I’d suggest sanding with coarse to medium sand paper, then filler primer. The sanding will help with primer adhesion and reduce the number of extra coats.

oh. sure. that’s why trump won’t be paying his bills…

there you go…forgetting service and manufacturing sectors… and everybody else who simply can’t work remote because the nature of the job precludes it.

This is 'murica. we use Webster’s here.

(sorry. couldn’t resist. you are correct. this isn’t a solution.)

not really. Well let me put it this way. The firearms that are entirely 3d printed are basically one-shot weapons.

the firearms that are single-printed components (or maybe more,) aren’t printing components that are part of the firing mechanism. for example, the DefCad team, they’re printing lower receiver for an AR. All the lower receiver does is holds the magazine in place for feeding into the chamber. For some technically obscure reason, it’s the part that is defined as “the” firearm for the purposes of registration.

the reason most ghost guns aren’t actually being printed is because there’s easier ways to get better firearms. Like driving to a state that allows the gunshow loophole and buying them cheap and flipping them in NY or whatever. printed ghost guns are… relatively uncommon, overall.

an Ender 3’s print quality is too low to reliably handle any of the critical components, even for one or two uses. something like the defcad AR lower receiver (which is for some odd reason designated as “the firearm” under ATF regulations…) can absolutely be printed, but not reliably by an ender 3- at least not a stock ender 3. (the defcad team was using resin printers for the dimensional accuracy.)

in any case, you can go to any big box hardware store, drop around 30 bucks in plumbing parts and some quality time with a dremel will produce a fully automatic firearm. should we now regulate plumbing hardware?

“Three-dimensionally printed firearms, a type of untraceable ghost gun, can be built by anyone using a $150 three-dimensional printer,” Rajkumar wrote in a memorandum explaining the bill. “This bill will require a background check so that three-dimensional printed firearms do not get in the wrong hands.”

… No way an ender 3 is going to produce something that doesn’t blow up in your hand.

so. i suggest people get that 150 dollar lol-printer. Should take care of itself.

the problem is, then i a can’t leave at lunch if my shit’s done. And lets be honest, nobody was doing shit on friday anyhow…

and incidentally, this fear of accusation causes an inherent bias in the opposite direction. Slap him in jail already. Communication only through his lawyers. or maybe only through court appointed lawyers. Because, you know, his lawyers are also likely to be criminals.

white loves matter

Why does that sound like some kind Log Cabin porn?

Well… you haven’t met Kyle. When he lets one rip… everybody in the room teleports outta there. dude should ask his doctor about lactose intolerance…

You called?

90’s sitcom. I can hear kramer obsessing about his belly button lint.

what’s a bit of snuggling between friends?

Like… we switched to meeting on discord and I scribbled out updates to the ‘table’ in paint. none of the VTT’s were flexible enough for the homebrews I was cooking up, though.

I’ve got a neighbor whose cat is veritable feline Houdini… he gets out every so often. And usually, it’s to come over to my green house and steal carrots. (yeah, don’t ask. he doesn’t eat them. doesn’t take them home. We have no idea what he does with them.)

Don’t ask questions. just embrace it. (I’ve gotten to catsit Sykes on a few occasions now. the old man is a blast.)

My advice is to get the best printer within your budget. Remember that printers usually have additional costs- especially the low-cost models like creality printers.

Solid choices to look at are the Prusa mk4s, uktimakers are also a solid choice.

I would suggest before getting a creality look for the number of upgrades catered to them- and then realize that’s because that’s what people generally find important to upgrade.

They’re not always necessary (angle supports, for example) but in general, crealities will need new extruded gears and hot end, if it doesn’t come with ABL, then a bl touch (and probably a new board,). This is in addition to the printable upgrades (like part cooling ducts,).

Generally anything in the price range of an ender 3 is going to need some love. Which, might have some arguments for as a learning curve… but that learning curve is not as gentle as with other printers. You might save a little, but you will out grow them quickly.

Regardless, stay with it! My dad described 3d printers as feeling like it did with very early computers and his Commodore 64. (Aka very exciting.). Of you need help reach out - this is a great group, there’s also the prusa forums (and repository for stls,)

think that’s the problem. it’s like carrying in the heavy bags of salt or stuff. gotta have two. to stay balanced.

you know. one printer with the .1mm nozzle (and the gear train on the extruder to make that work… bleh) and another printer with the 1mm nozzle and 3mm filament, and another with the direct drive for the TPU and stuff… and maybe a paste extrusion… and maybe… uh…

…okay maybe I have a problem…

That’s nice print!

it’s better to hobby with the kids, than not. When I first got into 3d printing…. My dad had one of those freebie inkjet printers; you know the ones… “free with computer,” but then the inkjet cartridges cost more than the PC did?

It ran out of ink, he was grumbly about it. So I asked if imcould have it. A few months later on was talking about printing stuff on it… I think he wanted to print out taxes. Yeah. “It doesn’t print those kinds of things any more…”

This was late 90’s? I read an article in … maybe it was popular mechanics or something like that… and got obsessed) that was a hideous printer.

I feel like that dog’s theme song is a rickroll on repeat