Ideas, news & tutorials for makers and hackers – Arduino/Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, robotics, laser cutting, and more
Do you want to laser engrave or cut, but don’t like the idea of pumping the smoke out of a window? Or perhaps, like us, you live in a climate not conducive to that?
The Glowforge Compact Filter has come in handy during our freezing cold winter days, but it is not entirely good news, so I thought I would put my thoughts into this post to serve as a review of the compact filter and feedback for how things could be improved.
[Read more…]Bittboy or PocketSprite? Which is best? Which should you buy?
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Soldering. Love it, hate it, tolerate it, but if you are into electronics, learn to do it. Are you making it more difficult for yourself than it needs to be?
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Glowforge reviews like mine have convinced you to buy the Glowforge over other options such as Full Spectrum, Trotec, or a more DIY solution. That’s great!
But which Glowforge should you buy?
Let’s take a look at the differences, what those differences mean in practice, and help you decide!
[Read more…]What were the best tools you bought or used in 2018?
I review a lot of stuff (to the point where I stopped listing everything), but a few things stood out above the rest. Let’s see how many match what you are thinking of …
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Occasionally I get stuff to review, but I also buy stuff to review. Fact is, however, most of the stuff I get either sent or I buy I don’t review.
Why?
I try not to publicly criticize. Plus, I don’t think it is a good idea to publicize things that are bad.
Praise in public, criticize in private.
When I get sent things that don’t work in some way I will let the manufacturer or retailer know. They don’t always appreciate that even.
For my 3D printed turntable I obviously need some way to turn the turntable, and preferably for video and scanning, some method to control speed.
Fortunately, I have a whole box full of those cheap and ubiquitous stepper motors, the 28YBJ-48 plus the ULN2003 driver board.
[Read more…]Have you been wanting a wifi camera? Maybe for some added security, or perhaps to monitor the kids/pets/roommate?
Turn your Raspberry Pi into an internet camera!
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The Glowforge Basic does not have the pass-through feature of the Glowforge Pro but with this magnet hack, you can trick the front flap to think the lid is shut fully, allowing you to “pass-in” larger material than usual.
[Read more…]The Ender 3, as the name suggests, is the improved successor of the Creality Ender 2 3D printer kit, with a larger build area (~220mm+ x 220mm+ x 250), but still with the aluminium extrusion based semi-built-kit construction of the rest of their 3D printer kit line.
Back in June I gave my first impressions and since then it has become one of my favourite printers. While it is smaller than my other Creality printers, the CR-10 and CR-10 S5 (that I love), being smaller actually helps.
