So after printing my first pink “cube” I discovered the 0.5mm-thin-wall.stl. This are basically just 4 walls with a layer thickness depending on your settings. It is named 0.5 mm b/c of the printer it was designed for but this can be used on every other printer. So I made three prints on my QB-UP…
Author: Ianmcmill
Hello. My name is Sebastian a.k.a. Ianmcmill.
I like to build stuff. Wood, plastic, metal. I like to disassemble electronics to see what is under the hood. I am not an engineer nor did I learn what I am showing here.
My very first 3D printed pink cube…
Finally I got my Kickstarter backed QB-UP TwoUp and after much fiddeling, cursing, crying, face-palming, dremeling, grinding, drilling, glueing and zip-tieing it finally runs. With the pink ABS sample filament I printed the 20mm-box.stl calibration cube. Nothing what you could call extraordinar or awesome but a mandatory step. OKGO. Bed – heated up…. Extruder heated…
Recycling plastics with a garden shredder
I recently picked up a garden shredder on ebay for 15€ in the hopes I can misuse it for shredding plastics. This should then be fed to my Filament Factory to create 3D printer filament. The Einhell EGC 2400 has a 2400 Watt motor. Plenty of power to shred branches and plastics. I went with…
Canon i650
Vor einiger Zeit habe ich mal vermehrt nach alten Druckern auf Ebay Kleinanzeigen gesucht. Billig sollten sie sein und alt. Alt deswegen, weil in älteren Druckern meist noch gute Schrittmotoren verbaut sind. In den neueren werden fast nur noch DC-Motoren mit Encoderschaltung verbaut. Die haben den Vorteil (für den Hersteller), dass sie viel billiger sind…