Tagged with '3d printing'
Going Dual Camera with OctoPrint
- March 13, 2023
- 6 minutes
- 3d printing, automation, inspiration, tech
Almost as soon as I started using OctoPrint, I also set up an old webcam to let me remotely "see" things since I keep the printer in the basement. That whole process was an adventure, because I don't use a Raspberry Pi for OctoPrint like most folks; I have an old Intel NUC (also used as a local dev server) running Ubuntu on which I installed OctoPrint. To that end, I had to do some manual install/build of the mjpg-streamer, specifically I used this package to get started.
Read MoreMister Thermistor, Fixed With a Silpat
- January 30, 2023
- 8 minutes
- 3d printing, inspiration, mistakes, personal, tech
I got hooked into 3D printing late last summer. A problem that cropped up after the first couple months of tinkering and relatively error-less printing was an issue with thermal runaway. Something I could correct for short periods of time, but never make totally go away...
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