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Another day, another compensation claim going into Chiltern

The UK rail service really is crap. And expensive

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: Yesterday at 16:56:43 »
Our company now provides zero parking and favours city centre locations, so driving not an option

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: Yesterday at 16:53:36 »
The glues help create a barrier between print and bed so can aid removal

For most materials, 3dlac is an infrequent spray, my last can lasted 2 years. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: Yesterday at 10:25:59 »
Public transport

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: Yesterday at 10:25:23 »
Oh, and to protectb bed sheet coating, use so print spray. My preferred is3dlac but glue sticks, hairspray, whatever. Suspect you use something on ender anyway

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: Yesterday at 10:22:49 »
The standard hyper is card spool usually, not an issue, just make sure you don’t damage the edges.

I was gonna by to look at rfid tagging, not got around to it yet

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Omega General Help / Re: Part number help wanted: Fr coil spring
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:36:15 »
And as Doctor Gollum says, the Thrust Angle (might be called something else on non-Hunter machines) absolutely must be 0'00, nothing else.

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Omega General Help / Re: Part number help wanted: Fr coil spring
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:35:23 »
WIM as we know it do not exist any more since the passing of Tony Bones.  I believe they are now just another STS outlet.

Anywhere with the proper machinery can do it, but get them to use WIM settings, not the default GM settings.

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:31:19 »
As promised, my setup. Yes, that space to left of top CFS is reserved for another when I can get one at a good price - I ain't paying £220 for one!




And I do have a filament fettish, this is my unopened pile, and doesn't show the 24 part used spools on the shelves....


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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:22:58 »
Oh, and use Creality's Soleyin for test prints, as when that is on offer properly, it works out about £40 for 6 spools ;D

The white, however, is brilliantly coloured, but not the easiest to print.

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:21:34 »
Also, do you use any of the 'hyper' filaments Creality bang on about, or are they just marketing toss?
I pretty much use the RFID variants of Hyper PLA, yes.  I get it when its on offer, and tend to buy in bulk.  10 reels arrived last week for less than a tenner a reel.

And RFID is convenient in CFS, saves entering the info manually ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 12 January 2026, 14:19:47 »
Well that's a crap-tonne of waste for a single print! I hope you were *really* happy with those DJI letters  ;D
The model was still in the printer's memory, so I did it just to prove a point, and then promptly put the model with the waste in the big plastic bin on wheels ;D

Once I'm home this evening I will get on and order the K2, not the pro or plus versions as they are getting on for double the price and not something I can justify at this point. Or rather, I'd rather have the K2 and a little mid tier resin printer for the same money  >:D.
Don't let me talk you out of the Bambu - the cloud thing turned me off at the time, so went Creality instead.  I would talk you out of the K1, as doesn't make sense to buy the older one.

Creality UK have a K2 Plus with a single CFS on ebay for under a grand today, open box never used.  In my experience of Creality, it will be in a sealed box.

Out of interest did you design your own riser and/or sh!t bin for yours? I've had a look online and most everything K2 relates seems to be for the plus, with some for the pro and little for the straight K2.

I rather like this one, but being tighter than a duck's ar$e I don't like the idea of paying for the design. https://www.crealitycloud.com/model-detail/d3p-riser-for-k2?source=5
My riser came off Printables from memory.  I had looked at that one you linked to - well, the Plus version - but refused point blank to "pay" for it.  Additionally, it might make the CFS difficult to access properly, unless you are taller than tunnie.  Granted the standard K2 might be lower than K2 Plus.  Lemme grab a photo of my setup, as I really struggle to get the desiccant trays in and out of my top CFS.

My shit bin is my own design, as strangely I need mine on the back but to nature of room layout, and all the ones I could find for rear were rubbish - either needing magnets, or too small or blocking the fans/vents.

Oh, and CFS needs reels to be a set size - read specs.  And ideally plastic spools, although it can work with cardboard, as long as the edges are good.
I can imagine that I will need to work my way through the various toss filaments swmbo and the lad have selected (based solely on appearance nvm the lousy chinesium branding and poor print performance!) before I can get to using the cfs
The Creality printers with CFS attached is a pain to use side spool, as you have to disconnect the tubing going to printer.  You sorta can use a spare inlet in the 4 in 1 buffer, but you need to remember to remove the filament afterwards.  For common small spools, like SUNLU, people have made spool adapters to use with CFS.

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 12 January 2026, 10:59:43 »
As I was doing a simple 2 colour print...

The amount of waste printing the box sat on the keyboard. This is a simple 2 colour print, so only changes filament one per layer (that has 2 colours on if)


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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 11 January 2026, 12:01:00 »
If God had intended us to p*ss around trying to talk to software, he wouldn't have given us keyboards and mice. ::)
Don't try to tell me you don't use the voice commands on your car ;D

The XE, well certainly the LoLine fitted to her poverty spec one, doesn't appear to have a voice command to cancel the satnag.  That is REALLY annoying, as means pissing around on the touchscreen trying to find the option.

The only time I use voice command is when I tell it to STFU, if it suddenly decides to interrupt a conversation that is none of it's business. :)
;D

As a rule, I tend to have what JLR refer to as Voice Guidance off and really on the dash display for navigation, until the last half mile or so.  I get most annoyed when it interrupts a bit of Planet Rock, and I'm joining in being the lead singer ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3D Printer Chat
« on: 11 January 2026, 11:26:04 »
Oh, and CFS needs reels to be a set size - read specs.  And ideally plastic spools, although it can work with cardboard, as long as the edges are good.

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