Daddy got a race car in a box

I got a box in the mail. Bella was using it as a chair in the living room when I got home from work. I asked her what she thought was in it. She said “A Race Car”. Funny thing is, the kid was right! It was my rolls of plastic for my 3d printer. …

My RepRap is a handy tool in my tool box

I didn’t realize it until last night, but 1 of my windows wouldn’t lock. I can’t have that! It was a 2nd story window, so not a security issue, but the cold air blows through it. I needed to make a shim for the lock. I happen to have this really cool tool. My 3d …

I am kicking around an idea for a cell phone based water sample spectrometer

It would be used for testing the water in my aquaponics system. I am not sure that the stuff I want to test is even detectable with the hardware I am going to use, but working out the mechanics is what’s challenging for me at the moment. The genisis for this idea is at http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11840&start=150#p345100 The process is …

An item of mine was featured on ThingiVerse today.http://www.thingiverse.com/thi…

An item of mine was featured on ThingiVerse today.http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29107 Of course, my luck, it’s a photo of my toilet! This is somehow fitting for me… And what’s the best punny joke that can be made of this? Toilet Seat bolt bushing/shim by creuzerm – Thingiverse Thingiverse is a universe of things. Download our files and …

I printed some z wobble minimisers and installed them tonight

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20147 I had to leave half way through the print, so I paused the job and powered down the heaters. The print finished ok when i powered the heaters back up, leaving a big blob where the nozzle had sat. Need to lift the nozzle off of the part or something. Last time I tried …

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