3D Printing

After some time I finally got myself a 3D printer!

The Creality Ender 3 Pro.

This is where I will share my journey with this brilliant new hobby.

1100 Pass Through

700 Pass Through

Mini Pass Through

1100 Pass Through

700 Pass Through

Mini Pass Through

Ford Fiesta Mk7 (Mk8 in UK) screen mounted phone mount bracket

A 3D printed mount which allows a phone (iPhone 13 Pro shown in the photos) to be mounted to the top right of the main inbuilt screen. This can be mounted to the screen without any need to modify the car (no drilling holes or using adhesives).

I designed this for two main reasons.

When using apple car play, if you hear a song while driving and want to Shazam a song, you need to disconnect the phone to use Shazam, then plug it back in, which can be difficult. having the phone mounted securely makes it easier to reconnect the cable (especially when using the magnetic adapter).
when using Waze, my phone shows a list of the upcoming turns with distances. Having the phone mounted in a position next to the screen makes it more convenient to see these upcoming directions.

It is very convenient to have the phone mounted securely with the ‘MagSafe’ adapter.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 (Mk8 in UK) screen mounted phone mount bracket

I designed this for two main reasons.

When using apple car play, if you hear a song while driving and want to Shazam a song, you need to disconnect the phone to use Shazam, then plug it back in, which can be difficult. having the phone mounted securely makes it easier to reconnect the cable (especially when using the magnetic adapter).
when using Waze, my phone shows a list of the upcoming turns with distances. Having the phone mounted in a position next to the screen makes it more convenient to see these upcoming directions.

It is very convenient to have the phone mounted securely with the ‘MagSafe’ adapter.

Timelapses

Here is my first real time-lapse.

Created using a raspberry pi running Octoprint with the plugin Octolapse.

Further details to follow, but I just want to say thank you to Former Lurker for the fantastic information and instruction about how to get this to run with a DSLR saving the files to the SD card and allowing such a great quality time-lapse to be achieved with very minimal effort.

Links to his channel and GitHub to be placed here soon.

Humidity Control

Internal temperature and humidity control, for enhanced holding time and superior quality products.

Smaller Footprint

Designed to increase the available internal storage area using the smallest possible footprint.

Easy Clean

Reduced fastenings and neat sheet metal forming allow for panels to be wiped down easily and removable internal parts allow for easy cleaning.

Convection Air Flow

The design eliminates the need for fans, by using a passive system that allows air flow to be generated by placement of the elements and air deflecting elements. This will reduce the possibility of breakdowns and therefor equipment downtime.

Hot air rises up through the middle of the unit, cool air then flows down the sides for it to be heated and humidified continuously.

Final Design

Here are the final design images. These were taken as part of the product photoshoot which I organised and acted as creative director on site at the studio. Along with a break away layered render I produced to display the internal layout for the final design.

Installation Examples

Many different configurations of the Fast Serv system have been implemented, here are a few examples.