This is going to be a short post, because I don’t have a lot to say. I am sure you have been seeing the hubbub lately about how you can print ABS on top of a layer of PLA while...
Read the post →First of all, I am NOT saying that you should buy a Sovol SV06. I wholeheartedly believe that the Bambu A1 Mini is by far the best $200 3D printer, and I really do think everyone should own one. The...
Read the post →There is just so much to like about the Sovol SV08 on paper. A solid-looking Voron clone running Klipper with a massive 350 mm cube of build volume for under $600 is a really good value. It is a good...
Read the post →I am excited about the Sovol Comgrow T300. I don’t think I would ever pay $550 for this printer, but its print volume is at least 44 mm bigger in every direction. If the T300 lives up to its spec...
Read the post →The $299 Bambu A1 Mini has been shipping for a few months now. It is fast. You get so much for your money. It seems reliable. Bambu has great quality control. Its release was a huge blow to Sovol and...
Read the post →I promise. I am not trying to be a 3D-printing blog, but I got a new toy, so this is where my thoughts keep landing right now.
Read the post →No! I do not regret ordering my Bambu A1 Mini combo in November! I have been printing with it almost every day for the last two weeks, and it has been fantastic. I hardly ever print anything that wouldn’t fit...
Read the post →Last year, I had two problems to solve. I needed to carry one more thing in my smallest laptop bag. I also wind up having two long and narrow strips of carbon fiber plate left over after cutting batches of...
Read the post →Earlier this month, I wrote about ordering myself a Bambu A1 Mini 3D Printer. I could rehash all the reasons why I chose to add an A1 Mini to my collections instead of a Bambu P1S, or why I think...
Read the post →Writing these sorts of blogs is starting to feel like a tradition, and it would feel weird not to do it. I buy a thing. I don’t know what I am getting myself into. I write about what I am...
Read the post →NOTE: In my attempt to call attention to the problems, all photographs are lit and angled in a way that most highlight any printing imperfections. Just about everything pictured here looks better in person than zoomed in and lit so...
Read the post →I am not even sure about the direction this post is going to take. I had a pretty reasonable blog nearly completed over the weekend, which discussed how Sovol seems to be trying to squeeze as much speed and quality...
Read the post →The inspiration for this blog post comes from someone in the Butter, What?! Discord community. They were asking what we thought of the Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro 3D printer. I looked at it and said, “Yuck! That printer uses V-wheels!...
Read the post →I am not even close to the end of this journey. I haven’t even decided where this journey is going to end. I installed Michael Hill’s Marlin build with input shaping on my Sovol SV06 last night. I farted around...
Read the post →I have been visiting r/sovol quite often since I bought my Sovol SV06. It is a lot off fun to see how other people are getting along with their printers!
Read the post →My Prusa MK3S has a problem, and I believe it has had this problem to at least some degree since I bought it. I have trouble getting good first-layer adhesion on certain edges of the bed. If I remember correctly,...
Read the post →I am a happy owner of a Prusa MK3S 3D printer. It has been in service here in my home office for nearly three years, and I haven’t had any major problems with it. I had a stretch last year...
Read the post →A lot can happen in a week. My neighbor stopped by to ask which of the 3D printers at Microcenter he should buy. I told him no way. These all cost too much. Spend $250 and order yourself a Sovol...
Read the post →I can’t believe I did this. I am not entirely sure why I decided that I had to pull the trigger. I suspect it was the price of the refurbished Sovol SV06 that made me do it. How could I...
Read the post →I have been 3D printing for eight years. If the first layer wasn’t sticking on my first printer, I would just make sure the nozzle was at a reasonable height then load up the glass build plate with more hairspray....
Read the post →The short answer is yes! Holy crap! I have my Prusa MK3S plugged into the USB port on my oldest OpenWRT router, and I am running Octoprint in a virtual machine on my homelab server. I have run five print...
Read the post →Putting the SodaStream Terra adapters up for sale in my Tindie store was an accident. My friend Alex designed the adapter. He got busy with real life and didn’t want to deal with the hassle of selling them on Etsy...
Read the post →UPDATE: This blog post is so old and out of date, but it is still getting quite a lot of visits from Google search! I should organize my current PrusaSlicer profiles so I can export them and re-upload them.
Read the post →I’m excited about this. I have to say that I expected to be writing a post talking about my first day with my new Prusa MK3S, but I had a very successful first evening with the machine. I started unboxing...
Read the post →Today has been quite a roller coaster for me!
Read the post →UPDATE: I have a Shapeoko CNC machine now. You should check out what I’ve been cutting with it!
Read the post →When I bought my own 3D printer, some of the first things I printed were small 3D-printer upgrades. I find the idea of using a machine to create parts to upgrade itself fascinating. When we bought a pair of FlashForge...
Read the post →We decided it was time to buy some 3D printers at TheLab.ms makerspace in Plano. They asked me which printer to order, and I ended up recommending the FlashForge Creator Pro. I’m still a huge fan of the MakerFarm Prusa...
Read the post →My friend Brian and I have been messing around with breadboards, Arduinos, and ESP8266 boards quite a bit during the past several months. We learned pretty quickly that it is difficult to keep the various boards you’re working with from...
Read the post →I bought my 8” Prusa i3 printer almost a year ago. I had been interested in the idea of owning my own 3D printer ever since the first time I saw a video of the old MakerBot Cupcake in action....
Read the post →Immediately after installing my monitor stand, it was obvious that I needed a good way to hide the cables that were routed out the back. Most people that use these stands wouldn’t see the cables, because they’re sitting directly in...
Read the post →I’ve been working on my biggest, most complicated OpenSCAD part since November. It is a cover to hide the cables coming out of the back of my monitor stand. It feels like a long time to be working on the...
Read the post →My friend Brian has been on a mission to reduce the weight and volume of his keychain.
Read the post →I wasn’t sure that I was going to write about this particular project. The finished part is serviceable enough, but it is far from perfect, and I was having a lot of trouble getting behind the desk to take a...
Read the post →I’d been complaining about headphone wiring and computer audio-quality issues quite a bit recently. Someone must have gotten tired of hearing me complain, because I was given a FiiO E07K Andes headphone amplifier for my birthday. It is a nice...
Read the post →I ordered an adjustable tablet stand not even two days before I decided to buy a 3D printer. That stand is inexpensive and versatile, but it doesn’t do quite what I wanted. What I really wanted to do was attach...
Read the post →I’ve had my Prusa i3 3D printer for more than a month now, and I’ve been having a blast. Hardly a day went by in the first couple of weeks that I wasn’t printing something. Most of the things I...
Read the post →Standing desks have become a popular trend in recent years. I decided to see what the hype was all about three years ago. My quick test setup was quite simple. I placed a big box, in this case a rather...
Read the post →I bought a 3D printer. I’ve wanted one ever since reading about the old MakerBot Cupcake almost five years ago. Now I finally have one, and I’m very excited. Things have come a long way in four years. The printer...
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