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Monthly Archives: November 2025
Beginning of a 5 day 1 hour 29 minute 3D Print
At around 11:35 a.m. this wet and dreary Monday morning I kicked off a really BIG 3D print of a Mandelbulb. The first print > 200mm on the new ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus super 3D printer. To produce the GCODE … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
Picture of the Week this week is not one of my own, but is a composite of both Webb and Hubble space telescope images. This features the well-known “Pillars of Creation” image which is presented to you sans stars.
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Sierpinski Print Finished
Came into the study this morning to find a finished Sierpinski pyramid courtesy of the ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus. Superb quality print and I am amazed at this printer’s capabilities.
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200mm Sierpinski Pyramid
Just 12 hours to go on this 86-hour print. Keep everything crossed that it continues smoothly to the end.
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The Absolutely Amazing ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D Printer
I recently purchased the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer in a Black Friday deal at a ridiculously low price. I have been wanting a larger print-volume printer for quite a long while now, and as the Neptune 4 plus … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week
This week we feature V509 Cassiopeiae, a yellow hypergiant star (one of 2) in Cassiopeia. This is 3-hours of 4-minute subs taken on the Sky90 array with the M26C OSC CCDs. I appear to have been very remiss in not … Continue reading
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