Category: Site News

They say kids change life they are not wrong since having our son have only had time to order new bits and upgrades for equipment. have had not time to test out my new screenz streaming box or get the cameras up and working.

Creality CR-10 large format printer i got from gear best has been working well but as most who know me i cannot leave stuff alone so will be upgrading it shortly already added self leveling probe to the system but more to come.

New in the man cave is my k40 Chinese  Co2 laser cutter that  was OK out of the box. But as being a born to tinker i have already started to modifie the machine. will add a review and upgrade of the machine shortly.

as adding motorized bed new air assist and lens and mirrors as well as a Cohesion3D controller board. i will then be upgrading my control panel for the machine to make it super 

Have had some down time on 3d printing as my Prusa i3 Mk2s MMU kit has not printed right since i upgraded the machine hoping on Prusa support to sort this soon. see image below having jamming issues on second layer.

as the winter nights are still with us been teaching my self cnc cam and i have also invested in a cnc milling machine that should land any day soon need to make some space in the cave for this influx of equipment.

in short good times a head when i get some free time to do stuff will start posing some live video and video reviews of things i am doing soon.

Have been tied up with the arrival of our son Macsen James in to the world that and my streaming solution has packed.up. i have got a new streaming studio via a kickstarter project i backed a while back.

I am  working on a new way of showing off the cave and projects being run on my 3D printers and laser Cutter.

more news and projects coming soon cannot believe its been since may since i last posted lol

 

 

RIGHT time to lunch the site and get things going sorry for the delay but been ill then busy with work.  but i am back will be kicking of my next post shortly. starting with building a cheep retro arcade bar top using a raspberry pi and Hyper pi to give you the ultimate retro arcade with out a expensive pc.

Then will do a upgrade video on my Original Prusa Mk2 to Mk2s once it arrives

i am having a clear in the cave as have a influx of bits i wanna review but have very little space to do so. i have a few days next week to box up and bag up all the extra stuff i dont need in the cave then should have some more room to build stuff.

Up Coming reviews

Trunis 3D printer / Lazer engraver.

Polymakers Polysmoother and polysmooth PLA.

So whats been happening in my cave

I built my first printer.  My original Prusa i3 Mk has been printing some fun stuff over the last few months. just a few images some of the cool stuff i have built.

Retro Mario Cube Link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1721234

The chaos of the man cave with some new figures i have printed awaiting paint need to clear and re organise.

Candy machine  Link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1453445

Fidgit Spinner with 9.5mm ball bearings and 608ZZ bearings Link: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1970961

Will start the build of arcade cabinet later and start posting some images.

Been a busy week, in the man cave setting the studio up. its not been with its failures as my old trust 32″ monitor went poof.

Lucky I have managed to find temporary monitor not as impressive but hay it works. have managed to test the live stream for a brief rambling of a mad man. I have ordered all the bits I need for assembling my first project.

the Mancave should be  broadcasting its first live stream soon. Approximately around the 20th Feb post when i have a confirmed date of parts arriving.

To start things off I will be building a new 3D printer as my current one is awaiting new extruder. will review my Trinus in a video soon as Being a Kickstarter funded printer having some teething issues. I’m sure it will be all up and running.

So will be building a Prusa i3 mk2 to start the streaming off. yes I know its been done by a few people already  but hay I got to start some ware.

then will start printing some cool mods for it.

I’m also looking for some suggestions of fun things to build and print.