Collaborate Disseminate
While 3D printer hardware has come along way in the past decade and a half, the real development has been in the software. Open source slicers are constantly improving, and …read more Continue reading 3D Printer Streaming Solution Unlocks Webcam Features
This week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman sit down with Gina Häußge to talk OctoPrint! It’s one of our favorite ways to babysit our 3D printers, and the project has …read more Continue reading FLOSS Weekly Episode 778: OctoPrint — People Are Amazing at Breaking Things
We love watching 3D prints magically grow, through the power of timelapse videos. These are easier to make than ever, due in no small part to a vibrant community that’s …read more Continue reading Even 3D Printers Are Taking Selfies Now
A growing trend is to mount a borescope “inspection camera” near a 3D printer’s nozzle to provide a unique up-close view of the action. Some argue that this perspective can …read more Continue reading Custom Prusa MK3 Fan Duct Gives Camera Perfect View
OctoPrint is a useful tool for 3D printers, providing remote access to essentially every 3D printer with a USB port. [Allie Katz] decided to build an OctoPrint server in the …read more Continue reading Big 3D Printed BMO is Also an OctoPrint Server
[Jamie] aka [vector76] hit us with a line-tracing plugin for OctoPrint that cuts out whatever 2D shape you draw on a piece of wood. The plugin lets you skip the …read more Continue reading You Draw It, CNC Cuts It
In what is now a three-year long search, I’ve finally found the perfect use for an old cellphone. And with it, the answer to a burning question: Why aren’t we …read more Continue reading Finally, A Use for Old Cellphones
3D printer owners have for years benefitted from using Octoprint to help manage their machines, and most people run Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi. [Martijn] made it run on his …read more Continue reading Running Octoprint on a PinePhone Turns Out to be Pretty Easy
3D printers and Octoprint have a long history together, and pre-built images for the Raspberry Pi make getting up and running pretty easy. But there’s also another easy way to …read more Continue reading Want Octoprint But Lack a Raspberry Pi? Use an Old Android Phone
For readers that might not spend their free time watching spools of PLA slowly unwind, The Spaghetti Detective (TSD) is an open source project that aims to use computer vision …read more Continue reading Spaghetti Detective Users Boiled by Security Gaffe