Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by NikolaeVarius on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:12PM
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I would disagree due to the sheer amount of time it takes to print everything. 3D printers are still slow.
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Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by TeMPOraL on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:28PM
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That matters only if you pay someone else for machine time. If you own a decent 3D printer, you just leave it on and occasionally fix whatever issue is messing up the ongoing print.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by NikolaeVarius on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:37PM
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Except that requires you to babysit the printer. There isn't a "good" way of monitoring longer prints. Either you spend time just sitting next to the printer constantly, or you walk away and pray it works.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by TeMPOraL on Friday November 30, 2018 @04:43PM
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True, but that reduces the problem to "not possible for everyone". If you work remotely, and have a printer next to your computer, it's entirely doable. My coworker set up his printer at his parents' house, and built a system for remote control & monitoring, including a camera pointed at the print bed. He does remote prints this way.
Re:I 3D-printed every bit of my wedding, including my bouquet
by dekhn on Friday November 30, 2018 @06:32PM
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once the first layer is done clean, you can leave (and most people who have long running prints have video cameras watching). I do overnights all the time and rarely have problems other than running out of filament