29 November 2025
29 November 2025
Annoyingly even having done a good job so far of tidying things, some items are difficult to find. The fibre optic Christmas scene bulb is dead and I KNOW there is a box with spares in as I have only recently spotted it, but can I find it again ... We will get the decorations out and the tree up, then try again.
I have almost used up all of the older black filament. Not sure there is enough left for…
28 November 2025
28 November 2025
OK 16x0.2mm equipment wire ... and while sorting out the christmas decorations the box with the missing colours turned up. I'm still waiting on the 1.5mm MDF for which a 'replacement order' is supposedly being processed, but I am still not convinced that this isn't just another Chinese drop shipper who creates a Royal Mail tracking number long before the product has left China. All the other 'suppliers' of the 1.5mm thickness seem to be using exactly the same set of li…
27 November 2025
27 November 2025
Things are getting an awful lot tidier as I now have places TO put things as I sort them. The loft floor is getting a little cluttered, but I can target a number of things as I pull everything together that should be together. Things like all the spares for the 3D printer are now in one place ... and labelled.
Think this will complete my Yare Dragon collection. Auction costs and shipping was more tha…
25 November 2025
25 November 2025
Plod along and things get done. Finding tools is less of a chore and every one I needed was easier to find, so the next steps on the printer are looking good. While I am waiting for the remaining parts, a move to get the lathe working looks like the next target. That will allow me to rewind a couple of reels of 7x0.2mm equipment wire. A bit overkill for a lathe, but easier than winding by hand, and the filament rolls are just close enough together to take the big reel…
24 November 2025
24 November 2025
I had a good time over the weekend, but am going a little backwards. 3D printer is in bits at the moment as I stripped the bed assembly and fitted the stiffer supports along with the z-axis synchronising belt. The problem now is that the z-axis is stuttering when going up, so I need to check the current going to the motors. That should be simple given the various instructions, but the setting pots are not showing any voltage against which to check and I can't find any alternative instruct…