Thank you and what's to come (Patreon)

Dear Patrons,

Thanks for your kind responses after my post this week.  I believe YouTube has a rule in the works on creator harassment and I think this may be a good example of that. It would be easy to make a comprehensive video with some facts that completely cleared my name but that would bring him more traffic so this other avenue is probably a better way to go.

I thought it might be a good time to post some behind the scenes updates of what is to come on the channel.

Firstly, the previous scheduled BIQU BX video had to be postponed due to significant bugs in the prototype I was sent. They tentatively asked if I could leave those bits out, of course I refused and reminded them that transparency was vital. I invited them to fix the issues so I could honestly report I was confident in the machine. A newer edition is in the mail so well see how that goes. Either way my experience will be accurately depicted.

Naomi Wu has offered for me to test a Creality CR30/3DPrintMill. This is her baby, which she has developed with the help of the Creality engineers and with respect to the creators of similar prototypes in the past. This is a infinite printing belt concept, more info can be found here (within the first ten seconds you will see what makes this printer so exciting): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UwaWLnGmXk

If this works well, it opens up opportunities for some cool projects, such as an enormous 3D printed foam filament glider, or large car parts. Fingers crossed.

I will be reviewing the newest Phrozen Sonic mini 4K resin printer. The fast speed of the Sonic Mini thanks to a monochrome screen but now with super high resolution. Also planning a general resin workflow video for beginners at some stage.

The recent pellet extruder experiment is still a concept I am very much interesting in. I'm planning to tweak my shredder to produce finer, more consistent particles. I still want to build a filament extruder too. Expect more on recycled filament, both bought and made. n top of that I want to try some laser cutting of recycled sheets.

The Ender 5 will at some stage have an update on the heated build chamber as I know some of you are waiting on that.

I will be doing more mods on the Ender 3 V2, including the latest Ender Extender kit and direct drive kit from printermods. I think the idea will be a polished large format printer like the CR-10 Max for significantly less money.

Still planning on building an open source claw machine. Just need to make a start and chip away in the background.

After the S42B closed loop stepper video, a few people suggested they would be great on a CNC machine. I have three left so I will do a modding video on the Sainsmart 3018 with these, a left over 3D printer mainboard swap with LCD/touchscreen, and conversion to much more powerful dremel as the spindle.

An SKR mini E3 TURBO is in the mail for an updated guide, plus a similar Ender 3 drop in board from MKS should be due soon for a guide as well.

Next video should be getting the Lerdge mainboard onto the new Tevo Little Monster delta. DPT has made videos in the past on this printer, so no doubt he will accuse me of copying him again. Users of our forum will know I have been looking at getting a large delta for some time and this one was a trade with a friend. It just happened to be the only large delta available. Stupid to have to even justify things like this!

Thank you all for your support, whether it be for a day or years at any value. The gesture is what counts to me and your combined  generosity is a big part of what makes it possible for me to do this full time and try my best to serve the community. I constantly remind myself of how fortunate I am.

Michael