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 …
A new year with new technology
365 days ago people weren’t talking about 3D printing. Now people are trying to shoot it down because it’s not the technology everyone hoped it would be. Well excuuuuuuse me princess. Actually, it’s rather encouraging to see this sort of counter argument presented. The expectations of 3D printing has had a certain amount of inflation associated with it. I suppose we can blame …
Fixing a nebulizer with new materials
Here’s an interesting story of someone doing a repair of a medical device. He had trouble with ABS not being strong enough, which is amazing because I’ve stepped on ABS parts, so he used a nylon filament and a little suguru, and his kid is back on his meds on the cheap. I haven’t had much reason to explore the …
ProtoExchange – An idea who’s time has come
Do you have a 3D printer? Are you running it as often as you can? Would you like to make some money while between interesting prints? Why not rent out your print time to others? Then ProtoExchange is the site for you. Only, it needs your help to get started, so visit the Indiegogo campaign and donate to the developers …
Brainstorming the chess set
Merry Christmas to all. While getting ready for my holiday trip I found an old notebook where I brainstormed ideas for my chessbot. Here’s the earliest sketch of what eventually became my winning entry. I originally was playing with the idea of using a pawn for the head. I wanted to get a robocop vibe, but I couldn’t resolve the …