3D Printing: filament grinding & nozzle blockage

My printer stopped printing part way through a print!

 

I'd never experienced this before...

...and I'm still not sure what the reason was for this problem.

My 'Cardboard Box' Moth Trap

I was wondering whether the clear plastic/glass panels in a typical Skinner trap were really necessary.

 

This led to a few experiments, and then to the construction of a simple cardboard moth trap...

...which is probably the cheapest DIY moth trap design imaginable!

3D Design & Print: bits for my kitchen radio

I wanted to add a BlueTooth transmitter to KitchenPi

At last, a mini-project to exercise my [dubious] 3D design skills.

FreeCAD: Pads & Pockets

I'm slowly getting to grips with FreeCAD...

 

...but its certainly been challenging.

In this post I describe how to make a simple structure including holes & cutouts.

Starting FreeCAD: making name plates

Drawing my own objects in 3D is the next logical step on my 3D Printing adventure.

However, 3D CAD software can be tricky to get your head around.

But this is how I designed a few 3D name plates.

Multicolour printing on Creality CR-10-V3 with Cura

This is a detailed guide on colour printing with a single extruder.

 

Multicolour printing can really lift some prints, especially where appearance is more important than functionality.

The Cura slicer provides good support for this process.

Moth Trap: mark II

Now that it has finally stopped raining, its time to get the moth trap out.

 

But wait, I've had a idea for a better design.

So here is my mark II.

Prostate Cancer: ring that bell

I've just finished the Radiotherapy phase of my treatment.

 

So its a good time to look back at how things played out.

3D Printer control via Gambas

Its easy to write some Gambas code to provide basic control of a 3D printer.

You just need a good G-code reference list.

These notes were born out of a few experiments I recently conducted with my Creality CR-10-V3