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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Government contractors are the largest source of waste and it should be no surprise. Anything purely government-run has been forced to function on shoestring budgets for decades now. Meanwhile the government pays top dollar for anything farmed out to private business because of how the contracting system is set up, largely thanks to unfettered lobbying.

    This is why the military budget is over a trillion dollars now. Even as overextended as the US military is, defense contracts get the lion’s share. The military itself is stuck working with minimums.

    If lobbying and contract bidding rules were fixed we would see crazy opportunities to make budget cuts.






  • Just checking on things, no offense intended for anything I asked and I apologize if it came off that way.

    The voids we’re seeing look like possible under extrusion and I didn’t see that mentioned before. If you haven’t changed any of those settings that is likely not the issue. All of the printers I’ve worked with do just fine with default settings.

    Do you have infill set at 100%? I may have missed that detail. What pattern is selected for the infill? Some patterns work better than others.

    How tight are the rollers for all three axes? They should be just tight enough to prevent any wobble in each direction. Too tight and the print head might be restricted.

    Last thing for this round: Since you’re getting smudges of the other color, your temps may be set too high.

    Just some late night thoughts for now. Hopefully something might ring a bell.