Watch Video “Cartesian XY”. One of my most common slip of the tongues is calling “Cartesian XY” 3D printers “Core XY” which isn’t correct. Technically Core XY is a subset of Cartesian XY systems. CoreXY is when the motors for X and Y movement are stationary and the X and Y movement is driven by a belt that loops around …
Illusion Box Project Video
Watch Video Functional and fun to look at. This has always been my mantra in designing for 3D printing since the beginning. Adding artistic elements to functional prints, like making desk card holder that has the last supper on it. But with the Davinci Color I feel like my opportunities for adding artistic elements to simple prints has skyrocketed. How …
3D Printed Strategy Board Game Project – Bot Blitz Big Brute Battery Bit Battle
Watch Video Download, print, and play Bot Blitz Big Brute Battery Bit Battle! As I said in the video, this game is only the first in the Bot Blitz series. Originally I came up with the name “Bot Blitz” as a robot version of the name “Squirrel Squabble“. But as I started working on these cute robots it became apparent …
3D Printed Smoking Low Poly Dino Volcano
Watch Video The quality of this video may seem all over the place. I guess the lesson here is “what a difference a year makes.” Nothing makes the changes the Low Poly Dino kickstarter has had on my videos as pronounced as a video with footage shoot on the old camera, my still current camera phone, the camera built into …
Making my own 3D Printed Surprise Eggs Video
Watch the video You can download my surprise egg shell here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3538929 This is the first video recorded with my brand new camera rig. I hope the difference is noticeable. That said, if no one says anything, is that a success? With the AstroPrint egg, one problem I foresaw is that it couldn’t scale up. If you scaled it up, …
Midwest Reprap Festival Day 2 #MRRF2019
You may be wondering why I didn’t post this at the end of Day 2 of the Midwest Reprap Festival, like I did the last MRRF post. There are a couple of good reasons. First of all, day 2 of MRRF doesn’t end until midnight. Then, when it finally did end, I had a couple of hours of sleep and …
Best 3D Printing April Fools
When you’re a dad like me, every day is April Fool’s day. Still, I should have prepared something for this day. Fortunately, many others already have, so I’ll just share theirs with you. XYZPrinting is creating 100% Gold Filament Josef Prusa is Josef Prusa’s Josef Prusa Josef Prusa Allie Webber has named today 100$ appropriately Elijah Horland comes out as …
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 …