Took a gamble on an auction for a sight unseen AD5X. Looks like I lost this round. Any ideas for projects?

Update: I’ve started taking it apart… looks like there are 5 pieces that need total replacement. The base, frame top, front frame upright, right crossmember, and the right z screw.

Should I build the FRANKENForge? Would anybody be interested in following along if I tried?

My 13 year old wanted a 3d printer for Christmas so after doing some research I bought him the Sovol 06. I was a bit concerned on getting it set up and if it was something he would be able to handle. After about an hour of him putting it all together and leveling it and testing it out, he printed out his little test boat. Last night he asked me if he can print something overnight and I said yes. This is what I woke up to. I am so impressed it how he managed this all on his own. I almost spit out my coffee lol It looks so perfect!

Cardboard...

MakerWorld Model download

I aint finding alot of information about it, its a tinkerine ditto pro 3d printer, it "works" but had to do some diy ing repare on it, yall got any reviews or anything bout this brand of 3d printers?

Been printing a bunch of accessories around the house and really wanted to design and print as much of them as possible, so i made this really cool looking soap holder that looks like a water splash.

As always, the model is entirely free on MakerWorld, so do check it out! -Liquid splash! - Soap dish by LifeCareless MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models

More models to come as I print more accessories!

Will get this one as my first! Any tips for using it?🫶

Tick season on the northern hemisphere is back, baby! I have a few spools of filament with just a few meters left so I decided to use it for a good cause and printed a batch of tick removers. It's crucial to remove the tick from yourself or your pet as soon as possible and not to stress or damage it so this little tool can be a big help both at home and outdoors. I left it in the office kitchen but there are many public places where to leave it if you would like to join me. The model is on Printables https://www.printables.com/model/205609-minimalist-tick-remover

Here is the Link in case anyone want to download it :
https://makerworld.com/models/795531

https://www.reddit.com/r/3dprinter/s/e0NeN23OyJ

Newbie here! I just ran out of filament, was wondering if colors matter or if i should just get white and paint it afterwards

Christmas is coming up and my parents blatantly put this in the corridor. I asked them about it and they just blankly stared at me

For those with no idea what Washington House Bill 2320 is, the bill is currently making its way through the Washington government and seeks to make it illegal to possess or share any code or CAD (Computer Aided Design) files that could be used to produce a firearm component. Nowhere within the bill does it require the intent of making a firearm for the parts to become illegal. By the current wording of this bill if you have made any models on CAD software or you have any three-dimensional files on your computer you are holding illegal contraband. Please work with me to stop this bill from passing. To read HB2320 for yourself use this link: Read HB2320. To view the progress of the bill, use this link: Research HB2320.  If you do not have the time to read that, please read this excerpt: “‘digital firearm manufacturing code’ means any digital instructions in the form of computer-aided design files or other code or instructions stored and displayed in electronic format as a digital model that may be used to program a three-dimensional printer or a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture or produce a firearm, frame or receiver, unfinished frame or receiver, magazine, or unlawful firearm part as identified in RCW 11 9.41.220” which is an excerpt from section 2 article 11; the most concerning wording is “unfinished frame or receiver” since virtually any part could be made into or glued onto a frame or receiver, making it an unfinished frame or receiver (Salahuddin et al., 7). Even without that specific wording, this bill would still have catastrophic effects for all manufacturing in Washington due to the way that it would not prevent people with malicious intent from trying to make parts of firearms and the way that it would still remove many makerspaces and school engineering programs.

 I believe that this bill is written with benevolent intent, trying to prevent gun violence in Washington. If that was all this bill did, I would be in support of it. Unfortunately, that would not be this bill’s primary effect; if passed, due to the unspecific definition of digital manufacturing code, HB2320 would incriminate not only home makers trying to innovate and build, but also schools, makerspaces, 3D animators, videogame designers, and any company interested in 3D modeling in Washington. While it is unlikely that this bill would be used to take down these institutions, the opportunity for persecution would make it impossible for many makerspaces to run and would remove engineering and robotics programs in schools and businesses across Washington. The bill would especially affect groups that are less wealthy or privileged because they might not be able to deal with the legal action. 

If you want to help stop this bill from passing join the petition linked: https://www.change.org/Stop_HB2320_Save_3D_Printing

Designed a Scuba Diver costume for my daughter. It uses the maker supplies bubble kit to blow bubbles out of the regulator.

Published to maker world if you want to check it out:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1931612-kid-s-scuba-diver-costume#profileId-2073606

Saw this in Costco in Temecula, CA. If the price tag doesn’t come through, it’s $580.

California's AB-2047 sounds reasonable until you actually understand how 3D printers work. The bill would force every 3D printer sold in the state to come with a "firearm blueprint detection algorithm" that scans your files before printing. The problem? That technology doesn't exist, and it can't exist, because a 3D printer doesn't read shapes. It reads G-code, which is just coordinates and movement instructions. Asking a printer to "detect a gun" from G-code is like asking your microwave to detect what recipe you're cooking from the wattage. It's not a hard problem, it's a physically impossible one.

And here's where it gets worse. To even pretend to comply, manufacturers would have to ship printers that constantly analyze every file you send them. That's spyware baked into the firmware. Every model you design, every prototype, every personal project gets fingerprinted and judged by an algorithm certified by the state. Once that pipeline exists, there is zero technical reason it stays limited to firearms. Today it's gun parts, tomorrow it's whatever the next moral panic decides. This is the exact same prior-restraint pattern that keeps showing up in tech legislation, and code has already been ruled protected speech under Bernstein v. DOJ.

It will also make 3D printers dramatically more expensive. Manufacturers would need to fund certification, maintain compliance, eat the legal liability of $25,000 per-violation fines, and limit themselves to whatever models the DOJ approves. Small companies and open-source projects like Voron get wiped out overnight. The hobbyist printer that costs $300 today becomes a locked-down $1,000+ appliance, if you can buy one at all. Meanwhile printing a gun is already illegal, so the people the bill claims to target just keep using non-compliant hardware they got before 2029 or smuggled in.

This bill doesn't stop crime. It kills education, kills the maker community, ships surveillance into your workshop, and prices regular people out of a tool that 1.5 million California students use every day. If you care about this, contact Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan before it hits Appropriations.

Our office ran out of paperclips. Prusa to the rescue! 😀

Some how I ended up with this 3d printer and I don't know what I'm looking at. So looking for any info on it or what I need to do to know if it's useable. I'm an amateur 3d printer but only use resin printers. This is always heavily modded so I don't know if this the native firmware.