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 …
Joe’s Makerbot now runs Sailfish
Sailfish is a firmware upgrade for Replicators and Thing-o-matics by the acceleration wizards Jetty and Dan Newman. And this is another reason why open source is more awesome. It was an adventure that took a few days to sort out entirely. The hardest part of the initial setup instructions was the usual “Press reset a moment before pressing the Update button in RepG” …
My son’s bowser costume so far
Yes, the bracelet and horns are 3D printed, but I think I’m most proud of the shell he made himself. My other son is going to be a bat with wings he’s made himself. [Sniff]. Daddy’s little makers.
Natural vs White
It was difficult getting a picture to really show the stark contrast between these two prints. Just realize that the minor difference you see in the picture is a major difference in real life. On the left is “Natural” abs, the same that came with my Replicator. On the right is “White” donated by Joseph Chiu (aka Toybuilder). The white is …
MakeSLC Presentation Report
Went good. Me tired. More later.
3D Printing Tidbit – Unloading stuck filament
Sometimes when unloading filament when the plunger starts backing the filament out I’ve seen something happens and the filament does not move. When this happens switch to load mode and push the filament in a bit and then switch back to unload. more often than not the hot filament will actually pop out before the plunger starts moving. I should mention that …
Replicator Tidbit – Filament feed tubes
See those tubes where the filament goes in? Used to be I had them way lower because when I was mounting the filament rolls on the back on my replicator I wanted to be able to use the tube guide to bring them closer to where the filament was coming out. However, mounting these tubes lower creates a pull on the print head which …