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My first 3D prints
So yesterday was a bit of a breakthrough. After only a year of trying, I made some things with my 3D printer. The first (above) is a mount for the electronics. I found out that the reason I was only getting half-prints like this: Was because the connections on the RAMPs shield were moving around…
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A phobia overcome (sort of)
The printer, which I should really have named by now (I’m not very good at naming things), is almost finished, and I ordered the very last parts I think I’ll need from a local hobby robotics supplier today. It’s taken a lot longer than originally planned, mainly because I’ve been scared of doing the electronics.…
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Happy with today’s progress…
So I haven’t updated this much lately, despite promising myself I’d keep a record of my African ‘journey’. Part of the reason has been work, and part is that I did an eight week Coursera course on data analysis, which took up literally every spare hour I had from the end of January until mid-March.…
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The revolution starts here
This arrived in the post this morning. Bought from eBay for the princely sum of £130. Which is nothing really. If you have to ask what it is, you probably won’t get why I’m so excited by it. But the skeleton for a RepRap Prusa Mendel Mk2 3D printer is – hopefully – one of…
