Posts Tagged ‘Ender 3’
Releasing The Magic Smoke From The LED House Number Prototype
Ended up getting a different controller for the House Number Prototype and did not check the power brick I was using. When I plugged it in all the LEDs started popping and the magic smoke was released Who knew 5v LEDs don’t like 12v
Read MoreSetting Up The New Glass Print Bed
Needed to get a new bed after printing all those bunnies. The PETG filament really did a number on the bed, and ended up ripping some of the bed in a few locations
Read MoreLearning CAD to Print A Custom LED Sign
Saw another 3D printer a few years ago who printed out a LED sign that was pretty cool. A few weeks ago he did a tutorial video on how he designed and printed it. I have been wanting to learn how to CAD stuff out, so I gave this a try.
Read MorePrinter Jam
Started a 4 hour print over night and woke up to a empty bed. Did a little troubleshooting and thought the nozzle was clogged so I took apart the bowden tube and tried to pull out the loaded filament with no success. It looks like I shoved the bowden tube into the extruder causing the…
Read MoreFixing Extruder Skipping
Printing A Crap Load Of Bunnies
A magician friend wanted to see if I could copy a little bunny that he found and was using for a magic trick. The goal was to make the bunny look like sugar compressed into the shape of the bunny. I was originally going to scan the one sent to me and turn that into…
Read MoreDice Holder And Rolling Tray
INFO Was randomly looking through Thingiverse for things to print and stumbled across a good looking Dice / Mini Holder with a lid that can be used as a Rolling Tray, so I printed it out. LINKS Print File – https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3628673 Filament – HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg…
Read MoreTime For Some Plant Love
INFO I have a few plants that could use a different pot, so I test printed a small low poly planter that I liked. I printed out my first one at 100% scale, but it is only big enough for a small plant, so succulent. I ended up scaling the file to 200% which was…
Read MoreSpiderman Cosplay Faceshell
INFO A friend ordered a Spiderman Face Shell from Italy for his cosplay for PAX South, but it got stuck in customs, and was not going to arrive until after the convention. He found out that I had a printer and asked me if I could rush print him out a face shell before the…
Read MoreTesting Out Some Mini Prints
INFO Now that I have had the Ender 3 for a week or so, it is time to test out some miniature printing to see how the printer handles the small details. LINKS Print File – Filament – HATCHBOX PLA 3D Printer Filament, Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.03 mm, 1 kg Spool, 1.75 mm, White 3D…
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