I took my printer apart to try to figure out why the bed isn't level. The Y rods where sitting crooked. I popped them out, rolled them on the counter-top to make sure they where still straight and put them back together. It's better, but still not perfect. I think the Y rod mounts are …
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I like clever, simple solutions such as this! Ooze free unattended start Normally plastic oozes from the nozzle during warm up due to thermal expansion and gravity. It is then necessary to prime the extruder by running it for a few seconds to fill up the now empty barrel. … View this post on Google+ …
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Yesterday I took the day off to spend with my daughter. She'd gotten home from nearly a month in Florida visiting family. She wouldn't let me out of her sight! So we made a raised bed using some horse manure I picked up with a friend and some firewood. I have great expectations for this …
It's been a while since I've blogged my dinner, but that's because it's not been overly unusual. This evening I had pulled some carrots that I had planted last spring. They where just pencils last fall, so I didn't mess with them. Look at them now! So I wanted something carroty for dinner. So I …
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A week or so ago, I designed a Soda Bottle SIP irrigation block to keep all my planters watered automatically. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20753 Now all I needed was a bunch of soda bottles cut to make the planters. I tried a knife resting on a stack of books, and that worked pretty well, but not great. I …
