2026-10-14 (W) EleKSCo REV05 Lot of printing and hiatus

The TPU sheath prints were failing, and often at approximately the same time. The print head would spool up the flimsy filament instead of extruding it, and I assumed it was overheating, making the plastic even more bendy, so I placed a fan on the table to continuously blow over the whole workspace, but it did not prevent failures. Since I could always print a while, I deleted the G-code for a complete sheath and made new files with one half each. They print in half the time, but I am usually not around to clear the platen and start a new one, so they are slower to make. I also started PLA prints of the small mechanisms like the switch and power parts.

My personal life has been getting out of control. My wife and I are moving from a despicable apartment complex into a Bay Area house, and the process has been abysmal. Between house hunting and the impending move, I am putting the blog on temporary hiatus. I will try to do some instruction writing when I have a few minutes, and keep printing parts and stockpiling them for the upcoming instructions. I expect this to go into next month, so two or three weeks.

So much wasted TPU

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