7/11/2026 - 78th Update!

in theory, the last one? in reality, probably not. anyways, it’s 3:22 PM, today’s reveal/edit day! of course, i got a bit of table clean up to do and recording, but i also wanted to play around with the settings a little more to get a somewhat better print? (and maybe test another print since this ones a little small) anyways, parent meeting at 5 PM today, gonna be attending on the side while probably editing? im planning on doing two more test prints before then

test 1:

turned layer speeds from 90mm/s to 70mm/s
increase flow ratio from 1.15 to 1.21
decrease skirt loops from 7 to 5

ok, 3:43 PM, sliced and uploaded, heaters all heated, ready to go! gonna use the bathroom, seems to be printing well though! back at 3:55 PM, it printed well and ended well! gonna modify the ending gcode to cool down, analyzing results now! kinda wanna replace the middle tape strip since i kinda messed up and removed a ripped a bit of it while scrapping the skirts off (whoops), gonna go for one more print, im pretty satisfied, this ones gonna be a bigger test print (not a benchy yet though), im thinking calibration cube?

test 2:

increase flow rate from 1.21 to 1.30
decreae rotation distance from 6.4 to 6.0
increase deretraction speed from 6mm/s to 6.5mm/s
decrease jerk for
- x (5mm/s to 4.5mm/s)
- y (5mm/s to 4.5mm/s)
- z (0.2mm/s to 0.175mm/s)
- x (0.3mm/s to 0.25mm/s)

gonna use this makerworld one for this!

intrested to see how this one goes! it’s more of a z axis and consistency ending test

should have just enough filament? expecting like 2-3cm left on the top after this? might not have enough on the top but that should be fine? hopefully? i mean, if i see the filaments about to run out id rather end the test? idk

footage time

yeah its kinda… erm. it kinda failed to print beyond the base layer, seems to just struggle with grabbing filament on its side, let me get a straw real quick, nvm, just used a piece of filament taped down for it, i think its just a filament grabbing issue (probably fighting against the curl?), so yeah, this should straighten that out a bit?

test 3 (aka, 2 again), decided not to change anything, here we go!

gonna focus on footage for this one

so that might have been the… worst prints ive seen, but sure

ok, just added the filament from the spool, should be ready for a bigger test?

test 4:

changed max volumetric speed from 5mm^3/s to 3mm^3/s
turned flow ratio from 1.3 down to 1.22
rotation distance reverted from 6.0 back to 6.4

oh yeah heres the image of the cube

yeah, gonna go for a 50% benchy

erm 50 minute print uhh, well, 5:50 PM, now or never, i guess imma setup for a reveal scene

ok, created a nice set for filming, gonna be doing mostly footage stuff while this prints, not really any timelapse? i guess i could? ok, hopefully printing and footage done by 7PM, then probably editing or dinner sometime around there (yes, todays the end day i think, at least my goal)

ok, quite some time later, gonna speedrun dinner, its 7:31 PM though i was away for a bit before then

welcome back, 9:11 PM, did a bit of footage getting earlier, here goes a print

so. half way through. turns out our cold end/heatsink or whatever kinda doesnt cool it well enough. essentially, yeah. it just started curling up halfway in. yeah. however, it did successfuly print half of it!

test 5:

turned layer speeds from 70mm/s to 80mm/s
changed max volumetric speed from 4mm^3/s to 3mm^3/s (seems like i forgot to do it whoops)

most devious gcode modifications and slicer shenanigans later

devious part 2

well, it’s 6:02 AM now, after lots of editing, submitted the forms, time to head off to bed! and yeah, good night!