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The current crisis: Let’s help your cinema

As some people know, I am a film fan and a presidential moviegoer. Unfortunately, among many other professions, cinemas in particular have been hard hit by the pandemic crisis and, as many know, the cinema is already under pressure from streaming and the like. It’s not about the big studios or the film distributors but really about the cinemas themselves. In order to support them, here is a nice action, where you can watch cinema commercials ...

Continuum Gaming: Episode 200 & Special Episode in English: 3d printing a cover for the L950 XL

Today the episode 200 of Continuum Gaming was released on YouTube and in addition the new special episode was released. In it I show the 3d printing process with my Elegoo Mars resin 3d printer and also how to slices it. You can find the special episode here: https://youtu.be/z7joSlEp2G8 The normal episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/z7joSlEp2G8 Have a look and have a look at the normal episode of Continuum Gaming :).

Petition Windows 10x for the Surface Duo: Now at 5000 signatures

As many know, the Surface Duo is expected to be shipped with Android. Of course, die-hard Windows fans and privacy-sensitive people don’t like this at all - once Google is in, data theft is almost impossible to get out. Now a milestone has been reached: 5.000 signatures were collected to get a version of the Surface Duo with Windows 10x instead of Android. We don’t know how much a Surface Duo will cost, but it won’t be under 1,000 ...

Jewellery from the DLP printer Elegoo Mars

I am still at the beginning with the DLP printer but I have already found some nice ways to use it... Here for example for some small necklaces as little birthday presents: As expected, the resolution is very, very high, especially considering the size of the printed parts. More of this will be available here in the near future.

The basic equipment for a resin printer like the Elegoo Mars

While FDM printing can pass practically next to the desk, with UV resin-based printing you have to take safety precautions and also carry out a washing and curing process after printing. On the following picture you can see the different tools and aids I use for this: From left to right: kitchen roll: For cleaning metal parts breathing mask: Since we work with different chemicals (isopropanol and the synthetic resin), you should ...

The Elegoo Mars: The new guy in town

After my MarkBot Replicator 2 and 2x (both Fused Deposition Modelling printers), I now have a new 3d printer - but this time a Digital Light Processing (DLP) printer. A DLP printer is something completely different from a FDM printer, because here, plastic is not melted and stacked on top of each other like with a hot glue gun, but a 3D printer, where UV light is used to cure a reacting resin layer by layer. The synthetic resin (called resin) ...