I first posted about my lighting solution in Cupcake155 Episode 4, it’s since evolved a bit and it’s time for an update. Illuminatrix is mainly documented here on hackaday.io and the code assets are�here on github. The latest is it’s now fairly easy to install the Octoprint Plugin component of Illuminatrix. The …

DeltaFlyer Episode II was originally posted to hackaday.io. I’ve mirrored it here for my own purposes. For the Delta Flyer’s maiden voyage, I opted to go cheap and use Prime Line rollers (referenced in an earlier log). They’re fairly inexpensive and I didn’t have much grief finding them at a couple different local …

Delta Flyer Episode I is out, it’s on the Delta Flyer Project site on Hackaday.io. I’m mirroring the episode here since my blog might out-live hackaday.io. Last weekend I managed to get the Delta Flyer running. Most of the parts I’ve sourced came from very inexpensive (relatively) suppliers in China and I didn’t pay …

Cupcake155 Episode 5 is where I list some supporting alterations I’ve made that supporting its operation. These are all nice to have things. Check out Episode 5 here.

I had added USB 3.0 functionality (via a GMYLE BC628) to my Late 2011 17" MBP as per my earlier post. Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan introduced a new layer of security that prevented my previous configuration from working. Fortunately, others have figured out a road back. Here are the steps: Backup everything and assume …

Cupcake155 has been endowed with a sweet lighting system. I built it in an open way, so others can re-trace my steps without having to start from zero. It’s actually a pretty sweet system, I call it Illuminatrix. Check out Cupcake155 episode 4 here.

It was time to upgrade my secondary video card on my trusty MacPro3,1. I first goofed considerably with a Radeon 5250. I even went so far as to bust out my old firmware editing tools to change the vendor id in a feeble attempt to get OS X to use it without needing to modify kexts. Then I heard that more recent nvidia …

Episode #3 of my Cupcake155 project has been posted. The key jist being that I found on complex prints, I would typically get a few major slips in the print. There often were also places where the print delayed in a location for a time, this left scars too. Ultimately, a $10 SD board and a quick firmware change later …

(updated: I’ve switched from ustream to YouTube Live, this post has been retroactively updated as there’s no point with linking to old junk) I’ve been working on Episode 3 for a couple weeks now, but until I slay a certain dragon, the episode shall remain enroute. In the mean time, I’ve updated my main printing page …

After roughly a month of effort, I’ve now got my old Cupcake heavily retro-fitted and running pretty well. Cupcake155 Episode 2 gives the key details of how I modified my old MakerBot Cupcake in to something modern and unique. Others may find it helpful to re-trace my steps and perhaps get printing sooner!