Update on the Never-Ending Printer Project
I installed the Y-axis screw drive in MegaMax using the old NEMA-23 stepper motor. A couple really good things came from this: 1) I can now adjust the bed leveling screws from the underside of the bed...
View ArticleSon of MegaMax Enters Instructables 3D Printing Contest
Many 3D printers being given away as prizes! If I win one I’ll be donating it to my son’s school or other school or library that would like a machine and doesn’t already have one. To do that I need...
View ArticleExperiments in optics and image processing
After successfully mating a web cam with my microscopes (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:216821) and telescope (https://www.youmagine.com/designs/web-cam-adapter-for-meade-telescope-eyepiece), I...
View ArticleChocolate Printer Cooling System Test
This week I attempted the first test of the chocolate printer cooling system. The cooling system is intended to solidify the chocolate just after it leaves the extruder nozzle so that by the time the...
View ArticleFun in the Booth at the Milwaukee Maker Faire
Last minute decisions work out once in a while. For example, I was going to be at the Makerspace booth at the Milwaukee Maker Faire for the weekend and wanted some examples of the sorts of things you...
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