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Ground Control to Major Tom – Part 3 – Dashboard

Following on from my Ground Control to Major Tom project, I offer a simple Dashboard using a two line LCD Display and some cheap components to show in real-time what’s happening with your flight receiver. If you want to know more, check out this article to build your own.
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OctoPrint – Basic Installation

You want to install OctoPrint to help with 3D Printing, and you're running multiple projects on your Raspberry Pi. This article will show you step by step how to manually install OctoPrint on your project Pi if the pre-built image isn't suitable for your environment.

Who ate all the Pi’s?

I seem to have amassed a collections of Raspberry Pi's awaiting installation in various projects. To help organise my office, I created a storage solution that may help and it's free to download and print using your own 3D Printer or favourite 3D Print Service.

The Evolution of Willy

My love for Manic Miner know no bounds, and having wanted a Miner Willy desk ornament it was time to put the 3D Printer to good use!

The Joy of 3D Printing – What You Need to Know

Have you recently bought your first 3D Printer? I've provided a series of articles to try and help you get the best from your printer, from calibration to trouble shooting, please take a look and let me know your thoughts or if the articles helped you.

3D Printing – Retraction Calibration

Are you suffering from stringing on your prints? If so, it could be that you need to run calibration on your extrusion distance, speed and possibly a temperature tower test. We'll cover this off in today's article.

3D Printing – Manual Bed Levelling

Having a level bed makes the difference between a good print and one that is fraught with issues. In this article I'll cover some of the basics with Bed Levelling and additional tips if you're using an Automatic Bed Levelling Touch Sensor.

3D Printing – 3D Touch

You want to add Automatic Bed Levelling to your 3D Printer? This article covers the basics of installing the hardware and compiling updated firmware and installing it to your printer.

3D Printing – Bed and Adhesion

Bed Adhesion is one of the key issues with 3D Printing, in this article I look at some of the options and tricks you can use to help your prints stay when it matters most.

Where’s Lou?

Hello, the following is a true story which started life as a simple man mistake, I’d left the empty loo roll on top of the toilet of my bubble support […]