thwil

joined 1 year ago
[–] thwil@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

honestly it destroys lemmy experience for me because it makes lemmy look like a bot-cloned reddit. i barely ever see genuine posts at all.

[–] thwil@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Nice parts! I'm still waiting for my parts (slow post), which should arrive soon.

After some back and forth with their support I actually like them. When they can't do something, they explain it plainly and suggest that you modify the model. Time delays are just something I needed to adjust to after many years of using the PCB service.

[–] thwil@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I have decent experience using my own FDM printer and third party services using SLS, I design my own mechanical parts too. I know what you mean and I know joy and frustrations of owning a 3d printer. There's no arguing that quick turnaround helps design process tremendously. It's just currently I have to make do without one.

They (JLC) have requirements well specified and automatic rule checker rejects problematic parts. I had several virtual iterations with it before I got my parts dialed in. They should cause no problems.

As for them restarting failed prints, heh. I really hope not. Large machines tend to be loaded to the brim with multiple jobs combined and they are pretty reliable.

[–] thwil@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't have a 3d printer currently and will not be able to get one in near future.

Also not all 3d printing technologies are equal. Each has its strengths and limitations. FDM doesn't cover all bases.

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Printing at JLC (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thwil@lemmy.sdf.org to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
 

Can we discuss printing using services (jlcpcb, pcbway, shapeways etc) here? Materials, limitations, personal experiences etc?

I'm having a strange experience with JLC 3d printing service. 72 hours is looking to be a week tomorrow. Customer support said that they "will try to ship it soon" after I contacted them after the order status hasn't been changing for 2 days

This is so different to their main business, PCB making, which is extremely sharp and smart.

Upd: after contacting them, they shipped the order.

 

Is there a pico-sdk based hello world for c++? Basically CMakeLists.txt and main.cpp with a led blinker. On the surface everything is C based. Thanks!

 

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[–] thwil@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dude.. have you been printing with steel cable instead of filament?