Was printing a little gear for a project in my basement in Nashua and after the 4th failed print I realized the cooling fan was blowing right on the print bed, not the nozzle, so I taped a piece of cardboard to redirect it and it worked perfect first try anyone else run into weird airflow issues causing fails?
A guy on YouTube said to sand with 320 grit between every coat of polyurethane for a smooth finish. I followed his advice on a maple desk I was building and ended up sanding through the first coat in spots after three coats. After the fourth coat I still had patchy, uneven areas and had to strip the whole thing down to bare wood. Next time I'll just apply a second coat without sanding if the first one's still fresh, like I've done for years. Has anyone else found that sanding between coats is overrated for water-based poly?
My friend Mark in Manchester told me to just use a box cutter to strip 12 gauge wire instead of a proper stripper. Said it was faster and he does it all the time. Tried it on some nice Mogami cable I was running for a PA build. Nicked the copper on three out of four wires. Had to trim back and redo everything. Waste of like 30 bucks worth of cable and an hour of my time. Now I just use the right tool for the job. Anyone else get burned by bad advice from a friend?