Author: Steven
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Integrating Xcel Energy Smart Meters into Home Assistant
This is an in progress post documenting my research to get to getting this into Home Assistant Steps That Lead Me Here Resources: Pro to this is that seems to just be a “simple” Setup Con can’t run in Home assistant or HASSOS A PDF outlining some of the SDK of the ITron Riva Gen5…
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HA Automation: Turn on Heater in the Office on Weekdays
Really simple Home Assistant automation I wanted to share that turns the heater on in my office at 5am every weekday morning if the temperature in the office is below 71 and shut if off once it gets above 70. You could easily customize this for your your own use case, turning on a light,…
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Upgrading My Slicer Software to OrcaSlicer: A Journey to Improved Print Quality for my Ender 3 S1
In the last few months, I’ve been on a quest to find the best and most user friendly slicer software after becoming dissatisfied with Cura. I experimented with Prusa Slicer, Super Slicer, and OrcaSlicer, and after careful consideration, I have finally settled on OrcaSlicer as my primary slicer. Why OrcaSlicer? OrcaSlicer won me over for…
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How to Configure Input Shaping on Klipper to work with a LDO Picobilical and a Big Tree Tech (BTT) Pi 1.2
With the shortage of Raspberry Pi’s still going on I picked up a BTT Pi 1.2 instead to run Klipper for me on my 0.2 build. The initial install went smoothly and I was up and printing in no time however when I connected the ADXL cable everything went downhill until I found the proper…
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Using Prusa’s MK4 Profiles with Ender 3 S1 Printers
At the very end of March Prusa Research announced their newest Printer the MK4 with a video of a Benchy printing on an their latest bed slinger aka i3 printer in under 20 minutes. That got me thinking. I have a very well tuned Creality Ender 3 S1 (not Pro but with upgrade effectively Pro).…
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Upgrading your cooling. Which Models work best on an Ender 3 S1
Since swapping from Marlin to Klipper and printing at a wall speed north of 100 MM/S I have begun to be bound by cooling. My “minimum layer time” I couldn’t get under 10 seconds without seeing issues on small models. This began quite the journey of printing up various cooling options and I think finally…
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Calibrating PID
Calibrate your 3D Printer heating capability to optimize and increase the quality of your prints when you are running Klipper.
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How to get to your first print with Klipper.
Get up and running with your first print on Klipper. This tutorial will get you from 0-Print in about an hour without any prior experience with Klipper required.
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Try this Vase Mode Cura Profile on your Ender 3 S1 / Pro class printers
There are some AMAZING creators out there doing fantastic things with vase mode but those new to 3D print sometimes struggle with getting vase mode setup. This tutorial and Cura profile should make it easy to get started printing in Vase Mode.
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Great quality and great speeds -140 mm/s 3d printing on a stock Ender 3 S1 with this profile
My fastest PLA Cura profile yet. 140 mm/s speed on a mostly stock Ender 3 S1 using Marlin. No need for Klipper. If you have a well tuned printer this is the profile to try.