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A collection of other day to day mini-projects
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“New” Printer
It’s about time I wrote this one up… Way back in December (yep, took me that long) I bought a new printer, a Craftbot Plus…that was broken. But it was cheap and I felt pretty confident I could fix it, eventually. What was wrong with it? Short answer, quite a lot. I found what was…
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My Greatest Invention (yet?)
This is my hat. You may notice that it is a bobble hat (and is therefore particularly awesome). I especially like bobble hats. Perhaps I feel the addition of a the purely aesthetic feature stands out against my otherwise utilitarian attire. Perhaps the bobble serves to fulfil my desire to feel unique in the sea…
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Ultimaker Upgrade (Part 2: The Build)
With the hardware assembled it was time for some electronics. For the most part this was just a case of plugging the correct component into the appropriate port however this did require disassembling the entire printhead and digging through the nest of wires that surround the printboard. The hotend was then reassembled and mounted back…
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Ultimaker Upgrade (Part 1: The Plan)
This has been on my to do list since I first got the printer… The ultimaker 2 (and 2+) were originally designed to be dual nozzle printers. This means the board has an extra Heater, temperature sensor and extruder motor output. So the parts required are: PT100 Thermocouple 25W Heater cartridge (I was worried about…
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Micro Quad Update
I decided to try and lightweight my quad. After I built the PCTPE frame the quad was almost indestructible but it was also fairly heavy. So I started from scratch again and made a thinner lighter frame. This was designed to be made from a semi-flex material. As strength was no longer a concern the…
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Micro Quad Frames
My very good friend came to visit me and brought some micro-quadcopters with him. So naturally I decided to design and build my own. Printing microquad frames has two advantages over prebuilt frames: They’re dirt cheap – roughly 20-30p a frame as opposed to several pounds They’re customisable – which for me means more fun…
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Designs available on Thingiverse
While like many people who own a 3D printer, I often use file sharing sites such as Thingiverse to find print files, I often find it more practical and more enjoyable to design my own parts specific to their application. I would highly encourage any 3D Printer owners to do the same. I have a…
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Cordless drill (and driver) wall mounts
I built some wall mounts for my cordless drills and impact drivers. Printed in Colourfabb silver economy PLA FIles Available Here
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Ultimaker Enclosure
Printing in PETG required a bed at a temperature of 80-100 degrees. While my ultimaker can reach those temperatures you can physically the feel the heat escaping from the bed both through the front and through the top of the ultimaker so I decided to build an enclosure. First Attempt: In an effort to make…
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Electro Chemical Etching
%%Test Post %% So I saw this youtube video and decided to try it for myself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu7eq0ClNCk With a few changes I want a hand held etching tool rather than submerging the part completely I want to use a proper power supply, not batteries