Planning on getting a heated bed for your 3D printer? Awesome! These are the things you should know about them.
Year: 2014
3D printing guides – How steppers work and how to adjust their drivers
Learn about the way stepper motors work, what that means when using them and what i think is important when adjusting their drivers! Resonance test
Honest review: The Smoothieboard
The Smoothieboard. The future. It’s here. By the way, is the firmware called Smoothie or Smoothieware? Smoothie wiki Smoothie shops Decide which guides i do next Support me by shopping on eBay through these affiliate links: [US/UK/CA/AU] [DE] [DE] Mein Einsteigerkurs zum Thema 3D-Drucken Image credit: Makerbot, Think3DPrint3D Music by Cosmic Analog Ensemble
Honest review: PrintToPeer’s cloud printing software
PrintToPeer aims to take the entire printing process from your local computers to the “cloud”. Find out if that’s something you will want to use! PrintToPeer PrintToPeer’s Indiegogo campaign Lulzbot’s insane printer farm Decide which guides i do next Support me by shopping on eBay through these affiliate links: [US/UK/CA/AU] [DE] [DE] Mein Einsteigerkurs zum Thema 3D-Drucken Music by Cosmic Analog Ensemble
Unboxing: The bq Witbox aka. The “Pilgrim Printer”
Warming up for the Witbox review! BQ’s site BQ’s shop [DE]
3D printing basics: Understanding steps per millimeter and using Prusa’s calculator
Learn what parts go into the “steps per millimeter” value and how to use the Prusa calculator to figure it out. Prusa’s calculator Pololu Allegro A4988 page Pololu Texas Instruments DRV 8825 page
Q&A: Endstops, Electronics wiring, Smell-free filament and linear guide options!
More Q&A! This time with questions about endstops, the Prusa Calculator, my last name, hooking up RepRap electronics and why a voltage divider is a better idea than a 7805 regulator for level-shifting the signal from an inductive sensor. Turns out i slightly misread the question about the sub-$1k printer a tiny bit – if you want to build a Prusa i3 kit, that is definitely a good option as well. It might be a bit trickier than building a Printrbot, but you will also learn a bit more aboutContinue reading
3D printing guides: Calibration and why you might be doing it wrong
Things you should and shouldn’t calibrate!
3D printing guides: Radial and linear ball bearings!
http://youtu.be/5Dkruh8NO9E Everything you need to know about linear and radial ball bearings!