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Successful CT scan processing into 3D printable file
Today was spent researching all the manipulations involved in getting a CT scan into printable form and I managed to get a print out of it. The process starts with DeVide where the dicom data from the...
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Further Adventures in CT Scan 3D Ego Printing
After a long series of manipulations, the CT scan derived face was successfully used to make a pencil holder (of all things!). It is about 100mm high and took about 9 hours to print. You can...
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Snakebite Extruder Testing
One of the biggest problems with FDM 3D printing is hot-end jamming. There seem to be a lot of causes, most of which are not readily identifiable when a jam occurs. One thing...
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3D Printable Thermal Enclosure For 3D Printer
Well, OK, not the whole enclosure, just the parts that hold it together. MegaMax can print big stuff but he’s had problems with large prints delaminating. The answer seems to be enclosing the printer...
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MegaMax Box Results
After building the box for MegaMax I decided to try a big print. The blue 3 face cup is 130mm tall and took a little over 15 hours to print. No delamination! It’s a miracle the extruder kept...
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SnakeBite Extruder Works!
I repaired the Budaschnozzle hot-end over the weekend and bolted the SnakeBite extruder to it and then to MegaMax and tested it last night. There’s plenty of tuning to do, but the first print looks...
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3D Printable shock mount for PCM-M10 digital recorder
PCM-M10 Shock Mount Several years ago I played with a lot of audio stuff including making binaural recordings of things like cicadas, train rides, and festivals in Japan, and the singing of tree frogs...
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Milwaukee Maker Faire Preparations
We’re planning on setting up a Nerdy Derby track at the upcoming Maker Faire Milwaukee so to that end we are preparing car parts. We recently received a generous donation of filament from Inventables...
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A phone with a frickin’ laser!
My recent acquisition of a Meade ETX-90 telescope with computer go-to system for locating objects in the sky got me thinking that it would be nice to have a system to locate objects in the sky when...
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Updated Design- The phone with the frickin’ laser now has a trigger
I added a trigger and it works beautifully! You can DL the files here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:454265 and get your pew-pew on!
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MegaMax is Too Noisy
As part of my effort to reduce the noise and vibration in the Y axis, I am going to try using a screw drive instead of the 5mm pitch belt. I rescued a screw drive assembly from a big XY table but it...
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The never-ending 3D printer project
MegaMax has been and continues to be my main project for the last 2+ years. I am currently working on some upgrades that will make him more Mega and even more Max. The Y axis is being converted from...
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Update on the Never-Ending Printer Project
I installed the Y-axis screw drive in MegaMax using the old NEMA-23 stepper motor. A couple really good things came from this: 1) I can now adjust the bed leveling screws from the underside of the bed...
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Further Adventures in 3D Printer Upgrades (upgrades?)
As previously promised, MegaMax’s Y-axis has been converted to screw drive along with the addition of a larger motor, DSP based driver, and 32V power supply. The SmoothieBoard arrived and was quickly...
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Son of MegaMax Lives!
MegaMax was a great 3D printer, but it was time for some changes. He was difficult to transport because the electronics were in a separate housing with many cables to disconnect and reconnect, barely...
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Sunday Morning Project – A 3D Printed WebCam Mount for a Telescope
I recently acquired a new eyepiece to replace the damaged one that came with the Meade ETX-90 telescope I bought at a swap meet last year. I decided it needed to have a web-cam mount so I designed and...
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