Posts by: ChunkySteveo

Amazon Wish List Subscriber Purchase | ESP8266 Cheerlights API Example IOT (Internet of Things) LED

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I got a subscriber who purchased some items from my Amazon Wish List. It’s my first purchase and very exciting! They purchased a few electronic items for me, and a few days later they showed up in the mail.

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P3Steel Build Log (#14) – Heated Bed / Build Plate

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When building a 3D printer, there are lots of options you can go with for a build platform, and whether to have it heated or not. I will not go into all of them, but simply state what I am going to use compared to Toolson’s designs.

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AliExpress Postbag #03 – Post bag opening of electrical items from AliExpress

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyWEB919kK4 Number three of my postbag opening series from AliExpress ( http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/u33jIyR ). I get a lot of stuff from China - AliExpress, Banggood etc and wanted to video the "un-boxing" of...

AliExpress Postbag #02 – Post bag opening of electrical items from AliExpress

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Number two of my postbag opening series from AliExpress.

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AliExpress Postbag #01 – Post bag opening of electrical items from AliExpress

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First in a series of postbag opening videos from AliExpress. I get a lot of stuff from China and wanted to video the “un-boxing” of the of the postbags and a little intro to some projects I may or may not be working on in the future.

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Amazon Echo Dot V2 Wall/Ceiling Mount – 3D Printed

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Brilliant original design of an Amazon Echo Dot V2 wall mount by halcyon on Thingiverse. I have had a lot of people ask for this to be printed on 3D Hubs and from their feedback I have updated it with some of my amends.

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P3Steel Build Log (#13) – Print Bed Silicone Dampeners

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To support the print bed from the y-axis and the bed frame Prusa 3D printers use bolts, washers and nuts on each corner with a spring for tension. Toolson’s edition of the P3Steel does away with these springs and opts for a novel (genius) solution of using silicone dampeners.

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P3Steel Build Log (#12) – RAMPS and Arduino Mega (aka The Brain!)

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For this printer I will be using the standard and simple setup of an Arduino Mega and a RAMPS 1.4 board. The Arduino Mega is the brains of the printer and will process all the g-code instructions from the .gcode files from either an SD card or over USB and tell the printer how to move, heat up, extrude filament etc by signalling all the motors, heaters and sensors on the printer which are connected via the RAMPS board, which in turn is connected to the Arduino Mega via the GPIO pins.

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3D Printing Time Lapse – Mount Saint Helens – Thingiverse

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New 3D printing time lapse test using my P3Steel. Still yet to install Octoprint or a webcam, so have been testing with taking time lapse sequences on my old Canon Powershot A570 and a custom firmware from CHDK. This was for my eldest daughter who is in high school for her Geography class.

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P3Steel Build Log (#11) – Endstops / Limit Switches

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Now that all the axis are complete, we can install the endstop/limit switches. These are simply a switch which is triggered mechanically by one of the printers moving parts hitting it, be it the hotend, print bed etc.

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