![]() ![]() Then there is the argument about material properties, sometimes the plastics you can easily print in are just a better choice for the final parts anyway, even when you are avoiding multi material print cunning and the complex geometries is basically impossible to get any other way. In metal you will spend a great deal more energy with the hand tools or need some good machine tools, and working in plastic sheet stocks is often hell – many of the common ones are either really hard to work on without cracks appearing and shooting across the part from nowhere or are so so sticky its nearly impossible to saw through at all etc. In wood there is a good chance you will need a varnish, oil or paint to keep it from warping easily with moisture etc, that’s several hours of drying time right there… Along lots of sanding in the prep work to make sure it won’t be forever giving you splinters. There is also the argument of final finish, a 3d print is in many cases ready to use right off the printer. On the other hand a half way decent 3d printer is really damn precise and repeatable. But can you then make a second/third/fourth iteration exactly as you want it easily? Or can you then share the precise design you ended up with after all the fiddling and fetteling to get around the fact wood work precision is is a bit of a meme joke among machinist for a good reason – and its not only that woodworkers can’t hack precise work (tongue firmly in cheek there). Not everyone has all the tools, and even if they do – Can you design and make in steel/wood/plastic raw stocks quicker than a printer, only often. ![]() While I expect you are sometimes correct – if you have a hammer everything looks like nail afterall, I’d argue that sometimes its also the choice to allow for easy replication and design iteration! Along with it being the easy way for folks without a workshop to get what they want – the 3d printer and its feedstock are tiny compared to the shed/workshop space or at minimum large toolbox full of tools and the huge box of clamps (which can never contain enough clamps) required to do it via other methods… ![]() Posted in Video Hacks Tagged teleprompter Post navigation We’ve also seen a hack to let you look through your laptop screen on video conferences. You would think we would see more teleprompter projects, and we do see some. The 3D printing files are on Thingiverse and the rest is on GitHub, so you can easily make changes if you want. You could, of course, use something lighter or perhaps add some weight opposite to at least balance it a bit. Given that, you could do the actual text display in a number of ways.Īpparently, the portability of the build is limited somewhat by the weight of the camera. Well, that and the reflective glass screen. The real key to this project though is the 3D printed housing. There’s also a control keyboard that lets you remotely control the scrolling speed. The project reuses some of the original teleprompter code, showing a text file via a Raspberry Pi. The camera shoots through the teleprompter screen so you can look right at the camera and still stay on script. The first one was larger and not battery-powered, so this new version offers more portability. Actually, this is his second teleprompter. Since he does videos - like the one about the teleprompter below - we assume he built it out of his own need for the device. With everyone doing videos these days, you might want to up your narration game with a teleprompter. ![]()
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