Tag: upgrade

The Ender 5 PlusPlus on dual linear rails (#E21F7)

A little update on my big Ender.

While I’m indeed satisfied with how the thing works with the somewhat recent upgrade to linear rails on the Y axis (moving the X carriage) in #E21F6 last August, it’s still an old Ender. It sounds like an old Ender and it moves like an old Ender, because despite all the axis changes, mainboard swap and Klipper upgrade, it’s still an Ender chassis with Ender motors underneath.

The other day I had one of these brainfarts at work: We also run machine parts on linear rails, very high acceleration machine parts to be precise. […]

13th April 2025 14th April 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment

Philips 46PFL8008S/12 to 55PFL8008S/12 screen upgrade (#P36)

Back in #P15, two years ago, I replaced the damaged screen of a Philips 46PFL8008S/12 Ambilight TV with a working one from a braindead unit. Classic failure mode of this generation, ideal opportunity for a 2-to-1 repair.
This week I’m going to upgrade the screen from 46″ to 55″. Because I can. And because the wall mount supports the larger unit (which of course I didn’t check beforehand…). And, funnily enough, because I earned ten bucks that way. And because a larger TV is slightly more entertaining in the rare event of watching a movie. […]

25th July 2021 26th July 2021 By Bzzz In 2 Comments