How cool is that ! Now finally after three weeks I get the hang of it. While my very first print, a 2cm x 2cm x 1cm cube, was really successful (for a first print) I had to deal with lots of issues. More than the half of them had to deal with fixing, repairing…
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.
VCR Head Drum Filament Spooler
After printing some TwoUp upgrades with my wodden filament spool roller the layers still shifted to the right on the x-axis. There was still too much force on the extruder and the four 608ZZ bearings did not spin smoothly enough. Fortunately… 🙂 I don’t throw away old electronic devices and therefore scavanged my Magic Electronic…
And off ya go! Bye Bye ‘basalt’ heating bed…
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’…