MakerTater
@makertater.bsky.social
Potato with a 3Dprinter. I try to make fun & funny things. Occasional tech/Apple/space tweets. 🏳️🌈
Apple was stupid easy to cancel a subscription for something I haven’t been using and I replaced it with a subscription at Apple for something I needed, so I’ll call that customer service done right.
September 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Apple was stupid easy to cancel a subscription for something I haven’t been using and I replaced it with a subscription at Apple for something I needed, so I’ll call that customer service done right.
Trying to cancel a subscription with a VPN company. They have replaced customer service with an AI chatbot. This has doubled my resolve to cancel and never do business with them again.
September 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trying to cancel a subscription with a VPN company. They have replaced customer service with an AI chatbot. This has doubled my resolve to cancel and never do business with them again.
After 12 years, finally cut the cord on Adobe. Took a long time (far too long) to find a replacement for Lightroom, but Photomator finally hit 80ish% of the feature set (good enough for my needs) and I took the leap. If Adobe hadn’t got greedy and upped the monthly charge, I’d still be a customer.
September 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
After 12 years, finally cut the cord on Adobe. Took a long time (far too long) to find a replacement for Lightroom, but Photomator finally hit 80ish% of the feature set (good enough for my needs) and I took the leap. If Adobe hadn’t got greedy and upped the monthly charge, I’d still be a customer.
Your puny walls can’t contain me!!!
May 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your puny walls can’t contain me!!!
Used up some garbage silk filament to make a tray to hold spools of garbage silk filament. This is AFTER I dried it for hours and hours.
This new slicer "fuzzy skin" is amazing!
This new slicer "fuzzy skin" is amazing!
May 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Used up some garbage silk filament to make a tray to hold spools of garbage silk filament. This is AFTER I dried it for hours and hours.
This new slicer "fuzzy skin" is amazing!
This new slicer "fuzzy skin" is amazing!
Finally made an improvement to the @bambulab.bsky.social A1 that it should have shipped with: a Y adapter for one of the filament input ports. Now I can use the AMS OR manual feed with zero changeover. Good for printing one color prints with all the nonstandard spools. *cough* Printed Solid *cough*
May 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Finally made an improvement to the @bambulab.bsky.social A1 that it should have shipped with: a Y adapter for one of the filament input ports. Now I can use the AMS OR manual feed with zero changeover. Good for printing one color prints with all the nonstandard spools. *cough* Printed Solid *cough*
Had to order some replacement parts for my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social original AMS. Added some build plates I’ve been wanting to get that sweet sweet free shipping.
I think I’m in love with the SuperTack PLA/PETG Cool Plate.
I think I’m in love with the SuperTack PLA/PETG Cool Plate.
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Had to order some replacement parts for my @bambulabglobal.bsky.social original AMS. Added some build plates I’ve been wanting to get that sweet sweet free shipping.
I think I’m in love with the SuperTack PLA/PETG Cool Plate.
I think I’m in love with the SuperTack PLA/PETG Cool Plate.
I wonder if @prusa3d.com would consider selling the Core One as a two piece kit (frame and motors as one kit, electronics and hotend as another) so they could be ordered separately to avoid tariffs on orders over a maximum value. 🤔
April 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I wonder if @prusa3d.com would consider selling the Core One as a two piece kit (frame and motors as one kit, electronics and hotend as another) so they could be ordered separately to avoid tariffs on orders over a maximum value. 🤔
Got tired of having way too many bambu build plates always in the way so I finally broke down and printed a holder for them. Really impressed for how well this design turned out. (and how much filament it used. Each side piece is 250grams!)
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Got tired of having way too many bambu build plates always in the way so I finally broke down and printed a holder for them. Really impressed for how well this design turned out. (and how much filament it used. Each side piece is 250grams!)
Trying to decide what to do with my first 3D printer, a Prusa Mk3S. Bought it in April 2020 during the pandemic to have in home hobby for the next year or two. Bought some newer printers and the speed increase is stark enough to never power this on.
April 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trying to decide what to do with my first 3D printer, a Prusa Mk3S. Bought it in April 2020 during the pandemic to have in home hobby for the next year or two. Bought some newer printers and the speed increase is stark enough to never power this on.
