Appalachian Trail bag tag

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Since the ATC isn't issuing hang tags this year, many people are making their own. WARNING: This print achieves two colors in one print by printing the tag first, manually changing filament, and then printing another file on top of the tag to get the colored text. DO NOT DO THIS WITH THE .STL FILES. In order to do this without the nozzle running into the already printed tag you would need to make manual adjustments to the g code. You also have to make sure your tag and your text models are perfectly aligned or the text will not print on the tag in the right spot. Already complied g code files are included so you don't have to worry about this. The .stl files are included here for viewing purposes. DO NOT PRINT THEM AS THEY ARE. Print the g code files unless you know what you are doing. INSTRUCTIONS: First print the base model g code file (white recommended for best lithophane effect). Make sure you are there when it is done printing and immediately heat the bed back up to printing temp. You don't want the tag to come unstuck. Now change filament to whatever color you want the text to be. Make sure to prime some filament to get out any of the previous filament. Run the second gcode file. It starts out by moving the nozzle up above the already printed tag so it doesn't run into it when moving. This was created and tested on an Ender 3 Pro. Changing anything is at your own risk. Make sure when doing one print on top of another that you don't allow the nozzle to run into the previous print. Instructions for making gcode with your own settings: Load up the stl files in your slicer and make the little square located north of the model in both files align into the same spot. This square is purely for aligning purposes. Slice and open the gcode. Remove the square from both files. In the secondary file that prints the text on top of the tag add in this line right before it starts printing to make the nozzle move up so it is out of the way of what is already printed G1 Z4 F10000