Go to homepage
  • Yeh, I know all about the pi. Its the newest main line model (the pi 3B) that has built in wifi, the rest (including the zero) all need a wifi dongle. as for a power supply, I have an “official” pi one, so I know it’ll work well :slight_smile: Thanks for the advice :slight_smile:

  • thanks. Thats worth keeping in mind. I imagine the wifi issue will be the same whatever software I use. seems to be a common issue people have with the Pi… If restarting it after every few prints works, I’ll have to write a plugin that does it automagically. shouldnt be that difficult to write. I t…

  • have you considered acetone smoothing? It’ll leave your print smooth and easy to clean :slight_smile: I use the same method as this guy: Simple way to make ultra-smooth 3D prints at home - YouTube or if you dont like acetone, this guy uses epoxy to do the same. You could even use a food grade epoxy if you want …

  • Hi guys, I’m looking at getting a raspberry pi to run as a host to my 3d printer, to save all the messing around with SD cards As far as I can tell I have 3 options: Octoprint (octopi) - Seems to be the most common software around, but also lacks in documentation, or a help forum or similar… but I…