Category Archives: Writing

I have repaired the damaged pinhole of the drain-pipe pinhole camera ready for this Winter’s Solstice. The original pinhole itself was a pinhole in a disc-shaped piece of Aluminium foil. For some unknown reason, some unknown species of bird, took … Continue reading →

This is the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer printing out a Sierpinsky pyramid measuring 300mm on a base line. As you can see, with the brim, this is the maximum size of pyramid I can build on the baseplate. … Continue reading →

These are the first few base layers amounting to 4-hours of printing in what will finally be a 201-hour 3D print on the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus 3D printer. If it manages to go to completion this will be a … Continue reading →

Quite a bit of progress since the last photo of this print – the ELEGOO Neptune 4 plus is a FAST 3D printer that’s for sure. Just one more day to go and the print should be finished some time … Continue reading →

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 →

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.

Just 12 hours to go on this 86-hour print. Keep everything crossed that it continues smoothly to the end.

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 →

Just came back from the dog walk tonight and took a look at the pinhole camera on the side of the house before going in. I don’t believe this!! Once again a bird has decided to peck through the Aluminium … Continue reading →