible
<il>
Ah, that could be interesting
<ghane>
there is a setting called ironing
<il>
I also wonder how it would look with one of those rolls that change color over time
<ghane>
to smooth top layer
<il>
Ah, I'll look for it on the next print
<il>
I found ironing, it's in the advanced options heh
<il>
So I guess what I was getting wasn't out of the ordinary, considering the existence of that option heh
<il>
I also like the chime of the printer when it finishes a print hah
<ghane>
il: first thing to do in the slicer, show all settings ;-)
<il>
The good news and the bad news
<il>
The measurements were good, I even left a bit too much leeway in some dimensions IMO
<il>
The bad news: it looks like my remote is wearing underwear, I don't understand how I didn't realize before printing lmao
<ghane>
cant say sor sure, regarding tension it just slowly deforms if under constant load in some cases
<il>
My design is also very similar, even though I haven't seen this exact one
<il>
Ah, I guess PLA just acts a bit like a liquid
<il>
A bit too plastic
<ghane>
dont think that one would be a problem
<ghane>
but if you make a hook for example
<il>
Ah, I see
<il>
I'm planning on getting those ikea skadis things and modeling and printing a bunch of organization items for it
<il>
Hopefully I don't run into issues with PLA, but if I do... I know what to change
<il>
Is PETG better in this regard?
<ghane>
oh, SKÅDIS, havent seen them, good idea
<ghane>
PETG is a bit better, but just try with PLA and reprint if it becomes a problem
<il>
Yeah...
<il>
Considering how much I've been printing, I think I also need to look into the most affordable way to get more filament haha
<ghane>
bigger spools
<ghane>
im trying to use locally (eu) produced filaments
<il>
man, this guy's solvespace model is so much neater than mine, how can I step through and see how/in what order he did things?
<ghane>
il: tool window? its just one sketch that is extruded?
<il>
yeah
<ghane>
property browser i meant
<il>
Yeah, I understood
<il>
Man, he used construction lines so well
<il>
I'm still struggling with them
<ghane>
most likely drawn outlines and then shift-A the rounded corners
<il>
I also don't know how to make matching tangents
<il>
I put matching distance/diameter constraints on them
<ghane>
equals? (q)
<il>
Yeah, but what do I select?
<il>
the arc itself?
<ghane>
the two segments you want to make equal
<ghane>
it being a radius, lengt or angle
<il>
I've never used it with tangent arcs, though
<il>
and this guy has
<il>
I like how he has used construction lines to keep distances between outlines constant, you can use the Q constraint on construction lines, but not on D constraints, so in that way, you can have only one changeable D constraint and have it cascade heh
<il>
Still not completely perfect top layer, but huge improvement with ironingd
<il>
There are some parts of the top surface it didn't entirely iron, and I can feel the difference under my finger
<il>
This stand is basically a slope, so a perfect test for this feature lol
<ghane>
il: you can adjust ironing settings a bit... does it do travel on top layer, try disable z lift to avoid dimples
<il>
no dimples
<il>
I'll share photos tomorrow, when I have access to sunlight heh
<ghane>
sunlite? at this time of the year? ;-)
<ghane>
what are you talking about? ;)
<il>
ahah, there's still a bit every day
<il>
And it beats my crappy lighting for macro photography
<il>
I saw some setting for printing a 2 model plate 1 by 1 model, instead of layer by layer of both models at once