Print Notes
Why Pay for a File When Free Ones Exist?
I sell files, so weigh this accordingly. But the honest answer includes plenty of cases where you shouldn't buy one.
Bambu A1 Settings for Small Detailed Prints
The A1 handles small detailed work well with a few adjustments. Here's what to change.
Can You Sell What You Print? Licenses Explained
Free to download and free to sell are two different things. Here's how to tell which you've got.
Print-In-Place Tolerances: The Gap That Makes It Move
One measurement decides whether it comes off the plate working or welded solid.
Support-Free by Design: How I Model to Avoid Them
Supports cost time, material, surface finish and risk. Most of the time you can design them out.
Calibrating a New Printer Without Losing a Weekend
There are a dozen calibration tests. Three of them matter for most people. Here they are.
Orca Slicer for Beginners: A Mom's Walkthrough
What Orca is, why people switch to it, and the handful of things worth knowing when you open it.
Stringing on a Bambu Lab: What Finally Fixed It for Me
Everyone tells you to change retraction. It usually isn't retraction. Here's the order that actually works.
Bambu Studio Settings: The Ones I Actually Change
Hundreds of settings, eight that matter for most prints. Here's the short list.
3MF vs STL: What You're Actually Buying When You Buy a File
One of these formats carries the settings. The other makes you figure them out yourself. That's the whole difference, and it's a big one.
How to Open a 3MF File in Bambu Studio and Orca
There are two ways to open a 3MF and only one of them keeps the settings. Here's which.
Why Pay for a File When Free Ones Exist?
I sell files, so weigh this accordingly. But the honest answer includes plenty of cases where you shouldn't buy one.
Bambu A1 Settings for Small Detailed Prints
The A1 handles small detailed work well with a few adjustments. Here's what to change.
Can You Sell What You Print? Licenses Explained
Free to download and free to sell are two different things. Here's how to tell which you've got.
Print-In-Place Tolerances: The Gap That Makes It Move
One measurement decides whether it comes off the plate working or welded solid.
Support-Free by Design: How I Model to Avoid Them
Supports cost time, material, surface finish and risk. Most of the time you can design them out.
Calibrating a New Printer Without Losing a Weekend
There are a dozen calibration tests. Three of them matter for most people. Here they are.
Orca Slicer for Beginners: A Mom's Walkthrough
What Orca is, why people switch to it, and the handful of things worth knowing when you open it.
Stringing on a Bambu Lab: What Finally Fixed It for Me
Everyone tells you to change retraction. It usually isn't retraction. Here's the order that actually works.
Bambu Studio Settings: The Ones I Actually Change
Hundreds of settings, eight that matter for most prints. Here's the short list.
3MF vs STL: What You're Actually Buying When You Buy a File
One of these formats carries the settings. The other makes you figure them out yourself. That's the whole difference, and it's a big one.
How to Open a 3MF File in Bambu Studio and Orca
There are two ways to open a 3MF and only one of them keeps the settings. Here's which.