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"'Tis but a flesh wound"!! Turns on the Mars Pro2 ships with a screen protector on the lcd. It protected the [big bad swear word] out of my lcd...

No worries, I'm sure I screwed it up. It was like I was stuck with 2 different discord profiles in 2 different windows...

I switch immediately to the French channel... or log out. Ah WarChat.... Gotta love it when a new player tips video starts with how to disable ingame chat!

Ok, I'm certain I fumbled my invite. Any chance someone can send another my way? Sorry @Duckman!

Thanks for reaching out @Sugarlessllama! You know you have a bunch of gamers here! I like that "Co-Op" word you used there! I looked at Steam and was a little unsure if I agreed with their assessment of what was Co-op. Either way, there were quite a few items on there. I love playing Stellaris cooperatively against a harsh AI universe, the Federations DLC is specifically to encourage that. WarGame Red Dragon is free right now. Get the full game and dlc until the 11th. (Epic games, not steam) I agree with @Burk's reply that the game is great, but very hard. It's still flippin great! I'd be down for a coop game against the AI 2v2 to go through the mechanics of the game. Anyone else interested? 4v4 against the AI is an easy thing to do! Voice comms become something that you'd need to really effectively have fun. @Inquisitor66 I love the Asmodee games and have several, including Terraforming Mars, Pandemic, Carcassonne, and Scythe. All excellent. Pandemic for the Co-Op, I don't do much first person type gaming, but I've heard great things about Valheim and Deep Rock, as suggested by VR, BroG, and DT.

Ok, scratches on the LCD are as bad as they sound. 0/10 would not recommend. $30 LCD from Amazon and the installation hassle as penance for my transgression, completely worth it. Also... Squirrel! Ortur Laser Master 2 20W Engraving & Cutting - YouTube Desktop Laser! - YouTube (While I don't want this for making money... I love capability!) Buy it? ORTUR Laser Master 2 Black 20W (US Plug) Laser Engraving Machine Sale, Price & Reviews | Gearbest $312 shipped. 20W in this case is a 5500mw laser, which you will find commonly listed. This one is 400mmx430mm (15.7inx17x ish...) Anyone got any experiences to share? Frickin Lasers are ok here right?

Rule #1, Keep your Main Battle Tanks away from Cities and Forests! A 20 point infantry unit with a 1980s recoilless rifle will side shot your 150 pt Abrams and you'll have a bad day. Mortars and Smoke really do make the difference! When that A-10 goes brrrrrrrt.t.

Multiplayer can be brutal, but the single player campaigns are worth playing, and even coop against the AI is a good time.

I don't seem to be able to join the Discord. The link on the home page goes to a 404, briefly. Weav's link shows as invalid now.

Just might be my favorite RTS game. Cold war gone hot. Get the full version of the game for free for the next few days on epic games, plus a few DLCs. Epic Games Store | Official Site https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/all-dlc/wargame-red-dragon?sortBy=releaseDate&sortDir=DESC&pageSize=30

@Dreg There is a 1/100 Modern collection from the same guy who does all the 1/100 1/200 scale tank zips. You have to download each of the files separately, as the big zip link is broken now. Good idea for upping the extrusion slightly Scott. Got a hole in my FEP and resin cured to the lcd panel. Scratched the LCD glass cleaning it off. 😞

I have a MonoPrice Maker Ultimate FDM that has been down for about a year with a piece of filament heated/mushroomed and stuck after the feeder and before the extruder. Finally tore it all apart, cleared the block and got it 99% back together. Then I found out I lost a 3mm hex screw to hold the heating element into the heater block! I got frustrated and just wrapped the whole thing up in plastic wrap to be reattempted later. Simple issue to track down another screw, but I was just so frustrated!! This individual processes and problems can be broken down and compartmentalized, otherwise it can be overwhelming. There's almost always tricks and techniques that can be learned without requiring deep understanding. FDM plate adhesion? Make sure your filament isn't old. I added glass to my heated build plate, and then use a thin layer of glue stick, like you'd use in elementary. Leverage your support group!! 🙂 Do small/quick test prints and work your way up from there. With Resin, it's a different set of problems. I do find myself missing my FDM sometime.

First attempt at a 1/100 Leopard 2A6: I screwed up the support on the back left of the body, so those will need to be redone and resliced, before reprinting.

Sorry to hear that! Any particular issue, or just one after another?

That your Ender, or 2 monoprices?

Moving my printer and resin out of the garage made a world of difference. Between getting up to temp, and using unexpired (me) resin, my next steps will be incrementing my exposure time down, maybe. I love the test square too, it's quick and not a waste of too much resin if it goes wrong. Your second set looks much better! The bubbles are odd, especially how there seems to be a pattern. Maybe jiggle your vat lightly after pouring the resin in to 'free' some of the bubbles? Do you think the piece warped when you removed it, or did it lose adhesion to the build plate? If this isn't a resin age/temp issue, then it might be a little overexposed. I'm still learning myself. Keep it up!!

This though... this I might need:

Leman Russ is coming to Super Smash Bros. Soon you'll be finding Web Way Portals in Poke Mon Go.

That good feeling of your printer working pretty well, right out of the box! I think the center of the image says that I'm slightly over exposed... and/or my resin is old. I'm following this video on a new printer: (1) How to Dial In ANY Resin for the Perfect Print! - YouTube I'm using Chitubox with the default profile for Elegoo Mars 2 Pro. This is with slightly expired Elegoo resin. Test file: Resin XP2 Validation Matrix https://github.com/Photonsters/Resin-... Settings: Any questions or comments welcome!

1/285th WW2 Models, just in case you might need them for some reason... https://gcmini.mybigcommerce.com/wwii-us-ground-vehicles/

I am not the I. Just sharing.

Nice work! Just like what Duckman described: I had a power supply that would work just fine until the video card increased it's draw during high performance. Caused a 'blip' in the power supply enough to cycle the mainboard. And yep, swapping out the PSU was the key! Never got a sense of whether it was an actual short or some sort of thermal protection not quite working right. Or maybe it's a feature! As a rule of thumb, strip down to the minimum pieces of hardware to reproduce the problem, and swap likely culprits from least expensive to most. (Parts value + labor difficulty to replace)