Thanks for the advice! I might try a small Z-offset for first layer

IPA is on the list of things to test. Cheers mate!

Thanks for the advice!
I ran a cold bed this time, but I’ve seen some say warming it up for removal also works.

So many things to test in the future!

I need to make a spray bottle and have it by the printer, as IPA comes up quite often, although with varying results.
Worth a shot!

Yeah you’re probably right. Different blends give different results.

Thanks for the filament advice. I try to purchase as locally as possible, but Geeetech is not etched into memory as a no-buy ABS!

I was already running at 30°C, but appreciate the advice nonetheless!
I’ll try completely off next time

Cheers mate! Much appreciated

I see many use glass still. Old school way of doing it, but if it works then I guess it’s good!

I’m mostly leaning towards smooth PEI with glue for my next print. Hopefully that will be better than textured with no release agent. Fingers crossed and thanks for the feedback!

Wait what?

The freezer trick I’ve heard of, but baby powder?
Applied before printing then, I guess?

My printer is enclosed and I’d wory about the aux fan blowing it everywhere.
Even with 0% fan for first layer, I’d never be able to perfectly distribute it under only the print…

This is the first time I’ve had this much issue removing a print.
I knew it would stick fairly well on the textured PEI, but this was a whole new level. A bit surprised I didn’t peel it, to be honest.

I’m leaning the same direction as those people: Buying a stick and keeping it around for those few times I do use TPU. PETG and PLA is still 98% of what I print, and they both come off easily on textured and PLA easily on smooth.

The question I’m stuck with though: Textured with glue or smooth with glue for TPU?

Could be interesting to play with in the future, once my confidence level on the material rises a bit.
Thanks for the tip!

I’ve seen some people do this!
Any reason you opt for this over a stick? Seems like a lot more work

I’ll write this behind my ear for the next plate purchase! Thanks

I’m not “allowed” to dry it in the kitchen, so I plan on throwing it in the filament dryer with something like this.

It maxes out at 65°C but I’m fairly confident 10+ hours should do the trick.

Luckily I live in a place where it lasts forever, so I’m probably only going to be doing it once or twice per year. My current containers are 3+ months old and I’m at 18 and 14% humidity, according to the AMS’s.

Am European, but not in the EU.
Wish I could do my part too

This is a thought experiment only, of course.
He would never actually drop his pizza on the floor. That makes no sense.

No matter how many drives I add to my NAS, there is always another “you” out there showing me it could be worse.

Cheers!

RT is fine, but I turn off DLSS.

I prefer 3440x1440 over 4K so my GPU is a bit happier. I also «only» have 165 Hz, which is enough for me. Won’t replace the 3080 untill it strugles with this setup

Honestly: no.

There are only so many things I can focus on at once and I’m quite good at not letting the others affect me.

Work, kids and friends take most of my time. My «crisis» of choice to stay updated on is Ukraine. Everything else I read on now and then, when I feel like it.

I quite enjoy just touching grass and being in the moment instead of stressing about things I have no control over.

I don’t disagree with you, but there are loads of technical issues for laptops in the range between 100W and 240W where it just isn’t feasible to do it this way.

240W is 48V and creates massive amounts of heat, which is difficult to deal with in a small laptop.
You also run into problems with cable length if you want to connect to a dock and have that power with high bandwidth data transfer. Longer cables makes the bandwidth fall of a cliff, and the ones that follow the specs are insanely expensive.

So I’d say yeah, it would be nice, but we’re not there with the tech yet for more power hungry laptops, sadly.