Today I spent some time doing some maintenance. I fixed a squeaky idler, and crimped bootlace ferrules to all the wires that go to screw […]
Month: June 2019
Why you shouldn’t calibrate your 3D printer.
Well……not quite. There’s definitely good reasons to calibrate the various axes of a 3D printer. Perhaps a more accurate title would be: “How, when, and […]
A diatom sampler for people who don’t want to get wet.
One of my colleagues is studying diatoms in lakes in Antarctica. However, normally sampling diatoms involves getting wet, which is not terribly fun in Antarctic […]
3D Printing, Arduinos, and Science. How to save money and create cool stuff.
Traditionally, fabrication of bespoke and custom research equipment has been a challenge. We’ve had to make do with bodging together off the shelf parts into […]
Monitoring marks that can take a hit.
Today, I’m going to talk about some surveying stuff. One of the challenges in surveying (and science too) is establishing long term marks for spatial […]
Gyroid infill tests
It’s sometimes hard to keep up to date on what is happening in the 3d printing world as new developments occur very rapidly. Occasionally, however, […]