Lab Work – Page 2 – Sallee Technology

September 17, 2023January 2, 2024

Street Fighter Returns

Street Fighter 6(XBox/PC)

Lab Work – Steam, XBox, VM Software, Street Fighter And More

It’s time… it’s time we embark on a new adventure, Street Fighter… Parallels (check), Windows 11 (check), Steam (check), Street Fighter… Street Fighter is up and running, first boot, and full go come Monday or Tuesday. It’s been some 20 years since my last go… Emulation and Steam are requirements today. Wayback when, I think it was Street Fighter – Capcom vs SNK; undergrad work. I think we are looking at Street Fighter 6… I’m sure it will be brilliant. We will run the game on Xbox/PC (Asus Mini or MacOS Parallels {Win11 or Linux distro}). Whatever runs better than the other or visa versa.

The point here, I’ll get to it. It’s been 20 plus years since I played my favorite game of all time, the first few were of the ‘all-time variety’, first as a button smasher, to novice, to skilled gamer… I don’t know that I would say gamer, but for purposes of the post, I was the closest thing to the ‘idea of a ST gamer’… perhaps more nostalgia than the least practical ‘legendary’ status.

Anyhow, I think we will tune up the Asus mini, and have a go over the next few days/weeks. We’ve got guitar, printer, ‘on the bench’ fixes and more coming soon… Why not add a college favorite to the mix. We can cover the Asus mini, MacOS Parallels (running Win11 and Linux) while we are at it as well.

September 13, 2023November 25, 2023

Solitaire Wins Vs. Tosses

Play Solitaire, Wins (Standar/Vegas Style) vs Tosses (Losses)

Lab Work – Solitaire

Wins Vs. Tosses, Vegas or Standard, Solitaire is a great game to cover. We will cover this in depth in a future post. However for the sake of the ‘tease’ I recorded 4 weeks or more of Solitaire games, noting tosses to wins. In some future sessions I’ll cover Vegas (3 card draw/flip) vs standard (single card draw/flip). It’s interesting, results so far, numbers are starting to even out, wins +2 over tosses. Yes, I call it tosses, yes, they are losses… The point is to speed up the game, switch decks, and number of shuffles – 3 to 7, the closer to 7 ruffles the better the results. Want to note, I do reset the card deck after so many tosses. Those numbers might be added in a future post as well.

Good luck, don’t forget, tosses over losses, wins over tosses.

September 12, 2023November 19, 2023

Max Neo Back Plate

Back Plate and Rail Wheels

Lab Work – Working Through The Challenges Associated With 3d Printers, Printing, Upgrades and More

Long awaited parts are on the truck this morning, should get the final pieces by 2pm or so.

Quick update, all the parts to update the Ender 3 Neo Max to run TPU should be in hand by roughly ~2pm today. Ultimately, I’d like to get the rebuild out on the interwebs by the end of the week. I’ll post the tear down pics today, below. Just a few, to help you understand what needs to be removed, replaced and rebuilt. If for some reason the parts are delayed, Friday should still be a reasonable goal.

If you’re new to the site, check out the Max Neo challenges in the Output archives… for those who just want to see the rebuild, just understand this – we had a few prints that went sideways, by sideways, extruder was found buried in filament, grinding away at the build plate. Ultimately causing a meltdown, plate parts thrown out of the machine etc… prior to the blow out, we had a few successful TPU test builds go to term, however, the standard build (Ender 3 Neo Max Bowden Extruder setup, standard build from the factory) wasn’t working. Please note, sometimes you’ve got to ‘break’ things to truly figure out the right path; change paths per say. Anyhow, not to belabor the point here, but, we should have all the necessary parts to finally rebuild this machine with the correct parts and extruder to build more ‘things’ with an array of filaments.

