In previous posts, I “fixed” my UV5R which had a bad battery by soldering on a connection by soldering on a power connector for a standard 9 volt battery. In […]
Fixing a TS-520 Band Select Switch
One of the major problems with the TS-520 I have was that the band select switch did not actually select a different band. This was problematic, of course, and turned […]
A new layout for more space.
Having a household of several children, it can at times be hard to find some space for my projects and equipment. As it was, I had a perfect spot in […]
Building a Pinewood Derby Timer: 3D printing some display covers
Well, I decided to print a few display covers to go around the LED displays. This covers up the unsightly hole that I cut from the box, and seems to […]
3D Printer Supports, Anyone?
I’ve been having a great time with the 3D printer. It’s a bit tedious to constantly adjust every setting to tweak things into a better print, but it really is […]
Colido 3D DIY Slic3r Settings
As promissed, I wanted to make a post with my slicer settings that I use for my Colido 3D DIY printer in Slic3r. Why? Because I’m learning that slicer settings […]
Slicing the perfect 3D print….
Hopefully all of these higher resolution photos show up well in this post, as I wanted to show you what I’ve been working on. Previously, I talked about the difference […]
Using my Colido 3D DIY printer with Cura
As you’ve probably seen before, I’ve got a Colido 3D DIY printer that I’ve used for some of my projects. Prior to today, I was using Repitier-Host as the software […]
LTE project fitting, part 1.
As you can see in the pictures, I fitted several of the parts to my LTE project. Add a little hot glue, and viola! You have an LTE project under […]
Slic3r and 3D prints for my LTE project….
After printing the low resolution LTE project case, I found that I needed to make a few adjustments. Fortunately, since I had saved all the work, I could just edit […]