Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printers which squirt out molten plastic layer by layer are by far the most popular type in general use. Most machines extrude plastic through a nozzle above print bed, and struggle to produce parts with overhangs...
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Meanwhile, hello Epson drivers? The Raspberry Pi OS plunged another knife into the dark heart of Flash this week while adding drivers for Epson printers.…
When most people want to keep tabs on what their 3D printer is up to while they’re out and about, they’ll install OctoPrint on a Pi and be done with it. But what if you’re just on the other side of the room? Inspired by the stack...
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A sale on select Nintendo Switch titles and a Crux Artisan juicer lead Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
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Are you tired of fighting with inkjet cartridges in your multi-function printer? If your print head is always clogging, you are wasting ink on “cleaning,” or you find your ink cartridges drying out before you use them, a multifunction...
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The next time you find yourself in need of some large-ish plastic springs, maybe consider [PattysLab]’s method for making plastic springs out of spare filament. The basic process is simple: tightly wind some 3D printer filament around a steel...
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It didn’t take long to figure out that a dead X axis and an message saying “TMC CONNECTION ERROR” meant that one of the stepper drivers on the SKR E3 Mini 3D printer control board had released the magic smoke. Manufacturer...
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If you want to enjoy the benefits of a printer, take a look at Walmart's offer for this Canon color printer that takes $120 off its price, lowering it to $199.
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Low cost 3D printers have come a long way in the last few years, but have entry-level CNC machines improved by the same leaps and bounds? That’s what [ModBot] recently set out to find. Despite getting burned pretty badly on a cheap CNC a few...
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Printers are all well and good, but they’re generally limited to smaller paper sizes and use expensive ink. If you instead want to produce art on a larger scale, a plotter can be a great way to go. [tuenhidiy] built a tidy example using an old...
Carpark sorrow as Windows failed to cough booty 12BOC On the seventh day of Christmas, the bork gods sent to me: a boot-hurt ATM, fix the printer, nerds, Scottish parking whi-i-i-i-nge, one dead DB, petty angry user, flightless Windows signage,...
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Two firewalls are better than one, right? 12BoC On the sixth day of Christmas, the bork gods sent to me: Fix the printer, nerds, Scottish parking whi-i-i-i-nge, one dead DB, petty angry user, flightless Windows signage, and a server they said had...
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Creality, makers of the Ender series of 3D printers, have released a product called Wi-Fi Box meant to control printers over a network and I ordered one for today’s teardown. Let’s get something very clear from the start. If you’re...
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Anyone looking for a new wireless printer should look no further than the Epson Workforce Pro WF-4740 Wireless All-in-One Printer.
This model has so many great features, from 2-sided printing and a large capacity to a nice big touchscreen for...
[Teaching Tech] has been interested in adding a tool changer to his 3D printer. E3D offers a system that allows you to switch print heads or even change out a hot end for a laser or a (probably) light-duty CNC head. The price of the entire device,...
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Whether you're producing documents, photos or both, we've got the perfect printer for you.
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Printer and internet snafus held up the release of the text of Congress' latest stimulus bill at the US Capitol on Monday.
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A confluence of tech snafus delayed Monday's release of the text of the latest COVID-19 stimulus...
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A very common hack to a 3D printer is to connect a Raspberry Pi to your printer and then load Octoprint or a similar program and send your files to the printer via the network. [Teaching Tech] noticed that Creality now has an inexpensive WiFi...
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The idea of a reconfigurable macro keyboard is a concept that has been iterated on by many all the way from custom DIY keypads to the polarizing TouchBar on MacBooks. The continual rise of cheap powerful microcontrollers with Wi-Fi and 3D printers...
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Normally, Windows 10 will automatically set the printer you used most recently to be your default printer. For some people, this can be annoying. Luckily, you can turn this feature off and manage your default printer manually. Here’s how.Read...