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If you don't work IT, retail, or food service what do you do for work? (lemmy.world)

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Sometimes on Lemmy these seem like the only jobs that actually exist, but I'm sure there's a lot of people here with different and unusual lines of work.

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[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

I run a business repairing consumer-grade 3D printers.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Hah! Did you paint that yourself? That's pretty cool.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

No but I should add Scruffy to a Stargrave team.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Sick. I have so many issues with my 3d printer printing petg. Such a pain in the ass.

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

PETG just is a pain in the ass sometimes. Really sensitive to moisture, and it loves to stick to hot metal. So it has a tendency to overextrude because of the steam, and bunch up on the nozzle, causing all sorts of havok.

The key to printing it is just keeping it dry -- the latest batches I've held feel like they're way softer than I remember, so I suspect mfgs are putting more glycol in it than before.

Also, do a sanity check and go back and print PLA from time to time. Sometimes you won't realize something else is wrong and you'll blame it on the filament, but something like the idler arm on the extruder is broken, etc.

You can print it on Textured PEI, or Glass - but I suggest putting a little glue stick down to act as a release agent on the PEI - PETG and PEI bond together too well in some instances (ESPECIALLY on smooth PEI)

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