September 12, 2023November 22, 2023

20 Mins A Day

Nose To The Grind – 20mins A Day

Lab Work – Grinding Out Practice Time, Self-Improvement

Today, I added strumming the guitar ‘guitar grind’ back in the mix. Grind you say? Yes, the grind. I’ve never been musically inclined, nor formally taught, trained or had a significant amount of time to dedicate to the craft. So, in order to chip away at this theory of the ‘grind’… today, I’ve found 20/30 mins (per day) to pick up the guitar and learn something; anything – lessons, chord progression, song practice, music theory, finger position, scales, strumming and more. Like I said, just trying to chip away at the rust, if there was rust built up over the years.

Check out my recent post on the D’Addario medium celluloid picks, I’ve found them to be useful when dealing with finger slippage, sweat mostly. While also adding Vincent’s post on 50+ Easy Guitar Songs for Every Beginner… a beginner, novice I am. Not horrible might be away to describe the journey.

The lessons and songs plays nicely in the sandbox, guitar in hand, song, 20 – 30 mins… covering “I Wanna Be There” – Blessed Union Of Souls, “Three Little Birds – Bob Marley, “3am” – Matchbox 20, “Learning To Fly” – Tom Petty and “Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd… By no means would I say this was easy for me, as a struggling novice. Furthermore, Vincent’s collection adds other online talent with distinction – a quick search, and you too can play along – @Guitar Zoom – Chord Work via Steve Stine, @Marty Music – 3am lesson via Marty Swartz, @Learning To Fly via Lauren Bateman…

So, what am I getting at here? What’s the catch? I’ll leave you with this: Whether it’s learning the guitar outright, formal music lessons, finger position etc. from a music perspective, or general reading, Toastmasters (speech improvement), welding, community stewardship etc… whatever it may be, try it for 20/30 mins a day. Dedicate the time to developing this habit, a new habit. Good habits are hard to find, and the value in what we are targeting here in this post. Yes, this post being specific to guitar, and may be more about ‘writing’ for me as well but deep down writing might be it’s own blocker, fatigue mostly. I’m a firm believer in finding new skills, making new connections and pushing myself further than the day prior. Also, and final note, I’ve had access to a guitar sometime in my life since college, 20+ years, time to pick it up, tune it, and start learning today.

Good luck with your own activity to start today, grind away

September 2, 2023November 25, 2023

TPU Driver, Assembly Support Plate and More

New Assembly, Drive Drive Extruder, Support Back Plate and Rail Wheels

Lab Work – Building and Buying Parts On The Supply List

… a few more days folks, a new extruder support plate for the Ender 3 Neo Max is on the way. Not on back order, but awaiting the last piece so the rebuild can commence.

Before the assembly and new direct drive can be upgraded, we found an ‘issue’ with the back support plate (including wheels and bolts) are out of whack. Following the printer ‘meltdown’ a few months back, check out the results of that print here… The final piece in the rebuild is this support back plate. There is to much play, movement, space between the assembly and guide rails. I’m not sure (I don’t recall the play or any movement between the assembly, support plate, wheels and rails). I would think there is no or very little ‘wiggle room’/tolerance in those items. That said, I can almost remove/lift off the assembly housing, extruder and back plate from the guide rails under tension. Third sign, in this case, it was time to replace the support plate, bolts and wheels to ensure an improved upgrade and/or fix.

Anyhow, all the pieces and parts have been removed from the initial purchase. So, for picture sake, we’ve got the frame, base, and guide rails and that’s it. All parts have been removed for the moment. ~3 weeks now, awaiting the OEM support plate. Ultimately, we are looking at a clean rebuild, OEM parts with a few upgrades (direct drive, replacing the Bowden extruder) to allow for TPU, Wood/Bamboo, Carbon, Metal, Organics and more. System upgrades might come later, the goal being more power to compensate for the downforces on the extruder head in the direct dirve case. Caution, there are differences between the Direct-drive and Bowden extruders, obviously advantages and disadvantages for both… maintenance and care being the most complex for the direct-drive variety. The goal with the direct-drive ‘pivot’ is the heat, extrusion pressure, retraction and a much broader range of filament materials. I will stick to the update advantages/disadvantages for the sake of this article. The opposite being the vs. advantages/disadvantages. One more time, more materials, heat, pressure, and variety vs maintenance (a lot of maintenance). I use the break/fix method – parts being less expensive in the printer ecosystem to replace. May not be wise, but sometimes you’ve got to break-it to understand the machine or engineering behind the magic.

