Woody Prusa 3d Printer Repair Time

I've got some sort of problem in my 3d printer with the bed leveling probe, which is a proximity probe the printer uses to figure out how hight the print head is from the print bed.

It is probably a wiring problem; wiring is by far my weakest skill in playing with 3d printers. I probably have some dodgy tiny wiring problem in a solder joint or a splitter cable. I figure after 2 years by

When I first built the printer I had some trouble with probing. I thought it was a problem with the probe or my setup but it was the particular bed surface.

Anyway I have a spare probe and also found a supplier of a splitter cable I need, so one of those things is likely to fix my problem. I'll start with the splitter cable change, from my dodgy part which is a three way solder of three cables to a professionally assembled one without any soldered wires.

A guide about the splitting and which wire goes which way is here, along with some Marlin config things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjB0ZucPf9s&t=177s

Cloned Prusa PINDA 2 probe.

Minor Print List

 I fixed a problem with my 3d printer, a bad wire to a heat sensor.

The first print list item is a weird little tool for a mountain bike wheel that seats an end cap.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/dt-swiss-end-cap-tool-15mm-axel

Second item is a replacement part cooling duct thing. This one seems fine:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2213182

Old Bike Reference

I have a new bike. My partner hasn't upgraded, so she has the same model at the old size.

Some excessive parts transfer will happen. A phrase for this sort of upgrading is "parts cannon". A least 5 parts should change, maybe 7.

Reference for this old bike, in its original state can be found here.

A picture for my memories. I liked the colour scheme a lot!!

 

Windows 11 Debloat

Came across this interesting video about a tool for debloating & explaining windows 11:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ReoMuCUdKE

Link to tool is here.

 

 

 

Better Rim Brakes

 I've wanted better rim brakes on my "city bike", the bicycle I mostly ride around Melbourne.

The 35 and 38mm wide tyres I'm using are handy for cobbled laneways, tram tracks, pot holes and drainage grills.

The brakes I have fit fine and work, but they don't feel very powerful.

Here is a great post about brakes for big tyres, with handy pictures:

clearance pt ii road frames

Another handy post, no pictures but it describes various size options.

an ode to long reach brakes

For my reference my blue bike has 62mm size between brake pivot bolt and the mid rim. This puts me just beyond the Shimano products, but still in the TekTro product range :)

Flat White Memory

 For prosperity I'm noting down an old memory to pin down Flat Whites in Wellington.

In a no longer extant underground cafe, I got sort of made fun of in the 1990s poor customer service manner that existed in Wellington at the time.

I was with friends for what was probably my 20th birthday, certain some birthday, and the counter staff made fun of my party for wanting a both a flat white and a latte, affirming incorrectly that they where the same thing.

That made it 1996, I think, which had Flat White's as an orderable drink at cafes across Wellington.