Projects where the struggle is real (Patreon)

Dear Patrons,

It's about time for a general update.

Many of the videos I make involve me having to expand my knowledge to deliver an effective tutorial. This is one of the best things about running the channel; I've learned a lot more than I would have playing with a single printer. This takes a bit of time and generally I can fit this in within my week and have a good balance.

Some products, however, present many issues and really eat up my time. I've had the pleasure lately of three of these at the same time, which I why my posting has been minimal here.

I'm building a MPCNC Lowrider 2 laser cutter, featuring a laser from Endurance Laser. In a nutshell, this 10 watt laser was hugely under performing compared to what was advertised. The support is meant to be amazing but I found it and the documentation had gaping holes. End result is me spending every spare minute trawling through forum and Facebook posts trying to learn more and find answers. In the end, George decided there was something wrong and asked me to send it back to Russia, with a new one one of the way. I really hope the new one works.

The Palette 2 has been another time waster. Even after the first video, I've been spending a lot of time continuing the troubleshooting. I think I'm getting closer to it working on the Ender 3, but the problem seems to have a combination of several things. I'm determined to get on top of it because I see such great potential in it.

The last one is the BIQU Thunder, which suffers from the most prominent surface artefacts I've ever seen, as well as frequent stripped and clogged filament. It is now printing well apart from the surface artefacts, as yet BIQU don't have a solution. It's a nicely made printer otherwise which is a shame.

Another big things coming up on the channel are a Precious Plastics shredder, following up on my original recycling video. I can't wait to shred some large waste parts in a single pass.

Plenty more on the way. but I'm out of time before heading to work.

Michael