Final thoughts, parts help, build yourself a parts bin, part out used and gently used parts to cut-down on out of pocket expenses, learn how to maintain and reuse your gadgets. Don’t forget to fail fast, when working on such equipment… short-term break fix expenses go along way when dealing with 3d printers, drones, computers and more.

August 30, 2023November 25, 2023

Disposal Problem

No Grind, Time For A New Disposal

Lab Work – Emergency Fix

A few weeks back now, had a minor issue with the sink/disposal, picture here is worth a thousand words… or more

After the problem had been discovered, it was time to replace the disposal unit. After further investigation, rust had seized the disposal or was continuing to cause further damage internally. We did crack (remove the seal and screws) the top off the disposal unit, honestly, I thought this unit was way past it’s usefulness, a timely discovery I might add.

So the title, ‘no grind on the original, and same for the replacement… The replacement had a short in the wiring, so, I opted for the new 3/4 hp unit shown here… same brand. Check out the final install down below. These are usually plug and play, assuming pipes and plugs are available, also a reason that I stuck with the same brand. I didn’t want to hack away at the existing piping, cabinetry etc, just want to maintain and in this case boost the output. You’ll see a slight increase in HP, a plastic outercase/shell and a sparkly new (newly cleaned) lower cabinet for it’s foreseeable future. What a mess. Moving along, fix in place, watch what you put down the sink etc. Remember to check sealant between disposal and connector. We had a little leakage that has now been remedied. Same for placing a small bin in case of water leaks or intrusion in the future.

Hopefully, you can learn a thing or two, be sure to unplug disposals, have some extra ‘shop’ towels to mop up excess water or worse, sink goo, make sure local power outlets are off and to be safe, turn off water where applicable.

August 12, 2023November 26, 2023

TPU Update

New Assembly and Drive Drive Extruder

Lab Work – Bolt On Upgrades

We are updating the extruder, bolt on direct drive upgrade and replacing the Series 3 full assembly body.

PLA is great, TPU might be better. Of course, if you need flexibility over rigidity… this assumes you want to test TPU filament. First, we replace the existing assembly body on the MAX NEO, and bolt on the new extruder to help with the TPU issues*. A little more on the issues, TPU requires*/needs more ‘umph’ to drive the flexible TPU filament through the assembly and out the nozzle. The direct drive helps will ‘refinement’ and focus on pushing and pulling the filament more accurately and more precise. Again, not something that is a *requirement, however, I’ve seen enough test prints now, it’s time to make the switch. So, here is the bolt on solution from Creality for the Ender 3-Series, MAX NEO.

Look for additional photos and mini-clips covering the install shortly. In the meantime, here is a brief unboxing and assembly tear-down. Thanks!

August 5, 2023November 26, 2023

NES F-1 Race

Race Formula 1

Lab Work – Break Out The Controllers

Another great option for you racing fans out there, Race F-1, F-1 Race.

For those Rad Racer, FZero and Kart fans, don’t forget about F-1 Race. Very similar to Rad Racer, from what I remember, refresh your memory with @worldOfLongplays play through. I’ve not heard screeching tires and high quality 8 Byte sound effects as good as F-1 in a long time. While I’m on the sound quality bit, I was always fascinated with game sound effects, and what the developers were able to enhance in-game gameplay. Also, while Mario Kart, FZero, Excitebike (not going to name all my favorites, excluding arcade games e.g. Cruisin’, Daytona or MotoGP) and maybe Super OffRoad, F-1 Race is spectacular. Great classic game, a change in pace and scenery is nice as well.

I’ve touched on Kart and Excitebike, I might pull in Al Unser’s racing at some point as well. In any case, if you can get a hold of a copy, F-1 Race is a great game, difficult to handle at times but overall a great time. Give F-1 Race a shot, enjoy.

