Those of you that know anything about me, perhaps have perused the site a bit, know I make a lot of web connected crap. One example that stands out is my computerized smelter. This device has a net connected micro controller that receives instructions from a web server to process […]
Lets Talk About VR or How I Learned Extreme Patience
So I picked up a Meta Quest 2 the other day. It’s great, it really is. I also returned it the other day. Nah, not because it was bad or anything. I decided it was worth the extra 250 to get the Quest 3. Quest 3 is also fantastic. My […]
Culture
Lets discuss Corporate Culture. Hopefully you read that the same way Billy Madison reads Business Ethics. The latest buzz word (concept?) amongst all the pseudo-entrepreneurs out there. Corporate culture is a plague and is adding nothing to your business except extreme distress for many of your employees. Lets dissect the […]
Turnover
Lets do a quick test. Everyone who thinks turnover in your business is good raise your hand. SMH. Yeah see I shouldn’t have seen any hands. Just to clarify we’re talking about turnover in the sense of employees exiting and entering your company. Once again, show of hands, who thinks […]
Surface Grinder Repair – Making a Bevel Gear
As they say, mistakes were made. That used to be a gear. Specifically the gear that tied the handwheel to the lead screw that moved the spindle up and down in my surface grinder. I picked this surface grinder up for $500 somewhat recently. If you aren’t familiar with this […]
BL Touch Knockoff Review
I’ll be honest, this one is on me. If I was paying closer attention I never would have bought a knock off BL Touch 3D printer bed probe. That said, I wasn’t paying attention and I found myself the proud owner of a knockoff BL Touch that cost about the […]
3D Printer Upgrades – Part 3
Well the upgrades are done and the printer is working exceptionally well. As you can see, a lot has changed. This was a ridiculous process and took all of my free time for 3 weeks straight. BL Touch As you can see there’s a BL Touch on my carriage now. […]
3D Printer Upgrades – Part 2
Wow, that went poorly. And maybe still isn’t going great. The first big problem was plastic seep. The crappy cheap heat break I used was not machined flat properly on the end that is supposed to mate with the nozzle, pretty sure it wasn’t the Bondtech CHT nozzle. Of course […]
3D Printer Upgrades
I was working on the dust collector system when my main 3D printer started printing what could safely be called trash. After some poking around I discovered the extruder filament pinch wheel gears were missing the majority of their teeth. You can see the stripped teeth right behind the nylon […]