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  • Setting up CNC active surface compensation for duet3d/RepRap

    Setting up CNC active surface compensation for duet3d/RepRap

    I recently setup my custom CNC machine, that’s running a duet3d 2 Wifi as it’s brain – with 2 probes so that I can handle tool length compensation, work corner finding, and most importantly – dynamic z surface compensation to handle scenarios were your material is not perfectly flat but you don’t want to surface…

  • A Parametric Pattern Generator (DXF) for CNC & Laser

    A Parametric Pattern Generator (DXF) for CNC & Laser Well hello there, it’s been a while for me and this text thing. I’ve focused a lot on video in recent years – but I know that sometimes when you’re looking to use something you really just want the text that explains it. so here we…

  • Custom generic controls app for Garmin watch

    For a couple of years now I’ve had a Garmin Venu 2 plus watch. mostly for tracking my runs, health stuff etc.. I like the Garmin watch, I love the battery life, but obviously it’s a little less of a rich ecosystem of apps. However they had an SDK and it’s not too hard to…

  • Caching Grafana graphs with the open source version

    If you’ve found this then I’m going to assume you are in the situation I was in a week or so ago. Using the open source /free Grafana to produce graphs, but running up against them being slow.  Figuring there must be a way to at least just cache the responses you take to Google…

  • Designing a better coffee carrier

    Designing a better coffee carrier

    Many years ago… I was in the habit of fetching coffee on the regular from my local costa coffee. Typically I’d be getting two coffees, one for me and one for my wife. At that time they offered the style of carrier pictured above. This was a pretty simple design, punched/cut out of flat cardboard,…

  • Improved Duet3d Fusion 360 post processor for Ooznest Ox

    Improved Duet3d Fusion 360 post processor for Ooznest Ox

    I recently upgraded my ooznest OX cnc machine from the original xPro USB controller (GRBL based) to the Duet3d (marlin based?) Ooznest typically use this on their newer workbee machines and they provide a post processor in the downloads for that machine. However, they also ship all of their machines for use with trim routers…

  • Buy project tools and materials

    Life is too short to use cheap tools or rubbish materials.

  • Running from couch to 5k

    Running from couch to 5k

     I thought I’d write about my recent attempt to get a little healthier. I hate diets, and generally consider them a form of slow torture. So I was not at all interested in losing weight by kidding myself I’m going to get into a healthy eating habit. I’m writing this having just consumed a rather…

  • DIY CNC Router – plotting test

    This week I figured out what I needed to in order to send sensible gcode to my DIY CNC.

  • CNC Electronics : Arduino Uno + GRBL

    After some considerable delay since I first started with the idea of building myself a cnc router, I am now working on the electronics in earnest.