Is it running Klipper or something else?
In Klipper I have my controller board fan set to speed up only when there’s any active heaters or stepper drivers?
E.g. fires up only when moving/heating or printing but not when idle. Even then it’s set to a reasonable 80% threshold.
I always took the unhinged erratic behavior as the point (Ala Ledgers Joker) but I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on it.
I don’t think so… just thinking of some of the best performances of complex villains lately.
Add the Amanda Plummer as Vadic. Those are some phenomenal performances.
I feel you on getting these things settled. My Frankender is pretty reliable and making sure the foundational stuff is good is key.
Here’s a comment I made here about a year back breaking down how to square, align and level these things
https://lemmy.world/comment/7904011
The context is Klipper which I’m running but the physical stuff applies across the board
May be a good time to see if there bits of filament in the extruder gears and if they’re ok. And, if they are, to clean the nozzle either by using filament or a cold pull.
And there’s the issue with embedded security stuff.
Because they’re really good out of the box printers and prior to this for somebody that wanted something that “just works” it would be Prusa or Bambu I’d recommend.
I love tinkering and tweaking and I’m building a Voron but it’s not hard to understand how overwhelming choices can be and it’s understandable that people would choose to lock into an ecosystem specifically because it lets them just print.
I would never buy a Bambu and wouldn’t recommend it for anybody building a company with essential components having them in the pipeline but then again most people aren’t that aware and their research, understandably, led them to buying one.
I agree with OP, this is an opportunity to be empathic and to help them. And they’re learning the hard way a lesson they’ll take forward. I’d prefer that lesson to be “more careful” and not “these people are snobs”
If there’s no periods of rest… yes.
There’s also the retraction/wipe of filament. So if you can’t do it inside the print then the tower is used to give that surface to wipe off against.
Worst case then would be boogers/wisps
Here’s what that looks like for me. Basically a controller_fan configured to kick off with the steppers.
#Case fan for cooling when heating bed [controller_fan controller_fan] pin: YOUR_FAN_PIN_HERE heater: heater_bed stepper: stepper_x,stepper_y,stepper_z heater_temp: 40.0 fan_speed: 0.8 shutdown_speed: 1.0 kick_start_time: 0.5