August 4, 2023November 26, 2023

NES – Double Dribble

Let’s Jump Into Some NES Classics

Lab Work – It’s Double Dribble Time

Thought it would be nice to post a bunch of old NES/SNES/SEGA?DREAMCAST Games

Starting with what might be one of my favorite baseketball games, maybe due to the ‘slam ball’ cut scenes. I was awful at the game way back when… painfully awful. Game got a bit easier to play once you figured out how to ‘steal’ by standing infront of the machine player or second player and swiping away at the ball. A foul or two would occur, more likely in the painted area. Causing freethrow shots. Anyhow, check out the play through, bask in the glory of the dunk cut scenes – Jordan-likeness, Byrd-likeness etc.

August 3, 2023November 26, 2023

NES – Rad Racer

Rad NES Classics

Lab Work – The Classics With @NintendoComplete

Adding to the list of old NES/SNES/SEGA?DREAMCAST Games, we toss in Rad Racer. Same for the content via NintendoComplete. If you like the content, feel free to subscribe.

Between RBI, JAWS, Double Dribble and Rad Racer was great… a good game from the start, maybe due to it’s ‘ability’ to play with limited skills. Again, as a child, I think it might be relative, I was not very good at games, board games/cards; maybe. There were a few games I remember being decent, above novice etc. SOCOM, Contra, Mario Kart, Street Fighter Series, NHL Hockey… Rad Racer was in the top 15 games that were playable as a kid, button smashing, no patience; New NES. You get the ghist.

Next, let’s hop into playing classic games… Check out ArcadeSpot. There are others, but I’ve not gone down the proverbial online rabbit hole. Initially, I wanted a away to check out the old games. As you will see if you check out the link below for Rad Racer. Two, I’ve looked to outfit the office with an old NES or emulator system that may offer an experience similar to those of the past. The rom systems in my opinion are out (out of scope), I need to look into the OEM’s or original systems. And how to retrofit those for modern gaming or modern office space. Lastly, I’ll post another post here again, just for those who might want to dig into more online games. It does help to have remote controllers, or some sort of controller. If not, no big deal. You can play classic games with the ‘keyboard/mouse’ setup. It will not be NES controller, or the bad graphics (assuming you have modern compute and display hardware). Check out play old games like Rad Racer.

August 1, 2023December 2, 2023

NES Excitebike

Find @nintendoComplete Online, Starting With Excitebike

Lab Work – Excitebike

Huge Excitebike Fan, custom stages, max jumps; game before it’s time.

First, a slight gripe, bike tempurature control/problems (which is annoying, cause that’s now how bikes really work when you hammer down the throttle). After a few runs, you can pick up on timing and ramp pace, get a few wins under your belt.. Race cut scenes have aged, but are really good for aging game. A Fan? Get an official Excitebike t-shirt, only a couple of days to have it shipped and ‘in hand’.In comparison, this might be my favorite racing game, outside of MarioKart, FZero or maybe F1 ’22 (which again, in my mind outside the boundary of throwback games and nostalgia associated with early game consoles). Anyhow, this game is in my phantom top 3 I think, just cause of the action. I believe it was a head of it’s time, graphics weren’t all that complicated, screen moves right-to-left with obstacles, especially like the striped ramps and speed arrows…

More on the customization though, once you’ve played most of the game, you may want to try your hand at creating you’re own track/track obstacles. I remember building these tracks for days, xlarge ramps, little ramps, speed arrows and striped ramps to see how many jumps I could complete in one go. Don’t forget the ramps with the large extensions, like half of a bridge sans one side. Those things can wreak havoc on your game play, including the mega-berms. Honestly don’t recall what each of the obstacles are called, but it’s worth a watch, if you don’t have access to an online game console, ROM, emulator or Authentic NES

Follow along with @nintencoComplete has a go at Excitebike, excellent playthrough. I’ve covered this channel for awhile now, we will start mixing in Sega, Sony and other game consoles soon. One last item, check out the Design Mode around ~21min marker… Nostalgia.

