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3D Printing Project: Cutting Board Holder
I just upgraded my cutting boards and didn’t want them to get damaged by sitting in water. So my latest 3D printing project is a behind-the-faucet cutting board holder that will keep my boards out of water, while letting them dry off. So far it’s working great. Below is the OpenSCAD code that I wrote: $fn = 60; x = 0; y = 1; z…
WyzeCam Smart Home Security Camera
I couldn’t resist placing an order for a WyzeCam, a 1080p smart home (indoor only) camera. The things that appealed to me were: the low price ($19.99) the high resolution (1080p) the smartphone app the free 14 day cloud storage (AWS –Amazon Web Services) the low light capability alerts triggered by sound and motion detectors microSD loop recording live streaming two-way audio I could possibly…
3D Printing Project: Action Cam Frame
(MGCool Explorer Pro 2 Courtesy of GearBest.com) This is my latest 3D printing project, a GoPro-style action camera frame. I printed it with my Anycubic i3 Mega 3D printer, using MakerGeeks Raptor PLA. The challenges that I had were: Dimensions: I used the published dimensions without realizing the depth measurement included the lens protrusion I designed top retaining clip to be too thin so that…
Creality CR-10 3D Printer Coupon Code $359.99
Creality3D CR-10 3D Printer BLUE BLUE at GearBest.com (US ship) Creality3D CR-10 3D Printer COFFEE BLACK at GearBest.com (US ship) Apply coupon code GBCRUS to get this popular printer for only $368.99 $359.99 (US customers only, select the US-LA warehouse, select US PLUG, regularly $456.49, expires 11/30/2017). Key features: Aluminum extrusion construction LCD screen and rotary encoder for non-tethered operation SD card non-tethered operation or connect…
3D printed Halloween skulls
I’ve been busy printing Halloween decorations because in my neighborhood Halloween is special. Featured are: Pumpkin Skull Remix by adafruit Oni Skull [hollowed] by adafruit Celtic Skull (Hollow) by 3dwp Fancy Skull 2 by kimbolt (Anycubic i3 Mega 3D Printer courtesy of GearBest.com)