Printing optimisation: long prints and risk of failure.

I’ve today surpassed the 200 kg of printed technical filament, in not much more than one year.

The number of times I thought that maybe it was naïf from me to think it was possible to do so, and I also gave up on 3D printing because I was changing nozzles each day started to be too much, also for me. This however although was heavy on my nerves, was a big motivation to find a solution, and the solution is quite simple.

You need to find a sweet spot between printing the maximum your build plate allows you to print, without printing for too much time.

I’m not going to tell you the secret recipes, for what is going to be the sweet spot, those secrets developed after so many failed prints, and wasted hours, are a business secret, but I know that if you are trying to do this on your own, knowing that someone who’s profitable in this business, tells you that is possible, is going to be a big relief.

Think in first principles, and if online you find tons of people writing that their print failed after a 14-hour print, the calculation to be profitable, might be to try to not be too greedy.