I skipped the screenshots, check out @nintendoCompete work, it’s epic. You always catch old NES games and more on Retrogames.cz if you want to stay up on legacy games etc. There are others, today we will hightlight Retrogames.cz. Cheers.

July 29, 2023November 26, 2023

Pro Wrestling

Got Have Some NES Pro Wrestling

Lab Work – Who You Choosing? I’m Going With The Amazonian

Star Man, Giant Panther or The Amazon; Wrestling Greats

Pro Wrestling was a great game, a great two player game if you could find someone who put enough hours in on the game as you did. The flips, the chops, the out-of-the-ring play is excellent. I didn’t put this on my top 5 or 10 games, I thought of this as a game I could always come back and play. So, as far as playability, this is up there on that top tier listing. This is like Goldenye, or Kart, Streetfighter, Lemmings, Virtual Tennis, Tiger Woods Golf, even FIFA. The game is timeless, and still remains on my all time playability list. There are games, you want to playthrough like Contra, or Super Mario… but none are like this. ((Shoutout)) to @nintendoComplete for the excellent playthrough. The wrestling animation was fantastic, characters were awesome – Star Man, Giant Panther and The Amazon. I do remember some of the characters taking sometime to beat in ‘story mode’, overall great 2 player game as I mentioned above.

Side note – If you all are looking for old NES or Sega games, maybe games you had trouble with e.g. Altered Beast, RC Grand Prix, Hang On, Alex Kidd, Goldeneye, Road Rash (there are plenty more on that list), check out @nintendoCompleteto fulfill that need or closure for some!

Anyhow, don’t forget those old Sega Games, Alex Kidd in Miracle World… It’s great to see someone beat the game. Cheers

July 25, 2023November 26, 2023

NES Ice Climber

Climb’n Ice

Lab Work – Play Ice Climber Now

NES – Ice Climber

Kong Fan? Rampage? Gyromite? Do you remember Ice Climber? Play Ice Climber online now! I recall ‘pain’, I was never good at the game. Games was epic for ’85/’86, I remember it like it was yesterday. A childhood friend owned the game console with a few games, Ice Climber included. We had the console, Super Mario, Baseball, Excitebike, Duck Hunt (can’t remember if we had other original games, may be Zelda as a side purchase). Anyhow, the point here, the neighborhood kid had this game, which means time on the console/game was limited. I don’t think it would’ve made a difference anyhow. I was terrible at the game. Regardless, the game was awesome, reminiscent of those games above, the Donkey Kong’s or Rampage, bottom-up racing games. Races included ice, stone obstacles, bears, birds, and other creatures… Awesome.

Just to note, Ice Climber, Gyromite were included in the original ~17 game series on the US Nintendo Entertainment System. Don’t quote me on the total number of games released in the original US lineup, but here is what I’ve gathered – Duck Hunt, Gyromite, 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu CLu Land, Donkey Kong Jr., Excitebike, Golf, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman and Wrecking Crew. The point, Gyromite was another sideview puzzle game, with a crazy old professor/scientist, avoiding pipes and critters. Good time to mentioned R.O.B., with Gyromite… NES R.O.B. also included in the US NES release, although shelf life was short. The point here it is linear, moving right-to-left, up-and-down with a cool robot accessory to help open pipes.

Anyhow, tangent there… Ice Climber was a great game, one of the original games on the NES console, jump, climb and hack (mallet) your way to the top.

Final thought, out of the 17 original games on the NES console, Ice Climber was a great game, vertical boards, 2 player fun; game difficulty – hard as can be for ~1985-86. I’ll cover some Nintendo controllers/accessories – Power Glove, Power Mat, Game Genie, R.O.B, NES Light Gun etc. in future posts.

July 12, 2023December 23, 2023

Candy Crush – Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush

Lab Work – Teeing Up Candy Crush

Have an extra few mins to solve puzzles, like candy? Candy Crush might be just the game you need for those game time moments.

