Oh, I'm a-doin' it.

This part is actually slightly outside the "safe print zone" dashed lines on my build plate. I put down like half a can of hairspray on it right before the nozzle descended. Wish me luck.

Good luck

Is this a 2d printer next to the 3D one?

Yeah, I keep all my printers in one place.

Well, except for the laser engraver. I guess you could consider that a "printer."

Good luck and let us know how it went.

As long as the borders are printing you should be golden. Not something you'd want to to often of course, depending on the printer, since you might strain the hardware at the extreme edges

An engraver is more of a "remover" though

huh, hair spray, makes sense

i've been using an FDM-specific spray, but I bet hair spray is more cost effective

Hope you did enough bottom wall layers. The big tray looks like it could be a bit flimsy.

There are some materials where that's probably a better idea. Polycarb or Nylon leap to mind. But for PLA, PETG, ABS/ASA, etc. I've found that hairspray works just fine. I've been doing it for years.

The cheapest you can get. Maximum sticky, minimum scents and aloe vera or whatever the fuck else. I use Aqua Net.

Three all around. This is not meant to bear any weight. It's a work tray for fiddling around with knives and other small assemblies wherein I'm tired of having screws roll away and having to chase them on the carpet.

How's it going? 3 hours in looks like?

Getting away with it so far. We're just about done with the bottom deck and about to move on to the vertical walls. Apparently the entire thing has in fact not folded up like a taco and come off of the print bed, so that's nice.

The layer on top of the short section of infill covering the entire tray transitioning to the top fill is easily the longest time spent on a single layer I've ever seen in my life. I think it took more time than the first layer.

It was being careful lol

Sound like so far, so good, keep us posted.

The first layer on top of infill is basically a giant bridge. So yes, your slicer's strategy is to move the print head quite slowly. Usually the surface area isn't very large, so it's not a big deal. In this case, uh. Yeah.

@dual_sport_dork Can I demand a status update?!

Poor a little silicone in afterwards for a soft, squishy bottom that will make grabbing small parts easier.

Ive been using unscented Suave hairspray for years and am still on the same can since 2020. Cost me like $8