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Last edit: 08. Mar. 2020, 22:16h
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 ...
Last edit: 08. Mar. 2020, 01:21h
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.
Last edit: 23. Feb. 2020, 19:20h
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 ...
Last edit: 16. Feb. 2020, 02:31h
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) ...
Last edit: 01. Jan. 2020, 18:44h
Happy New Year 2020
As always I would like to wish you all a great new, successful and happy year 2020 :). And to take the opportunity: Many thanks to everyone who follows the website, this blog or my YT-Channel :).
Last edit: 24. Dec. 2019, 17:45h
Happy Christmas 2019
I wish all readers of this blog as always a wonderful Christmas (or whatever it is you celebrate :)) and all the best and best for you and your families. See you soon and a reflective time with your family :).