Full Contact Support - Coinage, History & Info!

[Kurt]

So - this morning I had an idea - in regard to Full Contact Support - Coinage, History & Info about it. I started specifically by asking AI (CoPilot) the following:

          I want some help on a 3D Printing Topic - specifically "Full Contact Support". I'd like to know whom it was that coined that term, and when. Also - are you able to read content from a Google Group? If so - there are 2 Groups in question - "3D Printing Tips, Tricks and Reviews" and "3D Printing Tips, Tricks". And - from each of those groups - I would like you to find ONE reference to "Full Contact Support" in each of those groups - and show it to me. Also, PLEASE Keep your responses Short - and do NOT Give me more info than what I am asking for!!! Lastly - are you able to produce a file for me? As in, instead of giving me a long response - you simply compile it into a Doc - like an ".md" file or even an MS Word doc file.

And - he gave me back an ".md" file first, then a Word Doc - and I converted it to a PDF - which is attached here.

Considering my new U1 3DP - I'm doing a Deep Dive into the Cult of FCS - as my Doppelgänger likes to say - and I plan on compiling it into a big Doc.

Now - Andy - the AI said there was NO Reference to FCS in the old "3D Printing Tips, Tricks and Reviews" Group! Does that sound about right to you???

-Kurt

[Jody Harris]

since I inherently distrust PDFs as a security risk, I asked Grok to take a look at your PDF for me. 😂

Then I asked Grok to verify the origins of the term:

https://x.com/i/grok/share/f4040ed61421407480fd202f21351daa

-j

Think carefully

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[Kurt]

Actually - I Distrust the Grok AI! So - we have some in common - distrusting of Things!

Of course - you could have simply asked for a different form of the content in the PDF. No biggie - here it is:

Full Contact Support — Findings 

Coinage
No verifiable single person/date formally coined the term.
Earliest public usage found: Jan 29–30, 2025, in 3D Printing Tips and Tricks Google Group discussions referencing the 3D Printing Today podcast (Andy mentioned repeatedly).
Source: https://groups.google.com/g/3d-printing-tips--tricks/c/HqmLYoK1Yp4
Google Groups Access
Yes, public Google Groups content is readable.
References Found
1) 3D Printing Tips and Tricks
> “I am now officially part of the Cult of Full Contact Supporters!” — Jan 30, 2025
Link: https://groups.google.com/g/3d-printing-tips--tricks/c/HqmLYoK1Yp4
2) 3D Printing Tips, Tricks and Reviews
No public reference found containing the exact term “Full Contact Support” after searching accessible posts.
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Compiled as requested.

[Bryan Eckert]

You shouldn't trust CoPilot or Grok, as they both suck and constantly lie to you.

Here's a thingiverse model from 2023:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6350431

Here's a thread on the Prusa forum about said thingiverse object and the Prusa XL:
https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/original-prusa-xl-tool-changer-how-do-i-print-this-printing-help/simple-test-object-for-full-contact-support/

Well before 2025.

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/3d-printing-tips--tricks/6c50616e-f93c-47b2-9aa5-3d7ebe712aefn%40googlegroups.com.

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Awesome Bryan - Thanks SO Much for your feedback. And, in fact - I pushed CoPilot - and he DID indeed find earlier references - and even the Prusa thing. My original prompt was pushing CoPilot specifically to find FCS references in Our Forum - and the Prior version of the forum.

And - by the way - you DO have a ToolChanger as well - right???

-K