Category: 3D Printing

Build and Review of the Ender 3 v2 3D Printer

ender 3 v2

When you get into a hobby like Home Automation or electronics, you inevitably are drawn into the world of 3d Printers. My first experience with one is my friend’s Creality CR10, which I made good use of and have fixed up along the way. I recently had decided to purchase my own printer and decided on the Creality Ender 3 v2. I decided on this model as it was the new kid on the Creality block that improved on the CR10’s shortcomings a fair bit despite its smaller print bed. Continue reading “Build and Review of the Ender 3 v2 3D Printer”

Tile Mate (Gen 1) Battery Replacement

Tile mate inside

Until recently Tile trackers only came with non-replaceable batteries, which means every 12 months or so you have to pony up another 25 US bux to replace the whole tile instead of just the battery which can be purchased for only a few dollars. With the help of a 3D printer, a battery holder and a few tools I have been cracking open my old tiles and repurposing them with a new case that has a replaceable battery. My new chunky tile only costs a few dollars and is perfect to thrown in a suit case or laptop bag.
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3D printed lid with a camera cable hole for the official Raspberry Pi Case


A quick post to show off one of my first 3D print designs that may be useful to others. I run octoprint on a Raspberry Pi which is a cool project that also allows for the official raspberry pi camera to be added to the octoprint interface. My Raspberry Pi uses the official case but I didn’t want to hack a cable hole in the official lid in case I re-purpose the Pi for something else later on, so I made this replacement. It’s a pretty simple flat lid with 4 clips in each corner. Printed in PLA, the clips are a tight fit to provide some flex to the top so it contours to the slight convex nature of the official pi case. Continue reading “3D printed lid with a camera cable hole for the official Raspberry Pi Case”