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This is a mix between a blog and a personal wiki. Notes can be articles, project presentations, or literally notes I wrote up after doing some research.
Published: 2021-10-26 (updated 2022-01-10)
I've been doing CAD modeling for a while now, and although I'm far from being an expert, I have developed opinions on how CAD software should work, and what it should provide. In this note, I lay out the criteria by which I evaluate CAD software.
Go to note...Published: 2021-12-20
3D printers can be pretty accurate. How accurate depends on lots of factors, of course, but usually it's not a problem to create relatively tight-fitting mechanical parts. How can it happen then, that the thickness of thin walls can be way off?
Go to note...Published: 2021-12-08 (updated 2021-12-15)
I've been wanting an enclosure for my Prusa Mini for a while. When my friend Martin Dederer offered to build one, if I send him a design, that offer was hard to pass up.
Go to note...Published: 2021-12-14
The Prusa Mini comes with a built-in first layer calibration procedure. I find it lacking, however, and have come with my own technique for calibrating the first layer.
Go to note...Published: 2021-11-11
Fillamentum NonOilen is an exciting new material that promises better biodegradability than PLA, high temperature resistance, and other advantageous attributes. I figured out how to print it on the Prusa Mini.
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