Sugar Crush – Candy Crush, specifically Candy Crush has been around for awhile, I picked up Sugar at the beginning of ’23… was playing this game in my down time, between Factorio and Clash Of Clans. First, Candy Crush is a great puzzle game, similar to those who like Connect Four, Othello, Tetris or a paper crossword puzzle. Be ready, quick on your feet. Sugar is a great game, great animation and more. I prefer Sugar over the previous versions of Candy Crush, as the game feels more ironed out. Back to the other games, Factorio remains as it’s a desktop game, while CoC and Candy Crush both mobile games have gone dormant per say.

Let me explain a bit further, CoC, I’ve played for some 10+ years? TH15, maxed prior to the wall max release and a few new characters etc. The lifecycle of the game has come and gone for me. Two, in regards to Sugar Crush, the dragon stages, you’ll know when you get there, game experience ‘feels’ like you might not be able to pass without coming out of pocket with in-game purchases.

Now, I’m sure there are plenty of people/folks out there who’ve completed the dragon stages, I’ve not. Kudos to those who have. I might need to do a little internet research, I guess. However, I likened the experience to my childhood, playing Gyromite, Castlevania or even Super Mario; and you can’t get out of the rut. I feel like I just can’t ‘beat’ a particular area/stage/puzzle etc. So, without going down the rabbit hole, what I tend to do is set the game down, uninstall until it’s time to pick it up again. I know brutal, the cycle… moreover, I look to pick up the game every other month or so, a new install is a must. Perhaps it would be easier to just pick up with the dragon area…

In-game screenshots to follow, it’s been a month or two since my last ‘go’. Look for game experience in the next few weeks.

July 4, 2023November 26, 2023

Ender Print Issue Round 26: Vat Cover Print

Latest Ender Chaos

Lab Work – Humor Is The Only Way Sometimes

The Lead, 6 hour+ print, print – a Halot Sky Resin vat cover via an Ender 3 Neo Max… 5+ hours post starting time, we ran into issues. Lot’s of issues!

From missing hand (tension) screws, belts, PLA matter covering 40% or more of the printer/extrusion head, print matter splayed out around adhesion plate, off plate and more. Walked in on tension belt removing itself from the printer head (oh snap). I’ll share pictures below, anyhow, we have the printer head back together, PLA cleaned off, tension belts applied… next and not captured below, replace adhesion plate, tension screws, and machine restart for calibration. Look for update posts here in the next day or two.

Purpose of the print? I wanted to get a cover on the Halot Sky (V1) Resin vat… not sure where the original cover might have been misplaced, broken, scrapped or lost. Moreover, the print was lost, looks like the print didn’t adhere to the plate, ironing is off, and printer head was found plowing the print plate. By the way, not a great sound, tension belts releasing and printer head/plate friction. Anyhow, the print fix is in process, we will post more at a later date/time.

Next replace plate, hand screws, springs, restart/update firmware and calibration.

July 3, 2023November 26, 2023

Supercell (Clash) Terms Update

T’s & C’s; Let’s see what’s changing in the terms moving forward

Materials – New Terms, New Character and New Chaos

We’ve officially retired our CoC account, just following the last update which ushered in additional TH15 and hero levels, a split builder camp and multi-level builder battles. I’ll keep my update thoughts aside as we started with the ‘retirement’ message.

See above, we recently received the following T’s/S’s… Curious to see the ‘main’ reason for the Supercell ID connection rules. Although I will keep it clean, this appears to be a play to premaritally cement online players with a particular user/id. It’s one thing to drive up usage, broaden game play; but ‘pure update for you as the player’ sounds fishy. Anyhow, if you want to disconnect your account, contact Supercell Support before September 2023.

May be worth a chat, connect the Supercell Team…

June 30, 2023November 26, 2023

Connect

Sallee Technology 3rd Quarter ’23, Connect with us today

Connect With Us

Lab Work – 3d Printing Support

The Lead, 6 hours plus print, print – a Halot Sky Resin vat cover via an Ender 3 Max Neo… 5+ hours post starting time, we ran into issues. Lot’s of issues!

