@niwla23@discuss.tchncs.de to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoStarted putting QR Codes on my filament so I know how old it is and what brand / colordiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1100
arrow-up1100imageStarted putting QR Codes on my filament so I know how old it is and what brand / colordiscuss.tchncs.de@niwla23@discuss.tchncs.de to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@oselecto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish43•11 months agoOf course you could just write on a sticker with a pen, but where’s the fun in that!
minus-square@phx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoAnd once you’ve got the QR codes on, you setup a pi with a camera than can read them and give you the results, maybe with a red/yellow/green LED for age :-)
minus-squareFootnote2669linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoAdd a scale spool holder and have an excel sheet automatically updated and make it warn you whenever you slice a model
minus-square@kattenluik@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoUsing an entire SBC for that seems kind of overpowered and unnecessary, just a little microcontroller or your phone will do!
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoI use white sharpie crayon-pencils (the grease pens with the paper you peel back a section at a time). Write it write on that reel.
Of course you could just write on a sticker with a pen, but where’s the fun in that!
exactly. ^^
And once you’ve got the QR codes on, you setup a pi with a camera than can read them and give you the results, maybe with a red/yellow/green LED for age :-)
Add a scale spool holder and have an excel sheet automatically updated and make it warn you whenever you slice a model
Using an entire SBC for that seems kind of overpowered and unnecessary, just a little microcontroller or your phone will do!
This 1000% lmao
I use white sharpie crayon-pencils (the grease pens with the paper you peel back a section at a time). Write it write on that reel.