I think I’ve come a long way. I lost my shark clip which when I ride my bike so I decided to print another and look at this quality: …and compare it to the first time I printed one of these: …Hmm. okay, the actual improvement is obfuscated by lousy picture quality. The original had loose threads on the bottom, …
Busy day
In between iterations of my chess set my replicator was hardly idle. Here’s a break down of the things my Replicator and I made today: A fan grill and feed support. I love it when the replicator prints it’s own parts. The fan grill wasn’t particularly necessary but it was so cool and really looks like it belongs there so I don’t …
Action Chess Progress: Triumph!
It is done! All the pieces work. They print well, they go together well, they come apart well, and they look great! Finally I have the chess set I’ve wanted since I was a child. I’m packaging up the files for publishing on thingiverse, but I wanted my loyal readers here to be the first to know that the Action Chess set …
Off with their heads!
Well…. carp. I was testing the new coupling on the pawns and rook and forgot to turn off the “use raft/support” option from another print I was setting up (which I haven’t printed yet but whatever). No problem, I’ll just pop them off an…. Pop pop pop. The tops of every single pawn popped right off. I don’t know if …
Action Chess Progress = New Coupler
Sometimes pictures don’t do a design justice. I’ve finally figured out a coupling that will mate with itself and print successfully and stable. I’m really happy with this one. New chess design and new print coming soon. Sorry it took me so long to get this report out. Apparently my new webcam software doesn’t do compression and uploading a 3 …
This is genius!
On an unrelated note, “genius” is one of those words that I can never spell correctly the first time. Problem: Printing ABS requires strict temperature control.Problem: Plexiglas enclosures are expensive.Observation: The Replicator ships in a big cardboard box.Solution: Build a cardboard enclosure for your Replicator from the box it was shipped in. Dang. That’s smart. Now, I’m not going to cut up …
So close…
Maybe I could call this the battle damaged version. When I printed the knights, snapped them on, and it actually stood I was stoked. Unfortunately I’m having trouble printing the new rooks. Fortunately I think I’ve come up with a solution. Unfortunately that means I’m going back to modeling for a bit. But hopefully this weekend will be it.
V: DO RJMFN!
A while back I created a decoder ring that printed two interlocked rings simultaneously and I am proud to announce that IT WORKS! As usual there’s some refinement of the design that could happen but for the most part I’m excited that it worked so well. Unfortunately I’ve only printed one…
Yes, I use it
I just knew this thing was going to be featured.
Dieing to Dye
Let me just make this a short one. Do your research first. That way you find the super helpful video that tells you what you need before you start. Let me sum up by saying I can confirm that dye alone does not color ABS plastic. Even if you let it soak all night long: And if it does the …