This construction gave me the shiver from the moment I unboxed the thing. I speak of the (heavy) basalt plate residing on the 5mm MDF. If you can even call this MDF. I would rather say this is very fine pressboard. Under the weight of the basalt bed the MDF piece sagged tremendously. Anyways. I…
Custom Width Filament Spool Holder
The MacGyver Filament Spool Holder emerged to be less effective then I thought. Large amounts of filament (>5m roughly) cause too much friction and therefore apply to much force on the extruder resulting in distorted layers. I then went ahead and shoved that whole “Ill print it” mentality aside and got back to good ol’…
Google I/O oder We Do What We Must Because We Can
Larry Page hat irgendwo mal gesagt, dass er sich einen eigenen Staat wünsche wo er dann machen kann was er will ohne doofe Regulierungen und Gesetze zu beachten. Is aber auch sowas von nervig wenn da ständig einer hinter dir steht, der dir sagt “Nein, das is Bäbä”. Man könnte es auch mit den Worten…
Scotch Blue = Tesa Precision Outdoor
“Get some Scotch Blue” they say. “Scotch Blue is the best for getting PLA to stick to the printer bed” they say… Sadly I don’t live in the greatest country in the world so there is no Scotch Blue in my local hardware store. But there is Tesa. And Tesa wouldn’t be Tesa if they…