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,…
My Project Printer: A Year in the Making
For the past almost year, I have been working on a project printer that I bought; the original frame and parts were from a CR-10 S5 (with a 500x500x500 build size) the first couple of test prints worked, but they were not optimal with many issues, elephants foot, layer line issues, and a couple other…
Octoprint
Over the year, I’ve used Octoprint for my 3d printers. Octoprint is a server that hosts on a Raspberry Pi (and now even an Android device), which then you connect to your printer, which you can connect using the local IP. Octoprint is mainly used for managing your prints since it’s a lot easier to…
Getting Started on Unity with Meta Quest 2 in VR
Recently I fell down another rabbit hole. And that hole is about using Unity (a game design engine) with VR. Unity by itself is very capable and also complicated for the beginning user. The way I got set up is I used a YouTuber by the name of Justin P Barnett. He made a significant…
Meta Quest 2’s Hand Tracking Controllers
I bought my first VR headset, the Meta Quest 2, in September 2021. ever since then, I’ve been amazed at the technology from one of the cheapest VR headsets with a lot of capability and elegant features for the price. One of the really amazing things when I first put on the headset was the…
Best 3D Printer Model Sites
When getting introduced to 3D printing, it was a little challenging to find the right 3D model site where I could find accessible/affordable 3D models. After almost two years of experience with 3D printing, I’ve found my favorite spots to find fun and exciting designs that others have made. Here’s my list: Want to see…
Xbox Kinect with ReconstructMe
I recently found my old Xbox Kinect that came with the Xbox 360, and I wanted to see if the 3d scanning capabilities can still accurately pick up even twelve years later. I had tried this back in 2019 but had mixed results with the program I used (Skanect), which had a big paywall to…
Configuring Marlin Firmware for My Ender 3
I got into configuring marlin firmware for my specific printer recently; due to its widely supported amount of boards, I can easily modify the newest version of marlin for my printer. At first, I was going to go with the original Marlin as a base but decided to work with Jyers Marlin, a modified version…