The kickstarter is done. The August reward for Patreon is delivered. So what’s next for PrintABlok? When I finished the Mechs kickstarter I proposed a couple of new sets that could be made. Most of those ideas have happened, so it’s time to update the list of future possibilities for PrintABlok. Land Craft One idea form that original proposal that …
TL;DR: Now that this kickstarter is done, instead of prepping for another kickstarter in a year or less, I will be developing further PrintABlok sets for my Patreon backers on a monthly basis. Sign up there to get future PrintABlok sets. But more on that later. EDIT: I decided to go ahead and try to gather some data to answer …
Watch on YouTube I’ve taken this week off work to have a summer vacation… which has mostly ended up being a staycation. But that’s given me a lot of time to work on the campaign, and make this video which came together in what felt like very short order. Technically the amount of time I worked on this video was …
Watch on YouTube Sign up on kickstarter to be notified when the campaign goes live! This is the video that will be attached to the PrintABlok Kickstarter, which I’m currently working on. This video isn’t to advertise the campaign to those who maybe haven’t ever done a kickstarter before. That will be coming later. But this is the one that …
The PrintABlok:Beasts kickstarter finished successfully in May 2021. This post mortem was written up right after it so the lessons of that kickstarter could be remembered. The models are modeled, tested, packaged up, delivered, repaired again, repackaged up, and finally delivered to all the backers. The post-kickstarter listings are in the shop. http://printablok.com has been redirected back to those listings. …
Watch on YouTube Sign up for the Mailing List so you don’t miss PrintABlok: Skyforce! I hope my hair is better before I get to Goshen.I’ve actually been working on PrintABlok Skyforce models for months. I want to get a jump on the campaign so you have a lot to look forward to. But modeling greebles is time consuming. They …
Watch on YouTube Discovering this trick was an exercise in “there’s no way this would work… oh, it does”. I’ve found that this sort of thing doesn’t always work the way you expect it, but when it does, Cura’s overlapping settings changes is one of the most powerful tools they have. You can even use a cutting mesh to say …
Watch on YouTube One thing that I didn’t mention in the video was that the PrintABlok hole got a small makeover, as well. The difference is that the ridges where the connector would snap in used to only be in the corners (since that’s the only part that really matters) and now they go along the whole length (which makes …
Watch on YouTube In “Ozma of Oz”, L. Frank Baum’s follow up to The Wizard of Oz, he introduced a clockwork man name Tik-Tok. Tik-Tok had separate windings for thought, action, and speech. When I heard this morning that Ultimaker and Makerbot are merging, I had to slap my hand away from my own “sarcasm” winding. Ooh, I wanted to …
Watch on YouTube I mention that I’ve used 4 other large format budget priced IDEX printers before. They are, in order that I experineced them: The JGMaker Artist D (pre kickstarter) The Kywoo3D IDEX The Weedo X40 And the JGMaker Artist D Pro I’ve mentioned before that I have limited space for keeping the 3D printers I review, so I …
