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MKM ModelwerxNow just what am I supposed to do with 2Kg of PLA filament?<br> <br> Oh…<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/3DPrinter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DPrinter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/3DPrinting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DPrinting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Creality?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creality</a>
Steve DeGroof 📚🛸<p>Happy RepRap Day!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3ddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3ddesign</span></a> <br><a href="http://blog.reprap.org/2025/05/29th-may-reprap-day.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.reprap.org/2025/05/29th-m</span><span class="invisible">ay-reprap-day.html?m=1</span></a></p>
PerfectDark<p>Wanna turn your handheld <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a> into a...also handheld Steam Deck with a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameCube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameCube</span></a> handle which may or may not break said Deck?</p><p>After finding this user's efforts, now you can!</p><p>"𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘊𝘶𝘣𝘦 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘬. 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧… 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺!"</p><p>Files for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> folk here:</p><p><a href="https://makerworld.com/en/models/1458861-the-nintendo-gamecube-controller-adapter-for-the-s#profileId-1520888" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makerworld.com/en/models/14588</span><span class="invisible">61-the-nintendo-gamecube-controller-adapter-for-the-s#profileId-1520888</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
Jonathan Lamothe<p>I wonder if there's a market for someone who can convert a schematic drawing (or rough sketch) to an STL file for <a href="https://social.jlamothe.net/search?tag=3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> on a freelance basis. I'm getting to be pretty decent at it, and it's kinda fun.</p><p>I'm pretty sure there's probably already some AI garbage that purports to do so.</p>
zakatak<p>Bought some <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/RapidPETG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RapidPETG</span></a> from <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Elegoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elegoo</span></a> on <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> and I’m having a hell of a time getting things to <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Print</span></a> well… I’m still new enough to <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> that I don’t know the technical terms or reasons, but it looks like <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Boogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boogers</span></a> forming on the <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Nozzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nozzle</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/FlashForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashForge</span></a> <a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Adventurer5m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adventurer5m</span></a></p>
Andy Warburton ❌❌❌<p>ok <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thangs</span></a> is officially now on my shitlist. They recently changed the default search to "thangs only" instead of the old meta search mode - which is what makes the site useful in the first place! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a></p>
Nefarious Aryq<p>Just watched a video from Polymaker where they're talking about their new PLA-HT (High Temp) filament.</p><p>PLA that won't deform in hot conditions that regular PLA would fail in.</p><p>Very interesting!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnjVVY0om48" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=bnjVVY0om4</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Polymaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polymaker</span></a></p>
Vernal<p>ok this is pretty sick</p><p>"A new artificial intelligence system pinpoints the origin of 3D printed parts down to the specific machine that made them."</p><p>"King’s research group developed an AI model to identify production fingerprints from photographs taken with smartphone cameras. The AI model was developed on a large data set, comprising photographs of 9,192 parts made on 21 machines from six companies and with four different fabrication processes. When calibrating their model, the researchers found that a fingerprint could be obtained with 98% accuracy from just 1 square millimeter of the part’s surface.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>“Our results suggest that the AI model can make accurate predictions when trained with as few as 10 parts,” King said. “Using just a few samples from a supplier, it’s possible to verify everything that they deliver after.”&nbsp;"</p><p><a href="https://grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories/75700" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grainger.illinois.edu/news/sto</span><span class="invisible">ries/75700</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/3dPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dPrinting</span></a></p>
Chris Pirillo<p>I think I ran into this Bambu problem before, but can't remember what it was or how I fixed it. Latest slicer (2.0.3.54) and X1C firmware (01.09.00.01). This is what came out, and what it should've been (minus front-placed red spots which I've since removed from the file). Re-calibrated, re-sliced - same issue. Original AMS (00.01.06.62). Not changing colors when it should - not even close. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a></p>
Johan<p>Recently I bought a nice, matte, light blue PLA filament. As I was putting it away I noticed I had a fun colour combination in that particular filament.</p><p>I work with quite a few <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> kids and as a cis-het white dude it's always good to show support in different ways.</p><p>Challenging gender norms (even though I present quite "masculine") is one way, but there's also the small things like having a rainbow key band.</p><p>Now I also have a <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/TransAlly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAlly</span></a> keychain of my own design.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
Licho<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arduino</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mega2560" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mega2560</span></a> + <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ramps14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramps14</span></a> <br>The classic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> vitamin.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reprap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprap</span></a></p>
masukomi<p>This is so cool. <br>New YouTube channel about a <a href="https://connectified.com/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> stair machine with an eternally stepping slinky that has just passed 0.5 million steps</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/OTrNT-LiglA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/OTrNT-LiglA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Marcel<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemnitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemnitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robotics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arduino</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elektronik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elektronik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fablab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fablab</span></a> <br>Ein Projekt, welches schon lange mal fertig werden müsste.<br>Der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scribbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scribbler</span></a> entstand im <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@fablabc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fablabc</span></a></span> und die Augen hier waren noch das Einfachste…</p>
GormadtI've decided to pick up bookbinding as it was something I was interested in for a number of years now. This was my 3rd attempt at binding a hardback and I gave it to my sister as a present because of how well it came out. It's all blank pages for her to use as an art book/journal.<br> <br> I used a 3d printed cover and button (both designed by me), bright white 199 gsm paper, and red 0.8mm hemp twine. The twine claims to be 0.5mm but it wasn't until after using it did I realize that it was much larger than that. Still worked like a charm, though it was hard to thread into my needle.<br> <br> The little bump in the twine on the cover is where I ran out of thread during the binding and hard to tie some twine to finish binding it. It running out there though was a blessing as it would have sucked having a knot that big at any other point in the binding.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookbinding?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookbinding</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/3dprinting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/134725/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/134725/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped amphitheater in venice <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtsAndDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtsAndDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarioCucinellaArchitects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarioCucinellaArchitects</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModularDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModularDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Jason Weatherly<p>Success, and they turned out great. Got 6 more printing for the other side (mirrored) and that should fix the rear cable management issues. I'll reroute the power cables outside of the minirack interior. Figure one side is for power, the other will be for the networking cables going to the Proxmox nodes.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/minirack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minirack</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a></p>
Dennis<p>If you’re wondering why you can’t send gcode directly to a <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Klipper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klipper</span></a> printer from <a href="https://social.lol/tags/OrcaSlicer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrcaSlicer</span></a>: you can, but you have to click on “Print”. There is no separate “Send” button like there is in Bambu Studio. <a href="https://social.lol/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
LAYERED<p>The good thing about WiFi sockets:<br>You can switch on your 3D printer remotely.</p><p>The bad thing about WiFi sockets:<br>You can switch off your 3D printer remotely - while a print is still running.</p><p>AAAAAAAAAAHhh... 🤦🏻</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/3DPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrint</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Bison<p>✨ I made an STL file for my Capybara and Duck woodcarving</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/s/d5e58c70a9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ko-fi.com/s/d5e58c70a9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/3DModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DModel</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/STL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STL</span></a> <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/FDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDM</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>DesignBoom : mario cucinella 3D prints flower-shaped sustainable amphitheater in venice’s san servolo <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mario-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-05-26-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">designboom.com/architecture/ma</span><span class="invisible">rio-cucinella-3d-printed-flower-sustainable-amphitheater-venice-san-servolo-05-26-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mariocucinellaarchitects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mariocucinellaarchitects</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/modulardesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modulardesign</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinting</span></a></p>