Finally got all the little magnets in the AMS filament sensor back in place. Was surprised to see one of the PTFE tubes had worn out. Ordered a new set of tubes and decided to get a new spool plate and some rollers for the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social AMS to fix the broken one. (it’s an original!)
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Finally got all the little magnets in the AMS filament sensor back in place. Was surprised to see one of the PTFE tubes had worn out. Ordered a new set of tubes and decided to get a new spool plate and some rollers for the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social AMS to fix the broken one. (it’s an original!)
Whoever designed the filament sensor on the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social AMS filament sensor deserves to lose their engineering license. One of the little magnets flipped and it’s near impossible to get this thing reassembled.
April 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Whoever designed the filament sensor on the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social AMS filament sensor deserves to lose their engineering license. One of the little magnets flipped and it’s near impossible to get this thing reassembled.
Reposted by MakerTater
Amolen Developing Four-Way Parallel Extrusion Filament Following Tri-Color PLA Success #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing
Amolen Developing Four-Way Parallel Extrusion Filament Following Tri-Color PLA Success
We had a chat with Amolen, a maker of some very unusual 3D printer filaments.
The post Amolen Developing Four-Way Parallel Extrusion Filament Following Tri-Color PLA Success appeared on Fabbaloo.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amolen Developing Four-Way Parallel Extrusion Filament Following Tri-Color PLA Success #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing
3D printing something to give as a gift.
an older man sits at a table with bottles of water and the words that is a good idea
ALT: an older man sits at a table with bottles of water and the words that is a good idea
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April 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
3D printing something to give as a gift.
Well, I was planning on switching over to and standardizing most of my filament usage to Bambu, but no thanks to the economy killing tariffs, that won’t be happening. Already missing those $13/spool refill holiday prices.
April 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well, I was planning on switching over to and standardizing most of my filament usage to Bambu, but no thanks to the economy killing tariffs, that won’t be happening. Already missing those $13/spool refill holiday prices.
One more stupid pet trick Gemma 3 can do locally… image analysis:
March 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One more stupid pet trick Gemma 3 can do locally… image analysis:
Playing with LM Studio (run AI text models locally) using the new Gemma 3 LLM model:
March 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Playing with LM Studio (run AI text models locally) using the new Gemma 3 LLM model:
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Lukewarm take at best but Bambu does not need to be doing kickstarters at this point
March 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lukewarm take at best but Bambu does not need to be doing kickstarters at this point
Reposted by MakerTater
Reposted by MakerTater
Some days are just like that 🤣😅😭
February 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Some days are just like that 🤣😅😭
A thread of the things I’ve learned about my MacMini M4 Pro:
1) Apple waited way too long for 16 gig RAM. I thought 8 gig was enough on a Mac. I was wrong, 16 gig should have been the minimum since the M1. I’m NOT bothered that the RAM is soldered on.
1) Apple waited way too long for 16 gig RAM. I thought 8 gig was enough on a Mac. I was wrong, 16 gig should have been the minimum since the M1. I’m NOT bothered that the RAM is soldered on.
February 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A thread of the things I’ve learned about my MacMini M4 Pro:
1) Apple waited way too long for 16 gig RAM. I thought 8 gig was enough on a Mac. I was wrong, 16 gig should have been the minimum since the M1. I’m NOT bothered that the RAM is soldered on.
1) Apple waited way too long for 16 gig RAM. I thought 8 gig was enough on a Mac. I was wrong, 16 gig should have been the minimum since the M1. I’m NOT bothered that the RAM is soldered on.
Looks like Creality turned on their photocopier and xeroxed the BambuLab A1 with AMS, with no cost savings whatsoever. Not impressed with this printer or it’s price.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ4c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ4c...
Creality Hi Multi-Color 3D Printer – Worth the Hype?
YouTube video by The Real Sam Prentice
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Looks like Creality turned on their photocopier and xeroxed the BambuLab A1 with AMS, with no cost savings whatsoever. Not impressed with this printer or it’s price.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ4c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ4c...