ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

[Red_Beard]

I need to get my 3D printer back up and running. Its currently in the basement on a table. My office got turned into a nursery and it lost its place on my table

The struggle is real, i too feel the void where my office once was. Solidarity brother!

 

[CoralB]

Big word incoming!

I started the reprint last night with PLA supports and the print failed pretty quickly - I'm fairly certain my PETG was dampish. I replaced the silica in the AMS and let it sit overnight.

Big word? I had an epiphany last night! This stupid thing is a 4 hour print and it keeps failing towards the top (except this last one that was a fluke). It uses a TON of support to support the top of the clip for the pump. Epiphany? I flipped it on the side. Now it has a small row of thin supports under the hanger and two for the clip. 4 hours reduced to 1.5 hours AND it eliminates the "tall print wiggle" factor. I'll be printing it here around 6.

The other nice thing about printing it this way is instead of the layers holding the weight so if any single layer fails the whole print fails - now each layer is vertical when hanging so instead of each layer having to be fused properly for strength, each layer can independently hold the weight of the gyre! Built in strength and endurance.

Next: redesign the IceCap 2K vertical hanger and reprint it!

“Epiphany”

 

[tbrown]

Horrible picture (it's in almost full shade in the way back behind the Birdsnest)

My Darth Maul Porites was pure white a few weeks ago (before I got rid of the BIG Birdsnest that was blocking it) but it's making a comeback!

I haven't touched this tank in probably close to a month. The Strats have exploded, the Bowerbankis are opening up fuller than they have in a long time, the Scoly hasn't looked happier in forever, the Christmas Favia went "Bounce" again, the Dragon Soul is super colored and fluffier than I've seen it in a while...

Something was off and it has since straightening itself out without my intervention.

Water change is ready to happen and suck some GHA out

 

[MegabiteOG]

Horrible picture (it's in almost full shade in the way back behind the Birdsnest)

My Darth Maul Porites was pure white a few weeks ago (before I got rid of the BIG Birdsnest that was blocking it) but it's making a comeback!

I haven't touched this tank in probably close to a month. The Strats have exploded, the Bowerbankis are opening up fuller than they have in a long time, the Scoly hasn't looked happier in forever, the Christmas Favia went "Bounce" again, the Dragon Soul is super colored and fluffier than I've seen it in a while...

Something was off and it has since straightening itself out without my intervention.

Water change is ready to happen and suck some GHA out

My Birds Nest was also blocking light on a couple of corals. Hopefully they start coloring up as well.

 

[tbrown]

My Birds Nest was also blocking light on a couple of corals. Hopefully they start coloring up as well.

To give you an idea, here it was a day or two before I removed it: