New Form 3 fails to load resin -- Bite not working

[Ante_Vukorepa]

@MrCruz

Fwiw, sometimes I get bite valves that need to be manually pried open with a knife before the bite valve will open the valve itself.

Small tip when doing this that i’ve learned the hard way:

ALWAYS, and i mean ALWAYS DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK YOU’VE CLOSED THE CAP BEFORE YOU DO THIS:

How i've spilled Black all over a carpet and got away with it

So there i was, 6am in the morning, no sleep, working on 2 projects simultaneously in addition to my day job (that i mostly do at night), night before a plane flight, when suddenly… The Black cartridge i insert refuses to dispense resin. So i go looking and it turns out the nipple on the bottom hasn’t been cut at all (not even slightly perforated like it seems to be on newer cartridges - this was an almost 1 year old supply, mind you). I grab a scalpel and think to myself: “It’s 6am, you’re ti…