Breaking my new year resolution and it’s only feb… đ a new project! I have been finding that I was answering the same questions again and again, so I put together a website to act as a resource for people to read and be brought up to speed. I present… the (unofficial) JGAurora 3D printer … [Read more…]
NEW: Please see the JGAurora A5 wiki for up-to-date firmware & instructions! New year, new 3D printer! This one was kindly received for review from JGAurora. I do have an unboxing video here, but for the full review you’ll have to wait… but here’s something fun for the meantime đ In the mean time, … [Read more…]
Wow – time flies when you’re having fun…. I’ve now had this printer for over two and a half years now, so this is a short update of where things are at, and my perspective on the printer with the benefit of hindsight. Aside from the new buildplate, and the acrylic top enclosure, one of … [Read more…]
Let me start by saying that I have a passion for technology – some might classify it as a love, others might call it techno-lust, but whatever it is, I really enjoy new gadgets, and I especially enjoy learning about what makes them tick. From a young age I’ve been pulling things apart, and I … [Read more…]
I initially had an idea of writing a bridge from DMX to talk to the YN360 wand-light, but for a few reasons I found that this would not work well, primarily due to the high latency in the connection. Instead, I’m publishing my code for talking to the YN360 using the BLE Nano from RedBear labs, … [Read more…]
So one of my recent new toys professional purchases was a lightsaber photography light wand. More specifically, the Yongnuo YN360. This is a icelight clone, that in my opinion is significantly more flexible, offering white light with variable temperature control, as well as providing arbitary RGB lighting as well. Frankly, the light was a great help at adding … [Read more…]
One of the major issues with the Z-603S (at the least the one I received) was that the build plate had a signifiant amount of warp across the surface. I measured this warp to be about 0.2mm – this may not seem like much, but this is already up to 4 layer heights! The result … [Read more…]
I have stopped playing pokemon go, but during the frenzy I managed to purchase a pokemon go plus. The design of the device is hideous, so I decided to design a 3D printable replacement casing for it that would be more subtle and would allow me to use regular watch-bands on the pokemon go plus. … [Read more…]
To be clear – this rant is not intended to be a personal attack on Roy. Everyone says he is a great guy, and his products at Panucatt Devices are fanstastic – e.g  “Roy Cortes is probably one of the nicest guys I have run into in the 3D Printing community” But I think things have … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, and prefer to use millimetre measurement units (MMGS) in your favourite CAD program you’re going to have a very bad time in COMSOL. By default, COMSOL will assume that a imported DXF file uses meters (MGS). The result will be that your simulation runs fine, but you may find that “nothing happens” or the … [Read more…]