Sneak peak of what I have on the test bench. Powering my Raspberry Pi running Octoprint with my PSU. I cut up an old motherboard to get the pieces. More info coming soon along with an enclosure I need to 3D Print.
New Power Setup Sneak Peak
Printrbot Simple X-Axis Upgrade with Heated Bed Review
I was flying for business quite often for a while, however it was policy to only purchase coach cabin tickets no matter how long your flight was. At first I would look into the business class section, not truly understanding what it was like, but knowing I wanted to try it. The trouble is, once […]
Printbot Simple Upgrades Coming
So I’ve been caught up with life outside 3D printing recently, yet have not forgotten about it. Printrbot has also had some great deals going on and I am taking advantage. First, Printrbot posted on their twitter page about a new upgrade they are ready to release. It is a plastic extruder. They decided to […]
Happy New Year!!!
Happy new year everyone. I took a very nice staycation and am just getting back into the swing of things for 2016. Upcoming posts will be about the quadcopter project, or the lack of the project due to wanting to understand the new laws of registering quadcopters with the government. Also, I have started working […]
Project Quadcopter: Warping from a Cold Print Bed
It’s been fun learning about the amazing technology of quadcopters the past week or so, and I am nowhere near knowing everything I need to in order to get this project completed. I did want to give a quick update as far as 3D printing is going, along with some issues I am facing with […]
Cura: Printing the first layers hotter with the Tweak at Z plugin
As I begin printing pieces for my quadcopter project, I continuously test settings and try new things. There have been a lot of comments about how some people will print their first layer hotter than others to ensure better sticking to the print bed. Using Cura, I had looked through all the standard settings and […]
Project: Quadcopter
It’s been a little while due to some traveling for work and for pleasure. I wanted to start up a project on here that will be based off a 3D print, but will involve other electronics. Since I’m also a bit of a quadcopter nerd, I feel as though it’s time to create a 3d […]
Make:’s Digital Fabrication Shootout
Make magazine not only provides amazing geeky projects, it also takes a lot of time to provide great information about products. Recently they conducted their Digital Fabrication Shootout. This is their fourth year doing this, and this year they expanded their shootout from 3D Printers into the areas of CNC mills, laser cutters, and vinyl […]
Preparing your Print Bed for PLA
Print beds come in many different sizes, are made of different materials, and are used for printing with different materials. When you first get started in 3D printing, you will probably start off printing with PLA. PLA is a thermoplastic created from processing plant products such as corn. More on PLA and ABS in future […]
OctoPi / OctoPrint Wireless Error: “Could not get status from wpa_supplicant”
I am going to jump a bit ahead with my posts to something that can be considered a bit more advanced, OCTOPRINT, only to point out an issue I had with the initial configuration the other night. OctoPrint is a 3D print server that runs on embedded systems so that you can control your 3D […]