I was recently tasked with fixing a washing machine using my 3D printer. This may certainly sound complicated, but was actually a small task. So the case was that I needed to make a replacement wheel for the lower drawer inside the washing machine. One of the original wheels had just disappeared so I was given one of the remaining wheels to make a copy. The original wheel on the left and the copy on the right.
As you can see the headset got a slick coat of black paint. Looks fantastic!
In the previous headset reduction post I was thinking about what to do about the stiff headset band. I tried to solve this by removing some of the plastic from the backside, to make the band weaker. This helped. However, as it turns out this wasn’t really necessary. A lot of the bend and flex on the headset comes from the steel wires that grips the ear muffs.
Another new project! I have just created a powerfull LED panel that currently sits and illumates my room.
This was a fun project for me because I created something I needed. The dorm room I’m renting is dark and I’m not allowed to mount anything to the wall or roof. This meant I needed a compact and bright lamp that would spread a lot of light, without being mounted to anything.
Another update on the ongoing project of headset size reduction. I’ve previously written about the tear down of the old headset and a test print of the design. I have now worked through the design I had for the ear muffs and head band I printed as test pieces. Originally, I was going to only slightly alter the ear muff design by scaling it to make it a bit taller. Instead I chose to completely model it from scratch again, only keeping my original measurements.
I have just upgraded my 3D printer. The heated bed on my printer have been taking some time heating up. I’ve been guessing this is because the long and flat heating element looses a lot of heat downwards, with only a fraction of the heat going upwards towards the print zone. This is to be expected because the heating element is long, flat, and very thin. This means that the element has a huge surface area with very little mass.
Finally all the parts I need for the final headset remake have arrived. The parts I needed was a female audio jack, male to male audio cable, and a bluetooth sound receiver. The bluetooth receiver lets me unplug the audio cable from the headset so I can listen to music over bluetooth whenever I want.
I’ve also done a test print of the 3D parts for the headest. I was reluctant at first to use filament for something I knew I was going to throw away, but I’m glad I did the test print because it showed some areas of improvement.
I’ve made a new instructable! I’m showing how to create a small box with only a visible audio jack and push button. When the button is pressed a prerecorded message will play through the audio jack. To read the instructable and all the details on how the box and electronics was made, click here.
The 3D printed box was designed in Fusion 360 and can be downloaded here.
Introduction at instructables.
I’ve sometimes found myself in the situation where I just need quick access to a screw driver. This often leads to some searching for whatever will substitute either a phillips head or flat head. This is the problem I set out to solve.
I’ve made a small 3D printed key chain which can hold any regular hex bit. Keeping one or several of these with your keys will solve the desperate rummaging for whatever item that can somewhat act as a screw driver.
Several years ago I bought the Fatal1ty gaming headset. I still have the headset in working condition and it has great sound. The only thing is, the headset is huge! This means the headset is not practical for everyday use. I still enjoy the quality audio from the headset though, so I don’t want to completely put it away.
My plan is to make a new headset where I reuse the audio drivers from the fatal1ty headset.
I’ve wanted a laptop stand for my desk for a while. I would like to raise my laptop ca 12 cm to give more room on my desk for books and a keybord, as well as giving a better viewing angle.
There exists some designs of laptop stand to be 3D printed, but all of these use a massive amount of plastic when they are printed. I set out to solve this problem.