Category: 3D
Lightest Runout Sensor
I didn’t like the filament runout sensor that I had purchased early on in my 3D printing days, it was based on the ender style end stop as it seemed to add some resistance. It could get annoying when changing filaments especially when changing to a different colour whilst attempting manual multi-colour prints. I wanted…
Time-lapses again
The camera I was using for my Mercury Zero G printer was only a temporary one, as there were many other things that needed doing to complete the build. The ancient web camera I had used was good enough for me to remotely monitor my prints… until recently. Perhaps it was the frequent heat cycles…
Yutong Bus Ventilation repairs
During my 3D printing adventures, I have found myself working on varied projects but this one has been the most fun yet. A good friend of mine runs a fleet of busses and coaches, and part of the responsibilities is to ensure they have a source of replacement parts for those that are regularly broken.…
Custom stepper towers for Mercury one.1
I have had to make a variation of the stepper motor towers for the mercury “one.1” 3D printer. Its an awesome design, and I’ll have found it to be a brilliant 3D printer. However when I turned up the speed, I found the belts have on occasion ridden up the idlers on the metal dowel…
PEY print surface tests
I’ve seen a few posts about using the new micro textured print surfaces that give coloured reflections on the surface of the print. Given the efforts converting the Ender 5 into a ZeroG, it felt it would be worth the investment. As you can tell by the results, it’s rather impressive! The only downside is…
DIY filament runout sensor
I wanted to get a filament runout sensor for my Mercury ZeroG, but didn’t want to buy a cheap off the shelf one that would ultimately fail, so made one using a Creality end stop switch. I liked the concepts of the ones online, however I wanted to use a Y-adaptor so I could have…
Simplyprint.io
Giving this web application a try, keeping a remote eye on both my printers while I’m out and prints in progress is handy. I have to say, this is impressive, I’d imagine extremely handy for those running a print farm. Even the mobile app is pretty good, providing a summary at one glance. Initial setup…