Over the past years, I have gotten deeper and deeper into 3d-printing. One thing that fascinates me a lot is how different it is from other manufacturing methods. And how this, in turn, means a completely different design philosophy is needed to create good designs for 3d-printing.
As such, I have been collecting the little tricks and rules for designing well-printable parts. And of course I am always on the hunt for more. In this blog post I want to share all that I have learned.
Many industrial machines signal their status using stack lights. They are simple technology and make it super easy to see machine status at a glance. Especially on a production floor full of machines, stack lights allow quickly gauging where attention is needed.
So naturally, I wanted to augment my 3d-printer with such a stack light, to see what it is up to, without walking over. And I want to show you how you can do it too, while also sharing some stack light lore.
