I first posted about my lighting solution in Cupcake155 Episode 4, it’s since evolved a bit and it’s time for an update. Illuminatrix is mainly documented here on hackaday.io and the code assets are�here on github. The latest is it’s now fairly easy to install the Octoprint Plugin component of Illuminatrix. The …

Cupcake155 Episode 5 is where I list some supporting alterations I’ve made that supporting its operation. These are all nice to have things. Check out Episode 5 here.

Cupcake155 has been endowed with a sweet lighting system. I built it in an open way, so others can re-trace my steps without having to start from zero. It’s actually a pretty sweet system, I call it Illuminatrix. Check out Cupcake155 episode 4 here.

Episode #3 of my Cupcake155 project has been posted. The key jist being that I found on complex prints, I would typically get a few major slips in the print. There often were also places where the print delayed in a location for a time, this left scars too. Ultimately, a $10 SD board and a quick firmware change later …

(updated: I’ve switched from ustream to YouTube Live, this post has been retroactively updated as there’s no point with linking to old junk) I’ve been working on Episode 3 for a couple weeks now, but until I slay a certain dragon, the episode shall remain enroute. In the mean time, I’ve updated my main printing page …

After roughly a month of effort, I’ve now got my old Cupcake heavily retro-fitted and running pretty well. Cupcake155 Episode 2 gives the key details of how I modified my old MakerBot Cupcake in to something modern and unique. Others may find it helpful to re-trace my steps and perhaps get printing sooner!

I’ve missed playing with 3D printing since I mothballed my printer years ago. It was shelved over major pains in getting the extruder to work properly. I also wasn’t especially fond of working with ABS plastic, which feels pretty toxic to me. A few weeks back I decided that my old printer, while in bad shape, was …