Midwest Reprap Festival 2019 Day 1

I want to do a more in depth coverage of the event in the future, in video format. But for now I just want to decompress my thoughts on Day 1 of the Midwest Reprap Festival 2019. (As an aside, upgrading my phone or bringing a better camera is item #1 when I get back) The day kind of started …

March MadMess 2019 3D Printer Re-Review Part 3

Watch Video You can buy the Monoprice Voxel/Adventure 3 nozzles now. And my Adventure 3 is printing again. So it was a lot of drama for a little bit of time. I’m hitting go on this so I can pack my computer for my trip to Indiana and the Midwest RepRap Festival. I’m excited, but I’m also feeling a lot …

March MadMess 2019 3D Printer Re-Review Part 2

Watch Video Now we’re in the swing of things, as far as these reviews are concerned. 7 3D printers, no interruptions. I’m afraid I may have buried the lead as concerns my points about DUP 3D printing at the end of this video. It’s something that I’ve wanted to talk about for a while, that I’ve even considered making it’s …

Happy Pi Day – 3D Printed Pi Day Project

Watch Video This video, for as short and silly as it is, has a couple of things going on behind the scenes to talk about. First of all, this was printed on my JGAurora, which is currently my primary 3D printer. To get the time lapse I was using my webcam, that I used to make the primary video on …

March MadMess 2019 3D Printer Re-Review Part 1

Watch The Video To me, this may be some of the sloppiest editing I’ve ever done. I feel like I’m just churning this out because March is going to be super busy for me. I’ve got some new equipment to set up, I’ve got some places I need to be, I’ve got some projects I want to finish up and …

How to do color in 3D printing

Watch the Video Ways to do color: 1. Paint +Works with any 3D printer, -takes a lot of time -Relies on operator skill 2. Manual Filament Change +Works with any 3D printer, -takes clever design -Fairly manual process 3. Multi-Material -Requires special hardware: multi-nozzles, MMU, or Palate -Can be tricky to setup -A little more difficult to design for -Also, …

Davinci Color Lessons Learned

Watch Video Lessons Learned: XYZ Printing service may be slow, but they will take care of you Use it or lose it means thoughtful 3D printing XYZ Printing really is listening and improving Have a small project ready to fill the time XYZ Printing isn’t cutting corners Full color 3D printing isn’t cheap, but it’s more affordable than ever Chipped …

Fixing prints, attending fairs, and what’cha makin?

Watch the video I have, at this time, 3 conventions that I am going to attend for sure: BYU 3D Printing Con, Orem Utah, Orem Library – March 9 from 1pm to 5 Midwest RepRap Festival, Goshen Indiana – March 29-30 Bay Area Maker Faire, San Franscico California – May 17-18 Now, as for what I’m going to do at each …