I may be building a Prusa Mendel, my Makerbot Thing-O-Matic is working full time on my projects. I just received an Aluminum Build Surface for the Heated Build Platform. I installed it and calibrated the printer. I am very pleased with the results so far. I still have some tune-up to do to get good raft-less prints....
Building a Prusa Mendel 3D Printer
Last week I received my Prusa Mendel 3D printer kit from Makergear. I started to build the kit yesterday and after 5 hours here what I have. I guess I still have a lot of evenings to spend on that thing!...
Bicycle Quick Release Headlight
I published a new thing on Thiniverse.com http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13877 This thing is a quick release bicycle headlight using magnets. I bought the magnets in a garage sale so I can’t really help you find the same magnets. Instructions Print the parts: —————- 2 x clip2.stl 1 x magneta.stl 1 x magnetb.stl Attach one clip2.stl to magneta.stl...
Stars Trackers
I posted these two barndoor mounts on Thiniverse a few days ago. One is manually operated while the other is motorized. Manual Stars Tracker kit: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11376 Motorized Stars Tracker kit: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10756 Since I have not that much time on my hands, I decided to merge both projects so that I can chose between...
The Maker Faire World in New York
Following the Open Hardware Summit I went to the Maker Faire World in New York city. This event was held in the same location as the OHS, at the New York Hall of Science. 3D printers were all over the place! Of course there was the 3D printing village where Makerbot, Makergear, Ultimaker, Botmill...
Parametric Arduino Case
When you make a project using an Arduino board, you often need a case to attach the Arduino onto your project. This small project is my first attempt to make such a case that can be adapted to all my projects. To make it parametric I am using the OpenScad application. OpenScad is an...