August 2024 Mystery Box


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SWAG & CODES

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Subscriber @tsiolkovsky created a neat trading card holder for the top of the printer to hold the card for the sample you're printing with!
Download Card Holder

Filament Samples

All filament samples are at least 20 meters in length (actually more, I increased the length to eat up the extra filament being left behind on the rolls)

Those looking for a sample spooler, MadMonkey designed this one and it's been my favorite so far https://www.printables.com/model/36621-expandable-sample-spool-holder

DSK has also made a sample spool specifically to fit the samples from the new machine: https://www.printables.com/model/428314-sample-spool-snap

Click images of cards links to brand's website.

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EXPLORE

Accessory

Feeler Gauge Set

I've had a couple people in discord inquire about bed leveling printers that still have manual bed leveling on them, so I thought it'd be a good call to include these feeler gauges this month.

Here's a great video by CHEP doing just that

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Project!

+Nano version of the UFOs received an ESP32-WROOM

120mm Fume Extractor

120mm Kirby
Alternative 120mm Options

Super simple project this month that I hope y'all will find useful. Sliverbaer suggested this project in discord and I thought it was cute.

Linked above is to the Kirby remix, but also a link to a search as there's a lot of 120mm fume extractor STL files available so you can choose which one you prefer.

Items in box:

  • 120x25mm 12v Fan
  • USB Power cord with on/off switch
  • 120x120mm carbon filter

Image by Sliverbaer


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      They will vary from all past boxes (minus some of the really bad ones) – i actually had a project from over a year ago planned, but an item didn’t show up until too late so it’s going to be next months, so I had to swap it last minute and I had enough of the fume extractor parts left over.

      1. I was starting to want to complain about how recent the one being picked were. I’ve been subscribed for a few months and got duplicates for nearly all. But if it was because of having no other option due to shipping I can understand. I would suggest using a random number generator and a list of projects/filaments you would want to do to pick out each month. Maybe a set a rules could be implemented to pick on season ones too.

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