This website has been archived and is no longer being updated. Mostly because my life took a different turn at some point, with less making/manufacturing stuff to write about.

Check out hannobraun.com, to see what I'm up to these days.

Contact me: hello@hannobraun.com

Hanno Braun

making and small-scale manufacturing

Updates

I have a daily habit of working on side projects, and I've come to appreciate the benefits of tracking that habit out in the open. If I'm doing work on a software project, I track that on GitHub. If it's more hands-on, I like to post an update here.

  1. The inside of the Prusa Mini enclosure, two cables going to two lights.

    Doing some cable management in the printer enclosure. Not pretty, but it'll do. Definitely better than having a big pile of them outside.

    Still need to figure what exactly I want to do on the outside. I'd like to attach all switches and power supplies to the outside somehow. Need to think some more.

  2. Notebook #5, in the book press, the spine sticking out. Mull and bookmark ribbon have been glued on; the glue is still wet.

    More progress on notebook #5. Glued on the mull and the bookmark ribbon. Once the glue is dry, finishing the text block can begin.

  3. The text block for notebook #5, the doubled-up end pages being held up by a hand.

    Glued the end pages onto notebook #5. Trying a new technique with doubled-up end pages with this one (inspired by how Moleskines are constructed). I'm hoping this will make the notebooks more flexible, especially when opening it near the beginning or end.

    We'll see how that turns out, once the cover is on.

  4. A new back cover has just started printing on the Prusa Mini.

    The printer is back at work! Printing a new back cover for the printer enclosure. The old one doesn't have holes for the lighting cables yet.

  5. The Prusa Mini extruder, opened; a piece of filament stuck in there

    Took another look at the Prusa Mini extruder today. Filament was stuck in there. Cleaned it up. Couldn't find any root cause for these problems.

    I think I just need to pay more attention to preparing the filament properly. You know, cutting it off at an angle, like the manual says, instead of doing nothing and hoping for the best.