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I have an old Folgertech based on the Prusa i3 design. I think it's a bit wonky compared to the newer designs but it seems to work ok. I've been upgrading part

I have an old Folgertech based on the Prusa i3 design. I think it's a bit wonky compared to the newer designs but it seems to work ok. I've been upgrading parts the last few weeks, like adding a BLTouch for bed leveling and proper leadscrews instead of the threaded rods it came with. So far I've spent more time printing parts for the printer than anything else, haha. Funny you mention the coffee hopper, I tried designing and printing a new wider holder for my Aeropress! It came out a good size and shape but the walls weren't thick enough, and the whole cylinder detached when I tried to take it off the bed. Gotta get back into Blender and make some changes before I reprint it.

linsomniac 6y ago
Funny you should mention Aeropress. Years ago, before I had a printer, my girlfriend gave me her old aeropress, but had lost the cap. So I 3d printed one at the makerspace (our makerspace was full of Lulzbot printers, because they are just down the road from us). It worked great maybe 10 or 15 times, until it violently failed during the press. Let me tell you, that makes an amazing mess! Luckily it was at the breakroom at the office. ;-D The bltouch upgrade took me something like 30 hours to get the software right (because I had no idea how it looked when it worked, everyone seems to cut that out of their videos). But since then, that has really made printing trouble-free. I have almost no print failures since that.