Your perspective makes you believe we’re going in circles. In actuality, we’re going down the drain…

Mind showing some build pics if you got them? I’m probably going to make one out of 1/4" plywood I have left over. Some build tricks would really help.

These guys don’t miss a beat.

Beat the holy shit out of him.

Could try rotating the model 90°. If the issues remain in the same location, you’ll know it’s a printer issue, maybe due to the size of the radius.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I’ll probably be trying praying mantis and lady bug eggs and planting nasturtium as a companion plant. I’ll also pick up some neem oil if those fail. If nothing else works, a few years without squash for me.

That may have been a quirk due to compiling my own. I believe I did that because I found myself in a similar situation of not seeing a more recent firmware. If you decide to replace this one, I’d recommend an anycubic. Got a Kobra 2 NEO, and it works great straight out of the box. Similar price range, too, $150-$200.

I bought a bl touch a few years ago. Decent printer. I updated the firmware and added a bl touch. That’s when it all went wrong. I now recommend staying away from biqu as their customer service is non-existent. To your problem, as stated by another commenter, get an updated firmware from biqu’s site. I compiled my own, which may explain some of my issues. My initial issues came with the probe offset. I dug a deep line in my plate and took several attempts to realize that I need to change my offset only in the machine parameters, not in the abl menu.

Looks like he already fought a jedi…

Do not plant mint. Keep it in a pot. Unless you want a garden that is only mint.

Living on .66 acres, this seems wholly unachievable for most people. In a perfect world, it’s neat, but just not very realistic in most cases.

I don’t know how deep your buckets are, but after three years of growing sweet potatoes, I found out they’ll grow down 24"-36" . So a deep bed is best.

My only idea of the top of my head is trying another heater block. Make sure you use thermal paste as well to help with heat transfer. I know those probably won’t help, though. I posted, though, to mention I was running a BIQU B1(Peice of Crap) using BIQU’s HS2 V2 lite(love that, though) extruder. One print went fine, and then I was suddenly overextruding. I had to change my steps from 930 to 250 or so. Then, after powering down and turning back on, my number needed to return to the 930 value. Very weird, especially without a shutdown.

I’m away now, so I can’t find sources. I just modified a good sealing container with 1.25" dowel across the middle that holds 4 rolls high in the box. Cut holes and printed fittings for the pneumatic tube fittings. Put silica litter in the bottom. Now I have 4 rolls in a dry box, cheap, that each have their own port at the top of my printer. I’d recommend, though, trying to put each roll on its own roller, as that’s kind of a pain.

I would say it depends on where you get joy from in the hobby. I like working on my printer and making it better, so I’d buy a low end model and upgrade it. If that’s not your jam, I would recommend a Prusa or Bambu. I have no experience with them, but I hear good things. I bought a biqu B1 and added upgrades myself. I’ve had days where I wanna pull my hair out, but I have somehow enjoyed the challenge.

I recommend using mineral spirits. It’s the only thing that has improved bed adhesion. WITH THE HEAT OFF! I don’t know that mineral spirit vapors are bad, but they’re definitely not good…

With that amount of work, you should call it the bug of theseus.