Ricardo Gomes

Been a long time since I last wrote, so I’ll be posting what I’ve been up to during the last months. [Read More]

Finally got some free time to build the Mr.Rags Macro Keyer kit ( http://wb7fhc.com/order-mr-rags-now.html ) I was gifted a while back (thanks Zeev). Was actually my first electronic kit built from scratch so it was a build, learn and improve soldering skills (still a long way to go for me)... [Read More]

Today I finally managed to get some free time to install the new tenis ball feet on the printer. All in all I like the result, printer is higher from the ground, less noize and vibration and no fear to scratch the floor xD Since I was already with it,... [Read More]

After the awesome bed leveling of last week, I decide to finally start a big print, when i realized the hotend fan was having cabling issues (would stop working in some head positions). Time to pick my tools again and do another small fix. Gladly I had one last 12v... [Read More]

This weekend I decided to finally install my Anycubic auto bed leveling update that i bought some months ago. In the way I also updated to the latest Marlin 1.1.9.1 and finally got that first layer working nicely. I mainly followed the great video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8GdNywsUQ&t=237s Along the way, I had... [Read More]

3D printer fixed, re-calibrated and working better than ever. Also added the new Ziflex magnetic base, works great :) Great video for re-calibrating the deltas:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk7remEhUx8 [Read More]

Long time no write. In the meantime I moved back to Portugal and will have now a bit more space for my “projects”. For now, I got a new office desk and that’s how the current setup looks like. [Read More]

Another great product from Xiaomi - DF3 dafang camera Got this one from GearBest for $27.99 - https://www.gearbest.com/ip-cameras/pp_693217.html?wid=1433363 ( search the internet for some coupons, there are always some available for GearBest ). So, what makes this one so special? 360 horizontal degrees by 93 vertical degrees of rotation freedom, light... [Read More]