Action Chess Set Development Part 1

So apparently Gizmoto “…hope[s] that Larson decides to one day print these en masse and sell them on Etsy.” What a great idea! I’ve already toyed with the idea of selling my models through shapeways, but shapeways is kinda expensive for cheap little novelty items. Right now shapeways would want $40-$50 per side for the action chess set, and I’d …

Watch This Space

It will be 8 weeks before I get my Makerbot Replicator. Chances are you should just stay away until then. I’ve had a ton of thoughts about what I’d do with a 3D printer and no outlet for those thoughts. Now I have an outlet. It’s gonna be ugly. Once I get my makerbot, however, I plan to fill this …

Where am I going to put it?

I’m nesting. No two ways about it. I’m clearing space trying to decide where I should put my makerbot when it arrives. Honestly I don’t know. I could clean off space on my office desk, but maybe that would be too loud and interfere with my normal work? I definitely have space in my garage, but it’s uninsulated and maybe …

Welcome to the Adventures of Joe and his Makerbot

3D printing. Technology of the future. But I’m not the sort that could normally, at this time, afford a 3D printer. They’ve become more accessable to be sure with projects like the RepRap and makerbot, but not accessable enough for me. But I’ve got the skill. I’ve been to an art school to learn animation so I’m artistic. I have …