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I wish I could definitively identify the issue, but I strongly suspect a motor issue or something with the extrusion. I doubt very much this is a cooling issue, until you have this solved messing with a fan shroud is likely unproductive. I also suspect it is inconsistent which is complicating...

Higher temps typically improve layer adhesion and therefore increase strength. Matte may look better, but it shows you are on the low side of the temperature range, there are more matte filaments available if that finish is preferable although 'shiny' seems more popular these days. I keep...

My experience is that the Creality hot end can develop a small gap between the nozzle and the bowden tube inside of the hotend. This leads to filament filling that gap and degrading as it is no longer part of the flow. The degraded material will then create restricted flow and can shed small...

Brittle or stringy PLA is almost always moisture issues. PLA is resistant to moisture, but it is affected by it and can even be bad out of the vacuum bag. Dehydrating it is always a good first step. It doesn't look good. 200C seems a bit low, I use 220C (but I do have a hardened steel nozzle...

One of those is on my list too. The "go to" thickness planer seems to be the DeWalt, but they do not work properly over here due to the wonky power we use. Fortunately the Makita units are not far from first place. The space to usage ratio is really high for me though, so I've been waiting for...

A lot of people do not bother to cut the splines flush with the sides until they are glued in place, they just cut short sections and let the edges stick out, then trim them with a small hand saw and then plane or sand them flush. As you discovered, (most) glue swells the wood, so you need the...

They are a hidden piece and need space for a good glue line. Some aggressive sandpaper taped to your bench or on an Orbital sander held gently upside down in a vice (since the texture will help with the glue) and just lightly pass both sides by hand. Don't overthink it or use bladed tools when...

That explains the unexpected readings. :) Yes, we are trying to establish the motor's health, so unplug the connector from the bottom side of the motor (gently pull the plastic plug out, it is a friction fit) and test the resistance between the small pins in the jack located there and compare...

You have no need for these, but they make non-conductive ceramic screwdrivers so you can adjust these kinds of pots 'live' and some people are brave enough to use a conductive driver with one of their test leads alligator clipped to it to do 'real time' adjustments. Well you really shouldn't...

No, it's right up my alley though, I'll put that on my list. The only downside of a hard working wife is we never have time to do more low key local travel like that anymore. I get excited if she can free up time to do a Costco run with me these days. I really need to drag her to the Mitutoyo...

When you see a grown man in a full train engineers uniform, at a train museum, on train appreciation day, humming the tune to "Crazy Train", don't be surprised when he is long winded on the subject of trains... :) Just be thankful you didn't ask about something I'm really enthusiastic about. In...

I haven't delved into Japanese hand planes for a couple of reasons. The first is that they are very intimidating as far as setup and maintenance. Having a wooden body and doing all the alignment and fitting by carving the body itself and hammering the blade are red flags to me of a steep...

I don't think 0.2V is enough to cause overheating, so I'm starting to suspect that the stepper may just be bad. A partially shorted coil in the stepper will create heat, make movements non-linear and cause loss of power. This kind of stepper has two coils with 4 wires. You can unplug the...

Yeah, that's the way I took your post after I read it a few times. :) The thing that stopped me from buying a Prusa from the beginning was I wasn't really sure how useful the thing was going to be, and I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty fixing things (I'm actually a masochist for doing...

Yes, that's the place. Put it before the first command, at the top. It is innocuous, it just has the drivers reload their config before each print. It resolves a race condition I found where the drivers revert to default values due to some parts of the controller being powered by the USB cord...

I will add that there are G-code commands (well technically they are Marlin specific commands) to dump the current settings of the Trinamic drivers in the latest version of Marlin (V2.0.6+), but they are optional commands that may not have been compiled in the factory version of Marlin that you...

Hot steppers is due to too much current in the driver settings, or physical resistance in the drive train. They should never be uncomfortable to touch, that's a problem. I'm not familiar with the newer Creality boards, but the older ones allowed you to adjust the current setting of each driver...

[relatively] quieter. If I just said Shibuya it would set the wrong mental image with anyone familiar. Tokyo is a such an odd conglomeration, its character changing indescribably from street to street, with every little neighborhood holding fast to what makes them unique. Every year the local...

So a little change of subject, yesterday we received a surprise cooler from our friends that contained a dozen plump and quite live abalone, individually packed in ice chilled, oxygen filled bags of seawater. They regularly spoil us with food sent from their travels, a tradition of gift giving...

This year's entry to the imaginary Hand Tool Rescue diamond in the rough contest didn't place in the top 3, but at least I got the coveted Yak Shaving award! It started out in pretty rough shape, as most of these do, having survived so many years of abuse bouncing around in the bottom of some...