Thanks for that - others are saying the Capricorn tube is the way to go? I'll see how I go with the stock Bowden tube. I'm used to DD on my i3, so may end up changing over to that anyway.
Yep, that seems to be the common theme with these. My mate already sent me the link for the aluminium one he's put on all his Enders, so I'm thinking that's a very early upgrade. Cheers!
Some really great ideas here - thanks. I'm thinking little things like end caps and tool holders are a great way to start calibrating the printer. I've got a RasPi running Octoprint for the i3, so Klipper seems like a really quick, easy win too.
I'm thinking I'll try out the Bowden tube for a while, but may upgrade the plastic extruder bits - I hear the plastic handle breaks too easily.
I'm going to have a think about upgrading to a PEI sheet on a magnetic base. I did that to my i3 and it worked amazingly well. But it prevented me from printing higher temps stuff, like ABS. I hear there's high temp PEI sheets available, so will do some research before buying. My mate (who has three Enders going) swears by cheap hair spray on the stock glass bed, so I might give that a go. Not afraid to experiment and tweak - that's the fun bit. It's like a never-ending series of puzzles!
Some great suggestions here - thank you. Will definitely look into Klipper. I already have a dedicated Raspberry Pi running Octoprint for the i3. A quick read of the Klipper website suggests that as a starting point so that's a quick win already.
My mate also warned me about the plastic extruder handle and sent me a link for the aluminium replacement, so I'll probably do that early on as well.
I'll start sifting through the printable mods - you're right, there's a lot to choose from!
I have a 2N+C backup strategy. I have two NASes, and I use rclone to backup my data from one NAS to the other, and then backup (with encryption) my data to Amazon S3. I have a policy on that bucket in S3 that shoves all files into Glacier Deep Archive at day 0, so I pay the cheapest rate possible.
For example, I'm storing just shy of 400GB of personal photos and videos in one particular bucket, and that's costing me about $0.77USD per month. Pennies.
Yes, it'll cost me a lot more to pull it out and, yes, it'll take a day or two to get it back. But it's an insurance policy I can rely on and a (future) price I'm willing to pay should the dire day (lost both NASes, or worse) ever arrive when I need it.
Why Amazon S3? I'm in Australia, and that means local access is important to me. We're pretty far from most other places around the world. It means I can target my nearest AWS region with my rclone jobs and there's less latency. Backblaze is a great alternative, but I'm not in the US or Europe. Admittedly, I haven't tested this theory, but I'm willing to bet that in-country speeds are still a lot quicker than any CDN that might help get me into B2.
Also, something others haven't yet mentioned is, per Immich's guidance on their repo (Disclaimer right at the top) is not NOT rely on Immich as your sole backup. Immich is under very active development, and breaking changes are a real possibility all the time right now.
So, I use SyncThing to also backup all my photos and videos to my NAS, and that's also backed up to the other NAS and S3. That's why I have nearly 400GB of photos and videos - it's effectively double my actual library size. But, again, at less than a buck a month to store all that, I don't really mind double-handling all that data, for the peace of mind I get.
Yeah - we've discovered he likes dog food! He's an Eastern Blue Tongue skink. They're native to my part of Australia (but still have to be purchased through licensed dealers).
No worries - I've found them to be very effective. Just make sure you buy genuine ones. I bought a pack of (very) cheap ones and they were shit. Kept dropping after an hour or so, needing me to restart the service.
I edited my comment above with a link to a tutorial on how to wire them up on an ESP board. Have fun! Things like this are great weekend projects.
Sounds like a simple enough job using a DS18B20 sensor on a cable. They're digital ambient temperature sensors with ±0.5°C accuracy, and can usually be picked up quite cheaply.
Aside from GND and 5V, they only use a single GPIO pin. As each one has s unique 64-bit address, you can wire more than one to the same GPIO pin without any issues. The only other thing you'll need is a 4.7K resistor on the 3.3V to the GPIO.
Here in Australia, I got these from Amazon, and wired three up on a single GPIO pin for our lizard's enclosure. I then wrote a quick and dirty Python script that publishes the temps into MQTT four times a minute, and load them as sensors in HA, to do things with. Admittedly, I'm running them on a Raspberry Pi, but that's only because I'm also hosting a couple of webcams on it, to keep an eye on the lizard.
You could absolutely do this with an ESP board - esphome has you covered.
Edit: this tutorial will help you get started on how to wire it up.
Not a shill or anything, but isn't Prime Video thrown in for free? Here in Australia, we pay for Prime to get free next day shipping, and Prime Video is a free inclusion.
Although I guess, now, it's kinda all advertised as a group of services for the subscription fees, so I'm probably answering my own question here.
I'll go have another coffee and wake up properly...
Edit: just checked - Prime Video is definitely listed as a membership benefit along with the shipping, so they're absolutely moving the goal posts mid-game, especially for annual subscribers. Dick move, Amazon.
100% this. I recommend also setting up SyncThing to keep a completely separate backup of your photos (if you have the means). They even state that on their GH repo that, due to the highly active development, you shouldn't rely on Immich as the sole solution to backup photos and videos.
Yep, until PhotoPrism revealed themselves to be the greedy cunts they are.
I sponsor my favourite tech projects annually, as I believe in supporting independent and responsible open-source development.
I became a paid Github sponsor for PhotoPrism because they promised features like multi-user were coming, and they indicated that paid sponsors would get access. After what seemed way too long a wait, they finally released the features many of us had been waiting for, only to stick them behind a monthly paid subscription. For self-hosted users. 🤨
So, I switched to Immich about 6 months ago. I've found Alex and the rest of the team to be very active, and quite responsive to support requests, including on Discord. Additionally, the development is fast-paced and new features are coming all the time.
My money's going to Immich. PhotoPrism can go get fucked.
Nice! The settings export/import from the SMT version to the new Fossify version works perfectly, plus we get a nice green icon, to easily tell them apart. So happy they're forking these apps.
Thanks for that - others are saying the Capricorn tube is the way to go? I'll see how I go with the stock Bowden tube. I'm used to DD on my i3, so may end up changing over to that anyway.