Want to use 12V parts in a 24V printer? Fancy giving your stepper motors a boost by running their drivers at a higher voltage? In this video I’ll show you how! Okay, this one’s a guide to modifying or building your own printer. Because I’ve just modified and built my own printer, and it uses both a 12 and 24V components in the same system, using two power supplies. Let me tell you why that makes sense and how to do it on your own machine.
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How to: Velocity Painting! (Tattoo your 3D prints)
Tired of your 3D prints always coming out flat and untextured? That’s an easy fix – get some patterning or texturing going with Velocity Painting!
I copied a 5ct part using tech worth thousands
Today we’re going to use a 13-hundred € 3D scanner and a 1000€ 3D printer to fix a compost bin that cost all of 19€.
How to make your 3D printer smart and silent with the TMC2130!
The TMC2130 is a stepper motor driver that is specifically designed for 3D printers – and it works so well that even Prusa is using it on their new MK3! In this video, I’ll show you how to upgrade your own 3D printer with the same driver and get some of the sweet benefits an.
5 ways to ruin your filament (and how to fix it)!
It’s super easy to ruin a perfectly good spool of filament. Learn what to avoid if you want to keep your 3D printer’s filament in perfect shape! Avoid: Tangling, high temperature, pets, bad filament guidance and cooked filament!