Hmm. Maybe once I get my garage workspace up and running in August I’ll look into grabbing another printer. I listened to a…Science Friday?..podcast where they discussed filament types and the claims were that 100% infill TPU is the strongest/most durable option we have and to otherwise use PETG
I have an SKR Mini V3 E3 which is a decent and quiet board but I’ve been getting random MCU timeout errors in Klipper for a while now. I have an SKR Pico which is very reliable so I should probably install it.
I advise against spending too much on the Enders. Or at least I regret buying one after all of the upgrades that I needed to get to make it reliable… I should’ve bought a better machine.
This was fun. 27 hours. I have it primed and ready for paint then I’m installing a green LED tea light inside!
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Ender 3 v3 SE… I mostly just needed it for cases and brackets for my stupid little projects. It seems to work just fine. And the loud part for me is the fan more than anything, so if I’m not bridging much I’ve been turn the fan way down to 30% or so.
I print too many things too quickly and would normally spam this thread… but this was silly and fun
My borg-ish cube
Printed a 50x50 cube of infil only in tpu…
a little on the stringy side because in order to get the right infil only look I had to turn off some stuff that would make it connect in spots I didn’t want
Makes a nice stress cube
Designed and printed all this last night
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I don’t have an excuse to be disorganized anymore 
But what happens when the tool you use to make stuff to organize thing… becomes the source of your disorganization haha
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Sawing
Stacking
Layout
Done
A buddy recommended a powder coater, so that’s next. Will look 20x cooler when coated and strung up with cable. The 2x4 and jackstands kinda ruins the aesthetic. Going to glass top it too.
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There’s going to be 4 cables. One in the center, and 1 every other flat side, cause it’s a hex. I very very carefully lined up the two hexes so that the upper and lower holes would be directly above / below each other. I mean, I had a 50/50 shot, but I was gonna be completely totally sure.
So I’m sitting here looking at the picture all happy and admiring my work, when I realized I got it exactly wrong. 
So tomorrow, I get to weld 3 holes shut, and drill 3 new ones. Friggin’ awesome.
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It wasn’t today, but today I finally call it good enough to be done … For now 
Got the battery in so it’s wireless when needed 
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Ok holy crap that’s cool. I’ve been wanting to do something similar. Did you follow a guide for it (and could you point me in it’s direction if so?)?
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Thanks, its my first keyboard …
there is a “build guide” that’s pretty good for the PCB assembly portion but very basic. If you have experience with PCB/soldering, it should not be a problem (this one is all surface-mount components).
I wanted wireless witch mean i used ZMK for the firmware, it took me a while to figure it out ( im still trying to figure out macros and custom key combo) nd guides are inexistent or absolutely worthless …
The case is 3D printed, i found some files and used black for the back and “glow in the dark” for the front, its pretty good at diffusing the color (doesnt glow much, but i dont care about that)
The tenting is parts i made myself to fit my ergonomics.
Im happy to help if you have any questions or need any help
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Long story short, I’ve got a mouse nest in the car’s fresh air intake. I got most of it out, but can’t get to the rest, cause my big fat arm won’t fit through the hole and around the corner. So I did this, and I’m weirdly proud of it.
That’s a grabby claw thing from the auto parts store with a snap on 3d printed bracket holding a cheap amazon bore scope / endoscope. Tomorrow I can plug it into a little tablet I have, and go fishin for mouse house.
It feels like there’s stages of 3d printer ownership, and I’ve gotten to the stage where you start using it to fix all sorts of random little bracket stuff. 
Cool-O!
Also, I did this…
and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip!
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Careful with the infections that those animals often carry. And I hope that cleaning what’s left will be relatively easy.
At least they didn’t chew into the engine wiring… It might be worth looking into some mouse traps or ultrasound for your garage or driveway.
They got the transmission. Fixed now.
It’s a 1200 acre farm. (The family place) so it’s cats and ride the odds.
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Working on printing the casing for a 24 button mouse with a joystick and a gyro. Went with PLA-CF after testing some other types and having some strength issues. Just have the buttons left and my printer keeps trying to eat them so I’m experimenting with raft layers. Might try PETG for the buttons or TPU to get the texture I’m after
Circuit boards arrived yesterday and might try to get some wiring done on my lunch break. I’m a real novice at soldering so wish me luck. Hopefully no unintended scarification happens today 
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