3D printers are tame beasts when it comes to their service requirements, but there are a few things you shouldn’t miss!
Tag: Guides
My 3D Printing Hardware and Accessoire Guides on one page.
How to keep your filament dry: Make a storage box!
Struggling to keep your Nylon or PVA filaments dry? Build a simple, air-tight drybox for it. The kicker? You don’t even have to remove the filament to print!
What to consider when buying (or making) a 3D printer! [was live]
Okay, i get it, you want a 3D printer. But which one should you get? Or, what should you even be looking for? That’s what we’re going to figure out today. Music by: David Cutter Music and/or Monstercat
[Part 2] Upgrade your 3D printer’s electronics! 🍹 Smoothieboard and ⚛ Atom3D 2.0!
Brain swapping! The Atom 2.0 Delta 3D printer will become home to a new mainboard, the fast, shiny 32-bit Smoothieboard! We’ll try and see how much it can speed up the complex math required for this sort of 3D printer, and just for good measure, we’ll also throw on an Android table to control the entire contraption with a touchscreen.
Project: Make a 3D Printed Bluetooth Audio Amplifier!
Make your own wireless Bluetooth audio amplifier to use with any set of speakers! Amplifier board Boost converter Bluetooth receiver (get the ones that look like USB flash drives) LED voltmeter Speaker Terminal (might not be the exact one)
Build your own 3D Printer: Frames and Linear Motion!
Building a RepRap-style 3D Printer without buying a full kit is still the purist’s way to go – it’s the cheapest and most flexible way of acquiring a 3D printer, but there are a lot of chances where stuff can go wrong. In this mini-series i’ll try to cover the most important spots while Luk builds his iTopie i3! iTopie i3 Herculien Repository and Community
Guide: Properly picking and using MOSFETs!
I often recommend Mosfets over trying to use an SSR in some janky way. Here’s what you’ll need to look out for!
Getting started with OctoPrint on the Raspberry Pi 2! [2016 edition]
OctoPrint is better than ever – time for an updated install guide! Get it at octoprint.org
Guide: Heated bed thermistor mounting done properly!
While the Heated bed thermistor included on the back of silicone heaters are generally inaccurate, taping one somewhere else isn’t exactly a better option, either. So why not do it right once and for all? Sven’s Facebook Glass fiber sleeving Support me by shopping on eBay through these affiliate links! Anything you buy through these gives me a small bonus to run the channel – at no extra cost to you! Ebay: [US/UK/CA/AU] http://goo.gl/jbX1sG [DE] http://goo.gl/Yn4bCv Amazon: [US] http://amzn.to/1P18UYb