There comes a time when almost everyone struggles to collect costly components for hobby electronics experiments. Let us face it. When a new idea pops up, a profitable strategy is to repurpose some ...

Converting mains voltage down to 12 or 24VDC to drive a heating element makes no sense. To get 120 watts at 12 volts requires thick wires that can handle 10 amps, whereas at 120V, tiny 1A wires will ...

There’s an old saying about something being a “drop in the ocean.” That’s how I felt faced with the prospect of replacing a 12 V heated bed on my printer with a new 24 V one. The old bed had a nice ...

3D printers have become very popular recently, and while the technology has become more accessible on a consumer level (both in price and comparative ease of use), it's still a bit more involved than ...

Advanced calibration improved print quality significantly with less warping and stringing issues. Preheating presets save setup time and prevent temperature-related mishaps for smoother prints.

For the last three months or so, I've been learning to use (and love) a Bambu Labs A1 3D printer, a big, loud machine that sits on my desk and turns pictures on my computer screen into real-world ...