Category: 3D Printing & CNC
-
3D Printed HC-12 and HC-06 telemetry relay box
It’s a very nice feeling when people starts to create accessories for your inventions. OK, maybe “invention” is too strong word here, but still. EduardoChamorro designed a 3D printed case for my HC-12 433MHz to HC-06 Bluetooth bridge that I published here last year. It’s small, it has a switch and status LED. It also…
-
Review: BuildTak Printing Surface
For last few months I’ve been happily 3D printing PLA on glass. Prints were repeatable, initial adhesion was just fine, ready print was easy to remove after glass cooled down. But I wouldn’t be me if I did not wanted to try something new. So I tried “the ideal 3D printing surface” BuiltTak. My initial…
-
How to print with elastic filament
Elastic filaments opened brand new areas for 3D printing. We are finally able to print something that bends, compresses and stretches. While TPE (ThermoPlastic Elastomer) filaments like NinjaFlex or FlexiSmart are still about 4 times more expensive than plain old PLA, they are not so expensive not to give them a try. Unfortunately, due to…
-
Project Dualcopter – worklog #2
3 weeks after my first post on Project Dualcopter, it's time for small update. The plan was to install servos and control surfaces. Instead, I've done: Basic electrical wiring for motors and ESCs. They have power now and are ready to be connected to flight controller To level shelf (above propellers) designed to hold flight…
-
3D Printed 35deg camera stand for Runcam HD / Mobius
I have no idea how I was able to build drones before I've bought my 3D printer… I before I've learned basics of 3D design. So, today I present you upgraded version of my Runcam HD / Mobius camera mount I've designed few months ago. Changes: tilt angle increased from 25 to 35 degrees allows…
-
Project Dualcopter – worklog #1
Flying season 2016 is slowly coming to an end on northern hemisphere. That means less time spent on an airfield and more time spent behind a desk. For this autumn I've found a very interesting, small project: Dualcopter. Dualcopter is an UAV with two coaxial contra-rotating propellers and 2 control surfaces driven by servos. Lift…
-
How to print PLA on glass?
When I got my first 3D Printer (Malyan M150) and got into 3D printing I was surprised how consumer not-ready technology this is. Sticking, not sticking, overextrusion, underextrusion, Kepton, blue painters tape, clogged extruder… Over the time, at least, I was able to get the whole 3D Printing process somehow repeatable. I think one of…
-
Flight controller 30.5mm to 45mm mount adapter
Almost all “racing” MultiWii derivatives flight controllers like Naze32, SPRacingF3, CC3D or Sparky, besides the same CPU family (STM32) and ability to run Cleanflight, share the same form factor: 36x36mm size and 30.5mm hole spacing. That creates a small problem when mounting them to some bigger frames designed to fit APM, Pixhawk or MultiWii. They…
-
Beitian BN-880 GPS 3D Printed Case
Beitian BN-880 (I’ve bought mine from Banggood) is an excellent, cheap and accurate Ublox NEO-M8N GPS module. I’m using it for last few months and I’m very happy with it. But is has one serious flaw: there are no cases/enclosures for it. So, in most applications it is naked. I’ve decided to fix that and…