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Month: August 2018

EdgeOS Throughput Measurement Tools

EdgeOS Throughput Measurement Tools

I wrote some python scripts for measuring throughput on Ubiquiti routers (running EdgeOS). These scripts do not perform a speedtest, they return the throughput of the router which is how much data is moving through the router at that time. There are two versions of the script one that runs once and one that runs until stopped.   Example output of single run script: Example output of the loop script:   There is more information about the scripts and the…

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Hozelock Submersible Water Butt Pump Filter

Hozelock Submersible Water Butt Pump Filter

The filter on the pump I was using was too fine so I designed a coarser one to replace it. I designed the new filter in SolidWorks. The final print can be seen below: The new filter installed in the pump can be seen below: The files for this model can be found on Thingiverse here.   As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask, Conor.

ANET A8 Side Filament Guide

ANET A8 Side Filament Guide

If a roll of filament is new or a print is very wide or tall your filament is more likely to get stuck in the spool holder. This caused one of my prints to fail because the filament got tangled and jammed in the holder and the printer pulled the roll into itself. I designed this guide to go on top of the printer to guide the filament down to the extruder. The guide uses the bolt from rod guard…

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Outside Light Spacer for Garden Power

Outside Light Spacer for Garden Power

I needed to run a wire from inside an external light to outside it to temporarily get power into my garden. I needed to print a large hexagon the same size and shape as the top of the light shown below but with a gap for the wire to get through. But this shape was larger than the bed on my 3D printer. So I designed the print in 3 parts. The parts are joined with cross-halving joints that will…

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