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X or Y offset when printing with the Replicator 2

Every now and then there is a little problem with the Makerbot Replicator 2. Every now and then means: After 6 years I have a little problem with the printer again, because it slips a little bit during printing and thus suddenly continues the print at a wrong place. There are a few different possibilities why this happens and here are 2 links or videos what you can do about it: Problem 1: Loose belts / retensioning the motors. At some point ...

WebCam shutter by 3d printer

Older webcams deserve a shutter too, so someone isn’t watching when they shouldn’t ;). My attempts to build an exactly round, perfectly fitting lid were unfortunately not immediately successful (FDM printers rarely manage to deliver exactly round results. Most of the time they become slightly oval or at least not completely round when there are thin edges. Thus, I then decided to take a different approach and built a push-on design from ...

Sailfish OS 4.3 (Suomenlinna): In the Early Access channel

. Soon comes the next update for Sailfish OS, which will have especially many bugfixes and a few smaller new features are also added. This YouTube video shows what is new and what has been fixed: YouTube video about SailfishOS 4.3 As always, the Early Access channel here means that only users who have officially signed up for the EA program (beta testing program) are getting this release right now. Typically, and if no major problems ...

Sailfish OS 4.2.0.21 (Verla): Now available for all

. Starting today, the first update from 4.1 to 4.2 is available for all Sailfish OS users. Especially interesting for me is the predictive word preview, which is now also available for the Xperia 10 II besides many changes to the browser, bugfixes, etc. (previously due word preview was only available on older smartphone models with Sailfish OS or via community-developed keyboard models, don’t ask me why ;)). Interesting for me was how well ...

Sailfish OS 4.2 (Verla): New update available in "Early Access" channel

Just recently SailfishOS 4.2 has been made available in the "Early Access" channel and brings a whole bunch of different bug fixes, new features and security fixes. The "Early Access" channel is intended for slightly braver Sailfish OS users who want to try out the update about 1-2 weeks before it is issued to all other users. The full list of features, bug fixes and security improvements can be found here: Release notes Currently, ...

CovPass now also available without Google services for e.g. Sailfish OS with AD

One of the currently most important apps was unfortunately not yet readily available for Sailfish’s Android support, because it uses Google services. We are talking about CovPass. This has changed today because from today on CovPass is available without using Google services (which was unnecessary from the beginning it looks like) thanks to some open source developers also for smartphones without Google services. (besides SailfishOS based ...