Hello everyone, just a quick one for anyone dealing with this same issue. This issue seems to happen when you attempt to home the carriage of your printer using the G28 command or attempting to create a mesh with G29. This issue seems to be caused by a bug in the Safe Homing code of […]
Da Vinci Jr. MKS GEN L/Orange Pi Zero Electronics Conversion
In my previous post, I showed off one of my latest acquisitions, which is a Da Vinci JR 3D printer. I purchased this 3D printer as broken, sold for parts. The main issue with this machine was a broken part in the Y carriage, which will not allow the machine to home the axis at […]
Fixing a da Vinci Jr. 1.0 with a Broken Y Axis
Not long ago, I purchased a da Vinci Jr. 1.0 3D printer from ebay. This printer was being advertised as “For Parts Only” with no real description as to what was damaged on the printer. I decided to purchase it in order to take a shot at fixing it. I purchased it for about $110 […]
Multi-meter Component Measurement Jig
Hello guys and welcome back. In today’s post I would like to show you one of my newest designs, which is a jig for measuring the component values with multi-meters. I built this jig in order to simplify the way in which one can measure the value of unknown resistors (or at least resistors which […]
DIY Fixed & Variable Power Supply
Hello everyone, today I want to share with you guys a project which happened a long time ago (Summer of 2017) and which I was unable to share it back then because of lack of time to write about it. The project which I am referring to is my DIY power supply. I made this […]
The Resonante CNC Machine and Home PCB Manufacturing
Hello everyone. If you’re reading this post recently after being posted, I would like to wish you a very happy festivities period, as well as a New Year 2018. This year has been a very productive and interesting year for The Tinkering Corner, we (As in myself) have meet a ton of people from the […]
Optimized Marlin Firmware For The FolgerTech FT-5 R2
Hello everyone! So, yes, as you might have assumed from the tittle, I have a new FolgerTech FT-5 R2. This 3D printer is the new version of their FT-5 lineup, It is almost the same but with some needed upgrades (I will be making a whole post about my experiences and what I think of […]
RBG LED Driver Board for Your 3D Printer!
Hello readers, today I want to show you guys how to add RBG LEDs to your Marlin Firmware powered 3D Printer. This should work with most boards which are compatible with the Marlin firmware and have free PWM pins (it could work in other ones with a little bit of tinkering as well). Not long […]
3D Printed PCB Electrical Circuit Vice
Good day readers, in today’s post I would like to show you my new custom made mostly 3D Printed PCB vice. I made this vice because I have always wanted to have a PCB vice in order to de-solder and solder components into circuit boards easily. Now that I am getting more into electronics, I […]
Upgrading Folgertech Prusa i3: New Leadscrews
Good day readers, in today’s article I will be showing you how I upgraded my old Folgertech Prusa i3 Acrylic to use T8 Leadscrews instead of the stock 5mm threaded rod included in the kit. So. you might be asking yourself, “Why should I upgrade to leadscrews?”, here are some reasons why you should make […]