Saturday, June 3, 2017

Back to Cooling Fans

Well, the air pump cooling system I installed a while back really wasn't performing as well as I expected. Aaand in the process of adjusting it, I cracked off the fragile air pipe. So, I'm going to try out the stock cooling fans that came with the new hot end.

While I'm doing that, I'm adding a ring of LEDs (originally built as an accent light for cars, and therefore conveniently already designed for the same 12 volts my printer runs on).


It's pretty bright!


Maybe a little too bright. It washes out the camera. I'll see if I can adjust that later.


Thursday, June 1, 2017

Mother and Child


I wound up giving this one to my mother-in-law, who is a nurse-midwife. My wife wants a vapor-smoothed version.

Source: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1541512