My Ender 3 v2 3D Printer does not have a webcam to remotely check 3D prints. Sometimes when I am not at home I need to see how things are going. I thought a simple webcam solution would do the trick. I grabbed my older Raspberry Pi (RPi 2) and set it up as a remote web camera. Hardware and Software So here is the hardware I am using: Raspberry Pi 2 (I suppose it should work with any SBC) Wifi dongle (you don’t need it if you have buil-in wifi or you want use an ethernet cable instead) Usb web camera (of course it would also work with a raspberry pi camera) I have the following software installed and configured:

I just 3D-printed a laptop holder, a vertical one. It is so pretty and it makes my desktop tidier, so, I thought, it deserves an own blog post. This information might be too little for a blog post. So, as a bonus, I’ll tell you how the process of finding and customizing a 3D model looks like. . Thingiverse customizer I found a nice laptop holder on Thingiverse. Then I just clicked on “Open in customizer” like this:

Jag håller på och lär mig lite om 3D-Print på fritiden. Jag berättar om mina första intryck och hur jag skriver ut en blomkruka som ser ut som ett Super Mario-block - allt detta i en bloggpost. Montering av 3D-skrivaren Jag behövde montera min 3D-skrivare (Creality Ender 3 v2) och det gick smidigt även om det tog flera timmar. Jag följde denna fantastiska Youtube video: JustVlad: Creality Ender 3 V2 - 3D Printer - Unbox & Setup .