Basics: How and when to service your 3D printer!Watch this video on YouTube 3D printers are tame beasts when it comes to their service requirements, but there are a few things you shouldn’t miss!
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My 3D Printing Hardware and Accessoire Guides on one page.
How to keep your filament dry: Make a storage box!
How to keep your filament dry: Make a storage box!Watch this video on YouTube 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]
What to consider when buying (or making) a 3D printer! [was live]Watch this video on YouTube 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!
[Part 2] Upgrade your 3D printer's electronics! 🍹 Smoothieboard and ⚛ Atom3D 2.0!Watch this video on YouTube 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!
Project: Make a 3D Printed Bluetooth Audio Amplifier!Watch this video on YouTube 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!
Build your own 3D Printer: Frames and Linear Motion!Watch this video on YouTube 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!
Guide: Properly picking and using MOSFETs!Watch this video on YouTube 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]
Getting started with OctoPrint on the Raspberry Pi 1, 2 and 3!Watch this video on YouTube OctoPrint is better than ever — time for an updated install guide! Get it at octoprint.org
Guide: Heated bed thermistor mounting done properly!
Guide: Heated bed thermistor mounting done properly!Watch this video on YouTube 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 Ebay: [US/UK/CA/AU] http://goo.gl/jbX1sG [DE] http://goo.gl/Yn4bCv Amazon: [US] http://amzn.to/1P18UYb