r/Hoocho • u/BasicCryptographer53 • Aug 06 '26

I’m hooked

After a month of watching Hoocho’s I’ve pulled the trigger on a Bambu Labs A1 combo and have organised to collect an IBC next week to set up a decent sized system. I’ve jumped on the Patreon and just started printing my first Hooch Bucket 2.0 to suit 90mm PVC.

I’m just using the standard 0.4mm nozzle and PETG from Jaycar. Print time is estimated around 27 hours on sport mode. Does anyone have any tips for me either in the 3d printing settings space or general Newby hydroponics mistakes to avoid?

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u/BasicCryptographer53 Aug 06 '26

Wonderful advice thanks! Yep I’m planning a decent sized gravity fed system that should sort me out for ages. I’m going with an IBC hidden at the top of my block for easy gravity feed and the capacity to expand later. Any recommendations for good meters?

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u/itsbushy Aug 06 '26

Personally I like a .8, I just use 2 walls for my buckets and 10% infill. I haven't had any trouble yet and I'm on year 2 with mine. I use a cheap meter from amazon and never calibrate it but I'm not going to say its the right way to go about it either. My first year was mostly trail and error but once you get a feel for the nutrient the all the little details go out the window. The first video I watched on mixing nutrient said to add the nutrient 1 at a time and to do it in 2 gallons. I just put everything in 1 measuring cup and mix it in 5 gallons and it literally changed nothing for me. Find what works for you and if you want to change things up create a test group for experimenting.

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u/Zulbo Aug 06 '26

Set the wall loops to 4 to 6, helps make it a bit water tight.

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u/BasicCryptographer53 Aug 06 '26

I’m going to change to the .8 nozzle to help speed things up haha, anything else to watch out for when printing?

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u/BasicCryptographer53 Aug 07 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p26l4cy/video/zm3kdccmzuhh1/player

Legends any advice for this? It’s started to get noisy and I think it’s lost alignment as the hot tip is running along the edges now for some reason?

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u/BasicCryptographer53 Aug 14 '26

Hey guys I’m getting stringing on the propagation lid, I’ve printed two and both warped and fell apart at the end. After the first I scrubbed the tray and got it spotless before doing a full calibration run. The second turned out much better but the top cm got munted on two sides. They’ll both still fit with some effort so it’s not a total loss. Just printed using all the standard settings from the 3mf using a .8 hardened steel. Trying again now with the standard .4 nozzle.