Sadly about 50. But that’s all my plan allows at my address so not a hardware issue.

I’m on 1.2gbps with my own modem… That’s the fastest available at my address.

Not what you’re asking but since it’s been covered well:

Buy your own cable modem and put your own firewall behind it. Not only will this save you money in the long run, you’ll also have no issues with things like port forwarding. I use Comcast/Xfinity with a docsis3.1 cable modem + a decent firewall and it’s a good way to go.

You’re thinking of profit. Revenue is all money coming in before expenses. Revenue is still a big number even if they’re losing money.

I don’t volunteer either piece of information, but sooner or later someone is going to overhear me ordering vegan food or see me opening my lunch and the dreaded conversation will have to happen. I wish people would just let me make my own food choices in private without making a big thing about it.

Does it line up with the bottom of the z? If so - is it doing solid infill layers for the top few layers?

Thanks for the recommendation!

Nice Job! And absolutely! I really enjoy making things that are too niche to be profitable and therefore don’t exist in the commerical space.

Wow looks great! Thanks for sharing.

Hey, thanks for your interest! I edited the post to add an ‘exploded’ view of the parts. This is prototype #2 and still has some significant issues that I’m working on (and would love community input on!)

My strategy for a watertight print is as follows:

• lots of perimeters and solid layers top/bottom on the individual parts
• sand mating surfaces smooth and add TPU grommet/seal
• apply significant pressure to compress the TPU to form a seal

This has actually worked extremely well. The pump has leaks but none of them are from the 3d prints or mating surfaces. What I’m struggling with is preventing water from going out the shaft tunnel. This is a major issue because I’m currently using a chrome-steel bearing at the top for shaft concentricity, which will rust out almost instantly. I made the challenge harder for myself by using a hexagonal drive shaft so I can’t rely on tight tolerances there to keep out the water. I need to sort out a strategy for packing / sealing and/or switch drive shafts + use some kind of off-the-shelf option.

I’ve also been looking into an alternate bearing solution e.g. ceramic. If I can find a good sealed bearing that won’t rust I might be able to just use a tight TPU seal between hex shaft and bearing ID to give it a watertight seal.

The original design had several chrome steel bearings in it (newbie mistake) which I had to replace at the last minute with the nylon bushings. I’m working on a better solution.

edit: see video I just added in the post as well