Joseph Chiu wrote this on the makerbot user group and I felt it was worth repeating. As Shawn had mentioned a while back, making money on the print-for-pay is generally not a good return on your investment in time/resources… It’s like photocopiers in the early 1980’s. Back then, there were the big high-end copiers that resembled printing presses. Then the …
Lazy Halloween Costume
..okay, not that lazy. I mean you need a 3D printer, the Brain Slug design by 7777773 from Thingiverse, sandpaper to take the existing eye off, a googly eye and super glue. But for the amount of work you have to do.the quality is really, really good. I. Recommend. Everyone. Get. A Brain. Slug.
The Song of My People
Files can be found, as always, on Thingiverse.
Might have overdone it.
Customer said she wanted a birthday greeting with the TARDIS ring she was ordering for a friend. Customer. Service.
the ultimate test
My replicator has been tested and came out… well, not 100%, but pretty darn good. A while ago I made this iThrone for one of the Makerbot sponsored contests I didn’t win. I’ve never had reason to print one, but after the MakeSLC presentation I was approached by someone there who offered to buy one. So, I decided to see if my …
3D printing tip – Picture perfect modeling
So you have a doodad that broke and you want to 3D print a replacement. But how can you be sure that the new part will be a good replacement? Here’s the method I used to make a replacement part for my kid’s drawer that uses only free software and the hardware you probably already have. Put the part on …
MakeSLC Presentation
Here is the full presentation that I gave last Wednesday at MakeSLC. Cymon @ MakeSLC Oct. 17th 2012 from Dan Mitchell on Vimeo. Many thanks to Dan Michell for inviting me as well as recording and uploading this video.
Drew’s Castle
I let my soon loose on TinkerCad, alone and unsupervised, and this is what he came up with. So when his good behavior earned him a 3D print of whatever he wanted, naturally what did he choose? Now at it’s natural scale this is the biggest single thing I’ve printed to date. But I’m really trusting my new firmware, so what the …
Guy Fawkes items in the Etsy Store
The 5th of November is fast approaching. Don’t be left without your Guy Fawkes Mask in either a ring or a large or small pendant.
3D Printing Tidbit – Filament Diameter Song
I tend to say this alot on the makerbot user’s group, so I decided to make a little ditty: As ABS filament is exposed to moisture in the air it swells causing the filament diameter to change over the life of the spool. The default filament diameter setting in ReplicatorG is fine on average, but for fresh rolls of filament it is …