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7Aug/104

Laser etching

After I built my heated bed controller, it was time to create a PCB for it. Especially, because people had trouble to build the controller.

So the evolution of home-made heated bed controller began:

Warning: long article ahead!

8Jul/102

Heated bed controller

As almost all my previous buyer built a heated bed controller, and at least Bogdan have built one, nophead is using his brain controller to handle the heated bed temperature. So there left no choice, but build my own;-)

30Jun/105

Heated bed v1.6 – Thermal insulating and more

It took me more time then I thought, but finally, I built my improved heated bed.

The initial test shows, the bed's temperature can go up to 164.3C, which is pretty hot:-)

(on the picture it only shows 148.7C, but it is because I already disconnected the transformers from
mains, so it already cooled for about 3-5mins.)

29Jun/102

Guest Article: My heated bed modification (updated)

I'm really pleased to announce, my first customer article ever!

19May/107

Mega filament holder

I designed a filament holder for my Mendel.

15May/100

Every little helps

Small useful objects designed for my heated bed and the extruder.

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14May/103

Heated bed improvement


Its always nice to see how others are developing further your design.
This just happened: my previous heated bed buyer thought further the design.
He insulated the bed, and made a control-circuit for it.

It's time to update my version too;-)

29Mar/102

Sold my first heated bed kit

This article is a detailed assembly and build manual for my heated bed kit for RapMan machine.

21Mar/100

Worst smelling filament ever (updated again)

I received half kilogramm sample straight from the factory, from India. The cross section is perfect, but the smell...

10Mar/106

Worst filament ever


Yeah it does not look round...