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Eliminating 3D Printer vibration noise transmission

If you've been wanting to make your 3D printer quieter then these Sorbothane feet are the best way to do this. Using 6 of these little squash ball like rubber feet screwed into the bottom of a Prusa i3 MK3 the reduction in noise levels was truly *astonishing*. As you can see, I place my printer on a wooden butcher block countertop. Between the concrete paver and the countertop there are some anti vibration pads made of foam. The sound from the printer placed directly on the paver is much less

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Building my "Ultimate Mega Desk" (Part 2) - The Tinkerspace 1.0

I needed a space where I could explode an entire computer, or 3d printer, or some other overly complex piece of equipment without getting in the way of the rest of the house.

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Fix bad TPU prints

I have a confession. This week a roll of TPU filament purchased from Rigid Ink in March 2018 was discovered lurking in a box and it was time to print some antenna holders for an FPV drone. The trouble with filament that's been left in storage, however carefully, is that due to the hygroscopic nature of certain filaments they basically become waterlogged. TPU is particularly badly affected by this. The roll I had was still factory sealed with a dessicant packet inside the spool and yet it was cl

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3D printed COVID-19 Face Shields

Imagine what we could do for healthcare workers if everyone with a 3d printer did a few masks a day each. It would be amazing. So let's do this.

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3D Printing a custom Vantrue S1 dash cam bracket for a Golf R

The bracket uses a tiny bit of hot glue just to ensure the camera boot has a nice tight fit in the slot so that it doesn't vibrate around too much in there. The footage that came out the other end is remarkably smooth and stable and the bracket attaches with no screws or other adhesives.

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Disable autofocus in Octoprint with a Logitech C920 webcam

Whilst 3D printing I often check up on the print from another location and rely on being able to get a clear, high definition and sharp image. The C920 webcam from Logitech delivers great image quality but unfortunately the auto focus algorithm almost always choose the wrong focal point.

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Building my "Ultimate Mega Desk" (Part 1)

Ok, that took way longer than I expected but I now have a chronological history of my desks. I didn't realise until tonight that desk making was a hobby of mine.

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How to fix OctoPrint keeps running into communication errors and timeouts

I run OctoPrint on a Raspberry Pi connected with a USB cable. If you are doing this you must ensure that Settings -> RPi [off] is set.

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Eliminate 3d Printing Mesh Bed Leveling Globs on a Prusa i3 MK3

What am I talking about? These little dots that appear at every mesh bed leveling point where your nozzle is oozing a little filament out every time. They are annoying and can cause issues with larger prints.

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Printing a Temp Tower to get better quality 3D prints

In order to get the best quality prints it's important to know the correct temperature to print each filament at. Even just a 5c change can make all the difference to the performance of a filament. Here's how to slice and print a 'temp tower'.

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Smart RGB LED strips with Home Assistant

The trouble with any 'smart' device such as a Nest thermostat or Hue light bulb is that they require an internet connection and a company to be in business running a server that they connect to. If the product you just bought requires a cloud service to be available to function, you don't own it.