Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech
Student, Drone and Rockets, Aspiring Engineer
On my main youtube channel Canine Roccket Technologies, I like to keep that production value high! So I wanted to make a timelapse of running my 3d printer. Not a fan of just a camera taking a timelapse of a printer, I wanted more of a print growing effect. Since the buildplate is stationary, I thought it would be good enough to slap on a camera and record. But sticking a gopro onto the buildplate just made a super dizzy effect.
Boy I might get motion sickness watching that! The whole goal was to get a cool timelapse without designing my own rig...but me being me I ended up spending a day doing that. I dived into my electronics box, fished out a old computer switch, found a audio jack that fits into the remot shutter output on a camera, and finally modified the G code on my print settings after finding it on the Prusa website. I then hopped over to Fusion 360 and modified someone elses switch mount since I was using a random computer switch. My sister let me borrow her DSLR which was the only camera I could find with a remote shutter output. If I had to use my own, I would build a servo mechanism controlled my a arduino to press the shutter. I printed a nose cone as a test and it BLEW MY MIND
As planned the extruder head hit the button perfectly after every layer! Okay so for the final shot for my video I turned on some sick blue lights, and wrapped some paper around the inside of the enclosure to get some beautiful shots. I can't show them because they're for my videos, but I hope this was entertaining! Also I suggest you try this for your printer too! A fun weekend project!
The switch mech^
The final setup^
Boy I might get motion sickness watching that! The whole goal was to get a cool timelapse without designing my own rig...but me being me I ended up spending a day doing that. I dived into my electronics box, fished out a old computer switch, found a audio jack that fits into the remot shutter output on a camera, and finally modified the G code on my print settings after finding it on the Prusa website. I then hopped over to Fusion 360 and modified someone elses switch mount since I was using a random computer switch. My sister let me borrow her DSLR which was the only camera I could find with a remote shutter output. If I had to use my own, I would build a servo mechanism controlled my a arduino to press the shutter. I printed a nose cone as a test and it BLEW MY MIND
As planned the extruder head hit the button perfectly after every layer! Okay so for the final shot for my video I turned on some sick blue lights, and wrapped some paper around the inside of the enclosure to get some beautiful shots. I can't show them because they're for my videos, but I hope this was entertaining! Also I suggest you try this for your printer too! A fun weekend project!
The switch mech^
The final setup^
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