The Arduino Mega (clone) board arrived for the 199€ 3D printer project. The build quality is really nice for the price. Price: 9€ Read more →
Challenge – create a 3D printer under 199€
I have been playing with my ultimaker for a while now and have been very happy with it. However it costs an arm and a leg and costruction is quite demanding (my kit with dual extruder and ulticontroller was 1299€). I decided to try to push a working 3D printer price as low as possible with the following design goals o as… Read more →
Tindie BBtech Arduino compatible board HOWTO
I stumbled across a new Arduino compatible board on Tindie (tindie.com). Manufacturer is BBTech from Taiwan and they ship free across the globe. Board itself is an AtTiny 85 with a micronucleus bootloader. After only one week of waiting I received a package and the new boards neatly packed in a padded mailer bag. Read more →
Spark Core finally arrived with a lovely package
After a wildly succesful Kickstarter campaign the Spark Core (http://spark.io) is now shipping. I got mine last week and here are the first photos. Really nice design and the protoboard is an added bonus. I’ll keep posting more when I get time to dwell into these. Read more →
Method for grayscale and full color 3D printer
I was changing my filament from black to white a while back and somehow the nice smooth change from black to white caught my eye. Since then I have been wondering if one could use this method to print with unlimited shades of gray or even unlimited colours to create a full color 3d printer. Read more →