Up! makes themselves a pretty good 3D printer. If you don’t already have one but you do have some project you’d like to show off the post it on Instructables and you might win and Up! 3D printer.
Enhancing the game
In case you’re not following my profile on Thingiverse, I uploaded a minor remix (because we’re not calling them derivatives any more I guess) this morning for a treasure chest with a lid. The modification I made really was extremely minor, just some vertex editing in Blender, but I wanted to use this excuse to talk about Heroica, since that’s what the …
Why is 3D printing rising so fast, really?
Through Makurze I found this article that asks the question “Why is 3D printing rising so fast?” The article does a good job of explaining the history of 3D printing to this point, but it doesn’t answering the question it asks very well in my opinion. The article suggests that the rise of 3D printing is “just because it is …
Makurze, pimping your printer
So after ProtoExchange I was told about Makurze.com, a message board offering a similar service. That’s about it. There’s not much there yet but if you’re looking to get in on the ground floor of a new online maker community head on over to Makurze.com and sign up, then offer your 3D printer or request someone to print or design …
Don’t fear the update tutorial video
There are some people who are afraid to update their makerbot firmware. It’s really not that bad. Sorry about the crappy and dark video, but I just wanted to show what it was like. The take away’s from this are: Don’t leave your bot plugged into the USB when its turned off, it can ruin the board. When the update …
Afinia Gold ABS Filament Review
I decided to try out Afinia’s value line filament and tried a spool of gold ABS because if it turns out looking good I’ve got a number of cool ideas I can use for that. In the end I have nothing but good things to say about Afinia’s filament, the gold doesn’t get a gold star. First the good: For cheap …
Printing somewhere warmer
Like I said, it’s cold right now. It’s painful to be in the garage with my Makerbot. That can’t be good for it. So in an attempt to see how bad printing in the cold, is I needed a control situation, and to show off a bit I brought my bot to work. Durring the day I printed a spool …
GeoDroidJohn’s RepRap Contest
If you don’t have a 3D printer, GeoDroidJohn on YouTube will be building one and giving it away. I’ll bet Blender will work too. Subscribe, sign up, and good luck. Good luck.
Store’s open, bot’s cold
Now that I’m home and can go back to filling order I’ve opened the shop back up. I’ve even added the last 2 chess sets that I finished before I left. However, now that I’m back home I’m more than a little concerned about the weather. Winter has hit and out here it’s a foot deep outside. I’m afraid an …
Where am I going to store all this stuff?
EDIT: Apparently I typed this up before the break, but forgot to hit send. It’ll be relevant to the post for tomorrow. As I make new products for the store, playing with different ideas, I’ve got to find a place to store all the stuff in a neat organized way, which means I have to go buy a parts organizer. Or …