I think the house needed more statuary, like busts of famous musicians. Lacking a good Bach or Mozart model, and knowing the musical leanings of our household, it seemed like a trio of Daft Punk helmets fit the bill. I combined the three stand alone models into a single gcode file to print everything in a single print…
Month: September 2017
Tilting at iPhones
Cell phone stands seem to be a dime-a-dozen on Thingiverse. I decided to try this one out because it looked like it would maintain good balance, fit my iPhone with it’s case, and provided a slot to plug in a charging cable while on the stand. So far I have no complaints. This was one of my…
All The Clips
One of the first things I printed on my Prusa i3 was a small set of filament clips to keep spools of filament from unwinding while they’re stored in air-tight bins. Rather than print one at a time, at first I put four copies of a single clip into a gcode file, which worked out well. As I’ve…
Cleaning a Glue Covered PEI Bed
After the seven PETG prints and one PLA print for the Deck Builder the print bed on the Prusa i3 is completely covered in glue residue. A thin layer of glue (I’ve liked using a simple glue stick so far) is a simple way to provide more adhesion for the first layer of a print, but…
Deck Builder
So far I’ve only printed single pieces items; some of them have taken a long time to print, but there’s been no assembly into a finished piece. For my first foray into a multi-component I wanted something useful. This is a loose interpretation of useful: a mechanical box to hold a Pokemon deck. Deck Box #1 After…
Bed Leveling Failed
The Prusa i3 tossed up one of its first calibration errors for me today; Bed leveling failed. Sensor triggered too high. Waiting for reset. That seems bad. A bit of googling, and a quick trip to the Prusa Forums pointed to something being mis-aligned between the Z axis heights stored to the printers EEPROM…
Unwinding?
If you’re switching between filaments, you need something to keep the spool from unwinding. This model set is incredibly useful: a super simple, super quick filament clip with variations for a bunch of different spool shapes and sizes. With a quick modification prior to slicing, it’s also very easy to print out multiples: View this post on…
No More Headphones on the Desk
The MakerBot Head Phone stand seems to be a rite of passage for a lot of 3d printers. My first few attempts at printing the stand failed. For one attempt I didn’t check that the print would fit the print volume of the Prusa i3 mk2 – it didn’t. The second attempt delaminated half way through and…