Since people wanted to see how it turned out. This is a 330x330 object that covers the entire purported print area of my machine.

I'm ashamed to admit that I undershot my filament usage calculation slightly, and I chickened out just before the finish line. I didn't have any more white in stock, so I switched to some grey of the same type from the same manufacturer by doing a mid-air refuel, shoving the end of the new spool in chasing behind the very tail of the old one. I don't think it looks too bad. I may just spraypaint the entire thing white later anyhow. I wanted to use a light color in order to more easily spot and keep track of screws and springs and such.

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Thanks! This might also be a bit of burning by the nozzle slagging behind. I also see that sometimes on my prints

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Could be. Usually when that happens there's some variance in the surface, too, or some booger left behind. I didn't see that here but it's possible it simply got mashed flat back into the surface on the adjacent pass.

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