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▲ 3 r/FlashForge

AD5M: Best setup for a dryer when printing TPU?

I have done a lot of PLA and only thing I have done to maintain dryness for that is ziploc bags with silica packets.

Right out of the package, TPU was OK but seems like practically speaking I'll need a dryer. Second print a few days later was a disaster.

I sometimes do prints with 4 colors (pause layer and swap roll). My thought was was get a 4 roll dryer. Can it just sit on my desk and go through PTFE tube for PLA? I printed an adapter for TPU and leave lid off, can I also set a big 4 roll dryer next to the printer and have a long loose run of tpu go to printer

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u/uiuc2008 — 2 days ago
▲ 16 r/BattleJackets

Anyone do sew on 3d printed patches? I've seen 3d printed stamps on fabric. Didn't have much luck with the stamping method. First 2 pics are 0.2mm thick background layer, machine sewn 1st then hand sewn. Rest are pins (superglued on pin hardware).

I think the pins will hold up and I can take them off to wash. Thin PLA material to make patches will probably break down. Maybe I'll try flexible TPU, just harder to use with my printer.

For my patches/pins pictures, Google image search PNG

->Gemini for logo simplification (not needed for all) ->Inkscape to make DXF cad file

->Fusion 3D for cleanup, making layers, STL file

->Flash Forge AD5M (requires manual pauses and filament changes)

u/uiuc2008 — 15 days ago
▲ 2 r/lawncare

Had a few inches of settling over irrigation lines, so at least we'll be able to water new grass easily . Hard to take a picture of but very noticeable if you look or step on it. This is all sos we had out in last year. Options:

  1. Topdress. Dump 50:50 mixture of soil and sand and level with rake. Leave a little high. Seed.

  2. Dirt under sod. Cut out 1'x1' chunks of sod. Place on a tarp. Fill cut out spot with soil sand mixture. Replace sod. A little dirt top dress too

  3. Something else?

Never tackled something like this. 200 ft of trench if I had to guess. 1 seems a lot easier then 2 but will it leave a giant line of dirt diagonally across my yard all year? Thanks!

u/uiuc2008 — 18 days ago