Printer particulate emissions: Can the SDS011 monitor it?
Introduction A large concern with 3D printing indoors is the printer particulate emissions, especially considering how harmful these can be. The SDS011 is an air quality sensor that can be used to monitor PM2.5 and PM10 levels. Since I have used it quite successfully to monitor the forest fires around my home in British Columbia,…
How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware
In this blog post, I describe how to flash the Seagate Exos X16 to the latest firmware version. I recently purchased some of these Seagate Enterprise drives, and looks like they shipped with the SN02 Firmware. Upgrading on Windows is quite easy. Just be aware I tested with the drives still clean, while not in…
Front audio connector no sound issue
I recently had an issue where I plugged in my headphones on the front audio connector but got not sound. At first I thought it might be because the headphones are out of battery, but after charging up, still no audio. Next suspect in line was my cabling and connections between motherboard and PC case,…
Custom Supports on Meshmixer
The issue Sometimes it can be quite challenging to print a part. Take sweetie’s head, for example: This is quite a difficult print. If you try to use Slic3r’s support, you end up with something like this: Here is how much filament you’d use: The Solution Fortunately, you can use custom supports on meshmixer to…
Bleeding Issues with E3D Lite6
The Issue I noticed severe bleeding issues with the E3D Lite6 when combined with a multicolor device, like the Mosaic Palette. The Palette allows you to print in 4 colors instead of 1, opening up a world of possibilities: I fully calibrated the Mosaic Palette, and although it seemed spot on, I noticed a very…
Configuring the Pi Hole with Asus Routers (Merlin or John’s Fork)
Introduction This is a quick and easy tutorial for those that are struggling to setup the Pi Hole with Asus Routers. I started by reading the Pi Hole documentation. This is sadly not optimal for those of us that have the Asus Router (in my case I have the AC1900), but fortunately after breaking my…