Next replace plate, hand screws, springs, restart/update firmware and calibration.

June 27, 2023November 26, 2023

Ender Filament and Adhesion Issues

Print Plate Surface Adhesion and Heating Issues. Filaments

3D Printer Adhesion Issues with PLA and TPU

Lab Work – Ender Issues Defined

A few more weeks of Ender issues…

I’ll be posting more Ender ‘lite’ issues, as the TPU trial continues so does the filament challenges. Although, the filament change was strictly lab work for the bait designs down the road… same for some locking mechanisms etc. where application of TPU will be more suitable; (excuse the tangent), core printing hasn’t stopped and the challenges continue with PLA. Anything from slicer issues – Creality Software to Ultimaker Cura, Sonic Pad issues, filament run temp, new surface temperature issues… we’ve got a lot to cover.

I’ll break these down into 2 or 3 new posts over the next week. We will cover surface adhesion again as well. Surface adhesion and surface temp seem to cause most of the issues on the Ender Max Neo. I will reserve the right, tinkering doesn’t always produce perfect prints even 60%, 80% of the time. I would argue, the more runs the better in order to increase that 60% likelihood of printing successes.

I shared this picture specifically to cover thickness, fragility and test prints. Get to printing!

June 20, 2023November 26, 2023

Brussels & Bacon

Like Bacon, Maple Syrup?

Lab Work – Maple Glazed Bacon Brussel Sprouts

A moment of honesty, I’ve never liked Brussel sprouts; I know the shame.

Yes, the horror… Brussels… did I mention bacon and maple syrup? Like most things, I’ve learned to like the Brussel with bacon finished with maple syrup. Never would I ever put maple syrup on Brussels and bacon, but, yes, it’s good.

I’m not a foodie or a food blogger/vlogger etc, but I could do some Brussels and bacon. You know, I might post a few more things beyond the Brussels/bacon, the sous vide ‘meat’… I think I might try and share the trial and tribulations of making a simple donut, some creme brulee and may be a great soft pretzel. Again, take it or leave it, I thought it might be a good experiment or disastrous. Making great internet content.

Look for a few more items to creep into the output section, along with the sous vide adventures. And yes, some fantastic Brussels finished in maple syrup and bacon. Enjoy

June 12, 2023November 26, 2023

Ender 3 Max Neo Filament

Printer Base Stabilization, Adhesion and Print Heights

Lab Work – TPU Speed and Cycle Times

I’d say, a typical print cycle might run between 2-5 hours, may be more, while the norm has been 2-5 hours. Recently, we’ve extended the top run times(longer), to a timeframe just under 12 hours for our test models. Shockingly, both print tests resulted in the following mess.

So, a paper towel holder caused this… twice. At first glance the further the print test progressed into the ‘higher’ portion of the test (meaning as the printout got taller, the print out saw issues). So, somewhere between about inch 4 and 5, both print tests went haywire. I’m starting to think there is shaking issue with the table or even a stabilization issue where the printer lives. Both might be addressed with a singular print of the base slices, the holder ends, screws, rod and washers. Printing these items separately, meaning the pieces and parts to attach the towel roll and the rod. The rod that is slung between the holders can be printed in a secondary or tertiary step; this is where we are headed next. *mitigation issue number one. Or, address the stabilization. The printers ‘live’ where they stand today, so not much I can do to shift those around. Once, I receive new filament, we will print the rod and if it works, great. If not, then step two becomes more tedious. More or less it’s a space issue in the office… Filament should be here later today, I’ll post a quick short summary once I’ve finished up the rod slice, assuming success.

Ironically enough, a similar issue was taking place when I ran TPU through the machine. Although I don’t think they are related, adhesion was the culprit with TPU. Of which we will address in a future post, once we get the correct nozzle temps, print speed and adhesion work around setup correctly. I’m hearing/reading adhesion spray of sorts or glue. Another day, we tackle those 3d printer issues/phantom printing phenomenon.