Interwebs of Joe
JK3D.us was “started” last year sometime; I bought a domain, hosting, installed WordPress, and then did nothing about it for close to a year while I worked to figure out what it was going to be. Everything seems simple at … Continued
Since the last post a lot of progress has been made on many different areas. JK3D is doing business, A year of pandemic life, printer upgrades, custom ventilation setups, motorcycle updates, etc…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing a lot of work to not only get my workflows down solid for eventually ramping up JK3D.us as a side business, but also expanding my knowledge and capabilities in the world of … Continued
So with the launch of JK3D (more on that in a future post) I was testing my laser engraver/cutter on etching my logo into 3D printed parts. In most cases that will be easier/higher quality/and more discrete than 3D printing … Continued
Feeling the heat, and soft plastic? After the last post, days after, I had an unfortunate failure develop in the printer. After precisely calibrating the machine so that the extruders were perfectly aligned again and had zero Z offset, I … Continued
Back in May of 2020 I declared that the new big printer I designed was done. Well, it was mostly done. From the initial design, and build out it was, but there were a number of small design issues I … Continued
Happy New Year! With the end of 2020, and the cold months rolling around there isn’t much to do other than watch TV and fret about what 2021 is going to bring. With that I am trying to fix and … Continued
UPDATE: I am selling this mount as a finished product @ JK3D.us! Click Here to Purchase! Vibrating a camera to death Late last week I was reading about a weird phenomena people were seeing with modern/high end phones having the … Continued
Now that the 3D printer project is wrapped, I am onto designing parts, and upgrades for my K40 laser cutter/engraver (as well as some other design projects for other hobbies). Over the last few weeks I’ve been planning and doing … Continued
After 1.5 years of thinking of ideas, and different stages of completion, the printer is 100% done. Tonight I finished the enclosure which was the last part of the project. Over the last couple weeks I designed the hinges, figured … Continued
After printing PPE for COVID for months it seems I am back to printing things for various projects around the house. This ranges from parts for my motorcycle, garden sprinkler accessories, templates for power tools to use, parts for the … Continued
Printing to the point of failure About a week ago in the middle of printing ~ 800 more ear savers, the printer made one helluva racket and the U Axis stopped moving. I immediately knew what the issue was as … Continued