After having some issues with leveling my Ender 3 Pro due to peaks in the center of the bed I purchased a glass top. This was...
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Sovol 3D Filament Dryer
I have been starting to get in filaments that are more hygroscopic (absorbs moisture) than standard PLA such as PETG and TPU. My partner saw a...
Continue reading...Creality Sprite Pro installed
I replaced my stock hot end with the Creality Sprite Pro hot end/extruder kit for the Ender 3 Pro. The main benefits are all metal hot...
Continue reading...X and Y belt tensioners for Ender 3 Pro
I recently picked up some belt tensioners for the X and Y axis as I didn’t think I was getting them tight enough. When the printer...
Continue reading...Broken thermister – wild temperature readings
I was having some issues with my hot end temperature. Getting an E1 error on the LCD display seemingly randomly. Looking at Octoprint I also noticed...
Continue reading...Silicone bed spacers
Originally I had upgraded the bed springs from silver to yellow ones and that reduced the amount of bed leveling needed. I was able to go...
Continue reading...Mesh leveling with OctoPrint
With Octoprint, Bed Leveler plugin, and a BLTouch/CRTouch/Abl, you can level your bed more accurately. This is very handy for figuring out how level your bed...
Continue reading...Vase with color-changing filament
My partner picked out this color-changing filament on our trip to Microcenter yesterday. It’s an Inland PLA called Rainbow 2. There was a regular Rainbow filament...
Continue reading...Smoother rolling filament holder
Found this on Thingiverse, a smoother rolling filament holder. The purpose of it is to reduce strain on the filament as its entering the extruder. Printing...
Continue reading...Creality is helping and hurting the 3d printing industry all at the same time
Creality has brought affordable printers to the market that work pretty well out of the box. These printers are very capable and produce some astounding results...
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