Posts by Colin

Bonus project

Bonus project

After writing the Sensors post. I got to thinking about that project and thought, if I got another set of...

Sensors

Sensors

So far, I’ve been following the instructions from https://diyodemag.com/projects/all_sky_camera_with_raspberry_pi I will be installing a BME280 – temperature, humidity and pressure,...

Initial construction, getting the camera setup working.

Initial construction, getting the camera setup working.

Whilst you would think this is the hard part. This really could not be much easier. Firstly, I started by...

Solar Powered All Sky Camera

Solar Powered All Sky Camera

The concept of this quite simple. Take a Camera, point it up to the sky with a wide angle lens,...

The TFT35 touch screen

The TFT35 touch screen

As part of the mainboard upgrade, I also got an upgraded screen. I’m intending on running this in Marlin mode...

New mainboard

New mainboard

I hit several limits with the original mainboard on my printer. Firstly the firmware was busting the limits of the...

Dual Z lead screws

Dual Z lead screws

After running my printer for a while, I found there was an inconsistency in the Z height. As the printer...

Dual geared extruder

Dual geared extruder

After making a few test prints, I realised that the filament wasn’t being delivered properly from the plastic extruder on...

BL Touch for bed levelling

BL Touch for bed levelling

One of the first upgrades that I did to my Ender 3 pro was to add a BL Touch bed...

3D Printer

3D Printer

During the 2020 lockdown, I started getting into the mindset of making things. I’d been facinated by 3D Printing and...