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eMaker Huxley – Soldering
The work on assembling the eMaker Huxley 3D printer has been slowed down by other commitments, but now things are moving again. After some five hours of soldering (over several nights) the electronics...
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EMaker Huxley Wiring
I’ve finally found the time to wire up my EMaker Huxley 3D printer. Let me summarize the experience – trust the images, not the words, sometimes. At other times, the instructions explicitly states that...
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PLA and Temperatures
The eMaker Huxley 3D printer comes with a roll of while PLA from Faberdashery. A material that is new to me (I’ve only printed ABS before). PLA operates at a cooler temperature, but it requires a phase...
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Printing at Home
If you would have asked me two years ago if I’d have a cheap, reliable 3D printer at home, I would have laughed. And yet, here I am, waiting for a print to finish. The printer in itself, a Huxley from...
View ArticlePortable 3D Printing
The Ben Heck Show had an episode on creating a portable 3D printer. The idea is to fit an entire 3D printer into a suitcase for bringing to fairs and such. The video is a nice guide to the bits and...
View ArticleThe Next Level of Home 3D Printing
The hobbyist 3D printer prints using a thin stream of molten plasting. By adding layer upon layer, a 3D object is created. The big boys don’t do this because of problems with resolution, overhangs,...
View ArticleTurn Scrap into Filament
One of the problems when 3D printing is the cost of filament. Especially since you tend to improve designs incrementally and end up with lots of intermediate step test prints that you need to scrap....
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A desktop CNC
As 3D printing becomes popularized, the opposite, milling (i.e. removing instead of adding material) is trying to reach the same tipping point. Over at kickstarter, the Othermill has achieved funding....
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Open Source Knitting
Being married to a dress maker, this project really resonates with me. The people over at OpenKnit have created an open source knitting machine. This takes home production to a new level. I get the...
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Impressive 6502 Home Computer
Dirk Grappendorf has been working on a serious looking MOS 6502 based computer. Over at his site, you can follow his development diary. The computer was developed between September 2014 and January...
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