Perfect First Layer Podcast

Perfect First Layer Podcast

Guy, JJ and Nathan Discuss what’s on the 3D Printing Communities Mind

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June 20, 2025 57 mins

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Hi all,  I have recently build my first voron . Hell yeah .It's a 2.4 Ldo motors edition. But now Iam ready with that i where thinking aboud thé next step . I'am thinking aboud a mmu system for it . I have seen thé trad rack and thé box turtle . But i heard the box turtle is more popular than thé trad rack . Co pilot gives me thé intention thé trad rack is cheaper but has also a bit more faults in it than th...

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Hey this is Brody just sold my ender 3 and am going to be buying a p1s. Just wondering because the x1 x one of the P1s are 2 years old now, if they’re still valuable option in 2025 or are they just outdated over priced junk?

Hey guys, I recently bought a 0.6mm nozzle for my Ender 3 V3 KE. Sadly neither Orca or Creality Print come with a profile other than 0.4 for my printer. How do you tune a profile for a ...

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I bought a P1S for my daughter (5) and I to have a hobby together. Well, now... now I "need" a big printer (350 cubed, or bigger). It would be just for PLA and maybe PETG... more fun prints/decorations. Any recommendations? I'm looking for reliable, solid quality, and cheaper ($300-400 preferably.  I'm fine with the secondary market)... "quiet" would be a huge bonus. I'm not really concerned with speed. On the flip side of that... ...

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I want to print a TPU base for my Stanley so it doesn’t clang and scratch my glass top tables. I was wondering what is the best glue to use which would work best and hold up in the dishwasher. I have some beaver contact cement laying around and am wondering if that would work. I wanna hear Guys full nerd answer :) Jeff

I keep hearing conflicting augments about wear from abrasives filaments. I run all diamon...

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Is multi color printing actually worth it? I’ve seen lots of multi color stuff on maker world and I am getting a creality hi combo. I know trust multi color wastes a lot of material, but would it be better then painting after print? Nixon

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As a frequent listener to your podcast, I am curious as to why you do not discuss PETG and ASA filaments more often.  There is no longer a cost premium for PETG and ASA is only marginally more expensive.  Both materials have superior physical qualities for use with functional parts, both indoors  and outdoors. I started with a FlashForge Adventurer 4 three years ago and upgraded to a Bambu X1C two years ago...

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Rosemarie Hi, I enjoy listening to your podcast! I have four Bambu Lab printers, each with its own issue as to why the printer is not working. There are connectors with corresponding pins which constantly fail when having to pull out the pin to clear a clog, change a nozzle, or install a replacement part. I align the pin properly within the connector BUT it doesn't 'catch'. How do I remedy this issue apart ...

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JJ, Jerry and Guy have a great conversation on a lot of different topics. New printers, printer issues and other fun 3d printing things.

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Hello to a fellow Hoosier and the J's, I have almost bought a printer for at least 15 years, almost bought a makerbot, almost bought a RepRap, but always got discouraged at their difficulty to use. I put purchasing one on the back burner. In December 2024 I purchased a Bambu P1S. This printer is great and just works. But, it's boring. I need to tinker. I'm just a hobbyist at this point. I can see making and...

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February 1, 2025 59 mins

Guy, JJ and Jerry discuss the latest drama from Bambu Labs.

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I picked up a cheap elegoo Neptune 4 pro on sale so I would have a fast way to kick out some PLA chotchkes for the kids. It was pretty fast and good, until some screws came loose on the hot end, and I while I was realigning the hotend and re-fastening the screws, something happened that caused the heater to go into runaway heating. Basically what I think happened is I wiggled the heater cartridge wires and ...

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I have a CR-10 Smart that is on the verge of becoming scrap metal.  The hot end clogged so bad I could not even get the filament out of it.  I replaced it with a hotend from a cr-6se, because it is compatible, and have not had any luck despite my constant tinkering, PID tunes, re-leveling, etc.  Is there any other options for me and this printer? Would it be possible to turn it into a big ender with a diffe...

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I want to put a touch screen on my ender 2 pro without any knob on like I have on my ender cr-6se and was wondering if you know if I get a cr-6 one would it be plug and play? Is there a community firmware for the ender 2 pro? Thanks, William

I am looking at buying a new printer for myself as a Christmas present and right now there's two big questions in my mind. One is the Qidi plus 4. Seems like everything...

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I recently purchased a Elegoo Neptune 4 Max to print large things.  It came with a 0.4mm nozzle for some reason.  My plan was to replace it with a 0.6mm or 0.8mm nozzle.  As a test I kept the 0.4mm on.  I scaled the object in Orca slicer and chose standard 0.2mm layer height.  Orca said it would take 7 days to print.  I added a second Elegoo Neptune 4 Max printer in Orca Slicer but this one with 0.6mm nozzl...

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Hey guys! Long time listener, first time caller! I recently took home an old(ish) Fusion3 F410. (Our department at work wanted to get rid of it.) We also have a Raise3d Pro3, BambuLab X1C and X1E, so this thing is a real pain to use in comparison. About the only good thing it has going for it is the big build volume (355x355x315), other than that there are a couple of annoyances: - Glass build plate - Auto ...

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Guy, JJ and Jerry just haviung a great discussion of what they've got going on and what new and coming in the 3D printer market.

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Last Spring I printed a simple 100mm cube with a centered 25mm circular hole out of black PLA using standard slicer settings (2 walls, 15% grid infill).  I intentionally left it outside on a black metal surface all summer, where it was exposed to plenty of heat (over 100 degrees some days), rain, hail, etc.  Today the part seems to be in essentially the same good condition as it was the day I printed it.  Y...

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So I built my first V2.4 almost 2 and a half years ago and loved the machine and process so much that I had to have every printer in their Git repository (-legacy....should probably build it anyway) My second v2.4 under went a complete mcu/motor and hardware upgrade(ceramic bearings,gates GT3 belts leviathan 48v board LDO super power 2.8a motors,two seperate psu and CNC motion parts by Vitalli....now the q...

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Guy (& Guys): Love the podcast. thanks. listening to it now while gluing magnets into prints... Hey, I'm a purple-can-aqua-net guy. I use more than a fifties housewife.  What solvent do you use/recommend to remove built up aqua net from build plates? I print maybe 50 times between soaking with 99% IPA which works but it's slow and sticky. Wondering if you have a better solution (both definitions of the ...

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