Monthly Archives: November 2015
3D-printed DDA40X locomotive (Scale 1:32) for the garden railroad *UPDATED, December 29th – 2016*
While I’m still waiting for some paint and motors to arrive from China, to finish the EMD SW1500, I already started drawing / partitioning / slicing / printing a new one 🙂 This time it’s also an American diesel locomotive, … Continue reading
Modifying the Velleman K8200 3D printer
My first 3D printer was a Velleman K8200 (DIY kit). I already have this 3D printer for 2 year now, and in the beginning, I was not happy with the results. One of the first things I did, was improving … Continue reading
H0 modelroad-related 3D printed parts
We are currently preparing to work on our long H0 module again. This module is 4m70 long an part of the bigger H0 layout. Because we want to be able to run trams and cars along this module, we are … Continue reading
Summary of new modelrailroad-related additions …
I collected a few new nice modelrailroad related items the past few months, so this is a little summary of all of it 🙂 1. Marketplace in H0 (Noch 15741), bought this during our holidays, at the Veluwse stoommaatschappij. 2. … Continue reading
Our 3th 3D printer – a Prusa i3 DIY kit
Until recently, we already owned 2 3D printers (a Velleman K8200 and an Ecksbot) A friend of mine from the 3rail forum (Hi John !), was looking to buy a 3D printer recently. I did a search on Ebay for … Continue reading
3D-printed EMD SW1500 locomotive (Scale 1:32) for the garden railroad
Christel like American locomotives, and as you know, she also owns a garden railway. Because I’m still recovering and nog beeing able to spend a lot of time on the mill & lathe, I decided to print some material for … Continue reading
Selfmade mini (PCB) CNC milling machine *UPDATED, April 28th – 2016*
I already own a Colinbus Profiler portal CNC machine and converted a large/heavy HBM BF-25 to CNC, but al this is a bit “overkill” and/or consumes a lot of time to setup, to only create a printed circuit board. So, … Continue reading