Interwebs of Joe
So my trusty heavily modified Anet A8M is on the fritz… After printing pretty good through 6 rolls since it was rebuilt in early winter… It’s gone funky. 2 pulleys have failed, and now that think linear bearings on the … Continued
LED madness! Tonight was some code work and LED wiring. After ordering the wrong polarity of RGB LEDs last time I got the proper ones in for this main board (Common Anode). They are setup and coded to have different … Continued
As part of this project I plan to upload most of the designs and such to Thingiverse as the finishing of this project. The Duet and Duex mount I designed to go under the printer has been requested a few … Continued
This weekend, a ton of progress was made. All 3 of the Axis were mounted and tested. Some wiring was done(or tested at least), and test movements have happened for all the major components. Issues during the build out: LEDs… … Continued
In a sort of knee jerk move, the printer frame is together! I didn’t expect or plan to start building, but when I was trying to figure out the acrylic sheet sizes for the base to mount the electronics on, … Continued
Limited progress overall: So in the last few days, a few things are conspiring against this project. Not only am I still working to figure out WTF is going on with the CarbonX filament I received, but Amazon has seemingly … Continued
Over the weekend a lot of things got done, and a lot of things got started. Having my phone camera out of commission has limited some of the pictures I am taking through the project; new phone should be here … Continued
After days of frustration, after frustration, and compounding errors… it seems I nailed the right settings for this CarbonX filament. To the point that this print is one of the highest quality prints I’ve ever done in any material. It’s … Continued
After the drama of having the nozzle clog on the printer a few days ago, and making a number of changes to address that… I found many of the changes had a direct and negative effect on the tolerances and … Continued
The Rooftop webcam that I put up just about a year ago is getting one of its more impressive tests today. Denver is in the middle of a “Bomb Cyclone” blizzard and could plunge Denver into its lowest pressures ever. … Continued
I’ve been fortunate over the years to NEVER have had a nozzle clog on me… until shortly after the picture from yesterday’s post about the Carbon X prints starting. I looked over and saw the head moving mid air and … Continued
Tweaking the filaments All weekend I worked on calibrating, testing, and building Simplify3D profiles for the new filaments I am working with. As in the last post, I had trouble getting the Hatchbox PETG to print as clean as I … Continued