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Connecting my new DuetWifi to my new Tevo Tornado
Connecting my new DuetWifi to my new Tevo Tornado including wiring diagram, configuration, mounting plate, and some notes from the conversion I’m Jason Firth. Update: The wiring is the same, but there’s a new version of the firmware that requires a new configuration. I have a new entry with the updated configuration here. I’ve long believed…
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My new printer, the Tevo Tornado
I’m Jason Firth. Late last year, I decided it was time to jump into two technologies I really wanted to play with that I’d been putting off for a long time: Virtual Reality, and 3d printing. At the time I selected what appeared to be good choices for both off of Amazon: The Oculus Rift…
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The Ontario College of Trades is being wound down
I’m Jason Firth. This week, I read about the news that the Ontario College of Trades is being wound down, to be shut down in 2019. As a certified tradesman, I’m a little mixed on this, but mostly I’m happy to see it happen. In every other province, the government administers voluntary trades, and provides…
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Too many software engineers
I’m Jason Firth. At one point, most instrument software was written by instrument specialists. As a result, it was small, simple, and specialized. This was good. Specialized software may be ugly, but it works, and is often designed with specific technician use cases in mind. Moore’s software packages for communicating with their smart instruments are…
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An Uber fatality and the limitations of automation — and the amazing powers of your human operators
I’m Jason Firth. Recently, there was a fatality in the news, as an Uber automated vehicle hit a pedestrian who was crossing the road. The circumstances seem to be that the pedestrian carrying a bike crossed the road without seeing the car, and the car basically drove right into the young woman. A lot of…
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Microsoft is lazy in a bad way.
I’m Jason Firth. I caught a video about Microsoft Edge today that got me thinking about something. I find their attitude towards Edge and Windows 10 to be terribly lazy. Let’s look at some of the basic changes over Windows 7. There’s a new feature, the PC Settings app. Let’s try to change the IP address: …
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You can’t take the tradesman out of the…
I’m Jason Firth. Another quick post to share my latest improvement for my 3d printer (again). I wasn’t very happy with how the cables hanging. In cabinets we often use sticky backs or slotted rail to clean up cables, I decided to use a similar approach on the printer. Here’s the design you can use…
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Updated spool holder
I’m Jason Firth. Here’s an updated spool holder. I took some ideas from Geoff King who printed up a modified version that fit with more spools. It bolts directly onto the screw holes for the original holder.
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Next step
I’m Jason Firth. I printed off a set of braces for the towers of my Delta printer, and after installing them, found that the printer was all of a sudden failing prints. The kapton tape on my bed was utterly destroyed twice in a row, and the print I was trying to do just didn’t work. My…
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3d printers again…
I’m Jason Firth. Yesterday, I had a revelation about my new printer. I was pretty happy with the prints I was getting (happy to be getting any prints at all, in fact) but the quality wasn’t quite where I wanted it. I ran a check of the extruder calibration and found it substantially out. I…