I spent about three weeks working on 3D printing an RC plane. I had initially searched for a somewhat easy RC plane to print and assemble as I’ve never had any experience with RC vehicles in general. I eventually found a good model that was both free and looked simple enough for me to be…
The Fusion 360 Experience: Turning Ideas into Reality with Printrbot 3D Printer
I recently wanted to learn more about Fusion 360 3D designing. To further my 3D modeling experience, I started another project, this time to redesign one of my existing 3D printers from scratch. It started with looking at the Prusa Mini+ and how the X gantry worked. The Prusa Mini is an FDM 3D printer…
Using a DSLR Camera with Octolapse for Stunning 3D Printing Timelapses
Recently I bought a used Canon SL1 camera; it’s an old but great camera to use as a webcam or any general-use camera taking. One benefit is that it works with a lot of software using the USB port to capture a live video feed from the camera. When using the USB port it does…
Optimize Invoice Management with Google Sheets, Make.com, and Monday.com
When a button is pressed inside monday.com, the invoice generation process starts…
Spotting Fake Phishing Emails
Yesterday I checked my Gmail spam folder, and I saw this email: The contents of the email are a general threat of a typical phishing email with the following: It threatened to lock your various email accounts and asked for $950 sent to a BTC wallet. This is a pretty obvious scam in many ways,…
Tuning Acceleration on my 3D Printer
Yesterday I got my Printrbot Simple Metal plus running, I had gotten it previously running, but it had significant build issues, mainly with no ease of access of the motherboard, when I designed the adapter for the SKR 1.4 motherboard to fit into the old Printrbot motherboard slot, I had no way of accessing the…
ChatGPT for Learning Programming?
I am honestly amazed by some of the technology. Using the power of this AI and my knowledge of basic programming, I could build a script that did all of the tasks I had before listed and display them to my display. And this was the result, a working screen display for my desk:
Upgrades for my Ender-3
I finally got around to fixing and upgrading my Ender-3. I’ve had my Ender3 for almost 2 years now and have occasionally been upgrading when needed. Last year I made my best upgrade to the “silent board” TMC2208 stepper drivers. Which significantly silenced the noise of the printer when printing. As well as a BL…
Upgrading My 3D Printer Motherboard
Recently I bought a new 3D printer motherboard; this motherboard is used to compute and control the motors, heaters, and fans for the average 3D printer. I purchased this motherboard to learn how to program a printer from scratch. A significant upgrade from this motherboard is swappable TMC drivers. TMC drivers are basically what provide…
The Benefits of Plastic
Plastics (or synthetic polymers) were first introduced back in the 19th century when they were trying to find an alternative to Ivory; ivory is also used in billiard balls (or pool balls in the US) Ivory was more commonly made using Elephant tusks, and was used in the making of small sculpted works of art,…