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Hyperkitten Tool Company

Just wanted to say I bought a chisel through Hyperkitten Tool Company and it went great. It's very old school, ordering and shipping are not a fast process, but if Josh has a tool that piques your interest I highly recommend it. I picked up this long boi paring chisel from the mid to late 1800s and I'm quite happy. https://hyperkitten.com/

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Wow, cool site.
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Bambu Super Tack Plate

I posted a while ago how great the Bambu Super Tack plate is. I take it back, it's great to start, but the bottoms started coming out warped on the last 3 prints. Doesn't look like I'm alone with this issue and some people have had replacements sent to them so I put in a support ticket to see if I can get a replacement.

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Stock response from Bambu about bed temps, brims, etc with a link to their wiki. I'm not going to pursue it but I'm also not going to use this plate anymore. It seemed like a consumable part the secon…
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PETG Glue

Just wondering what people are using for gluing PETG? I had the unfortunate realization that some parts I decided to print in PETG from makerworld needed to be glued. The super glues I have didn't work and then everything else close by basically said "not for use on pe". I found people saying PVC primer worked so I grabbed some at the hardware store and left some test parts clamped overnight. Rock solid this morning but it definitely ne…

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I usually try to design with mechanical connections for petg. If it requires something that needs to be glued, I use abs. ABS has more options for gluing and can be vapor smoothed.