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@NoisySilence This one is for you...

This is the video that got me into doing super high quality prints on my FDM printers. The video goes into this way better than I will be able to but there are a few comments:

1) Seriously, give it a try... your printer can probably do much higher quality than you ever thought

2) Slow WAY down... the "Top layers = 9999" hack he talks about is really doing nothing except halving the print speed for all the layers. Slow down to like 25mm/s and this is not really needed.

3) Find the 'magic numbers' for your stepper motors through experimentation. In theory 0.04 layer height should have been optimal for me but 0.05 is what actually works for me.

4) Run a bunch of heat column tests. Every filament, brand to brand and even spool to spool needs different temps for really smooth surfaces.

5) ...and stringing tests. "z hop on nozzle moves" is your friend. Stringing causes surface warts and surface warts look like shit.

6) Experiment with ironing.

7) If you are using PrusaSlicer or Slic3r... Don't. Go download Cura. I know the UI is less intuitive but it really can do everything Slicer can and do it all better... The gcode rendering is better. Trust me on this one.

@NoisySilence This one is for you... This is the video that got me into doing super high quality prints on my FDM printers. The video goes into this way better than I will be able to but there are a few comments: 1) Seriously, give it a try... your printer can probably do much higher quality than you ever thought 2) Slow WAY down... the "Top layers = 9999" hack he talks about is really doing nothing except halving the print speed for all the layers. Slow down to like 25mm/s and this is not really needed. 3) Find the 'magic numbers' for your stepper motors through experimentation. In theory 0.04 layer height should have been optimal for me but 0.05 is what actually works for me. 4) Run a bunch of heat column tests. Every filament, brand to brand and even spool to spool needs different temps for really smooth surfaces. 5) ...and stringing tests. "z hop on nozzle moves" is your friend. Stringing causes surface warts and surface warts look like shit. 6) Experiment with ironing. 7) If you are using PrusaSlicer or Slic3r... Don't. Go download Cura. I know the UI is less intuitive but it really can do everything Slicer can and do it all better... The gcode rendering is better. Trust me on this one.

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I went to grad school on full scholarship (computer science). I have 3 patents. How I KNOW what is being sold is a long con.

I know about the complexities, I'm talking about the prototyping. I was just framing the (hypothetic, first thing that popped into my head (for free)) example into a context of reality (practical).

Is Buddha really FOR you (asian)? or are you putting on airs here?

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I went to grad school on full scholarship (computer science). I have 3 patents. How I KNOW what is being sold is a long con.

...but you are afraid of 'MATH'? That stretches credibility

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I'm talking about the TARGET demographic, who DO NOT KNOW (At all usuall) higher order mathematics. and YES I AM afraid of math, it would HAPPILY steal EVERY waking moment of MY life from me, and when I died, I would be NO closer to completely understanding it in ANY sort of unifying manner of ultimate understanding of things (How to live perfectly). It's a language (INSUFFICIENT) that describes (so far) less than 1% of what there IS to be described, and it will NEVER get any higher than THAT.

The target demographic has NO IDEA that THIS is TRUE. Like the "Vego matic" they BUY it from RonCo and after 15 minutes of discovering it's like a monkey bying a fighter jet, it sits in their closet FOREVER, destiny the DUMP when they DIE.

It's a LONG CON. a CRIME. I'm calling the police, or I would, except they're TOO STUPID to correct the REAL problems with prison.