I’ve been dealing with a bunch of health issues for the past couple of years, but it looks like I’m finally getting back to normal. It was rough but fortunately with the blessings of God and my friends I’ve come out the other end without too many permanent issues. Probably the biggest change in my day to day life is I finally stopped begging the VA to give me a knee replacement and got it done on my own.
I’m just about ready to start some new projects, and the first one is finishing setting up my latest 3d printer. It’s an Ender 5 plus and I really really like it. It’s got a huge build volume, nice touch screen display, integrated bed leveling using a BL touch, and the only modifications I’ve made is to add TL Smoothers, a direct drive for the extruder and a build plate from Wham Bam Systems. This thing has a huge build volume, prints nice and fast and doesn’t sling the bed/parts around as it prints and I’m really liking it.
I’m going to be finally getting my workshops organized again and the first thing I want to do is get all my printers organized and setup, and I’m going to investigate using Klipper to control them.
My current project that I’m working on is to build a home surveillance system that doesn’t use any third party software so I can ensure my privacy.