A big thanks to Makerblock, an associate from way back when putting “Maker” in your name has an homage to Makerbot was vogue. He insisted I set up a mailing list for our joint Lowpolysaur Park project. Which I did: bit.ly/lowpolydinos However, the goal for this mailing list is more than this one project. Going forward this will be the …
Why is 3D Printing Cool?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRV2VMRomU8 This video kinda serves as a little bit of a report about my community interactions, and a little bit of introspection that I’ve been having lately. A series of pictures from those events will follow. When I think about 3D printing, and more particularly why we think it’s okay to get together ostensibly about 3D printing, it strikes me …
Da Vinci Full Color 3D printer
Recently, Da Vinci contacted me and invited me to be a part of their beta test group for a new type of 3D printer. Da Vinci is a company that, while I’ve know about, I haven’t had any desire to posses one of their machines. Not that there was anything wrong with their 3D printers per se. They were reportedly …
Help me name my Low Poly Dino project Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NazYP3aUuOo Join the kickstarter mailing list: http://bit.ly/lowpolydinos I sat down yesterday and cracked out 4 videos, one right after the other. I’m not sure how far ahead I need to be to feel like I can do a week worth of constant updates, but that’s my goal. 5 days, 5 videos. Maybe if I can record 4 more in a day …
Maybe ASA isn’t that perfect
In my ASA review, which I may have forgotten to do a write up for, I praised ASA for being the best of ABS and PLA together. However, as I’ve really thrown myself into this stuff I can say that it’s everything I had hoped. When printing bit objects with flat walls, there is some layer decontamination from shrink, as …
Woodfill filament video
https://youtu.be/1V8Iz3AuIys So compared to the last video there’s a lot less going on in this video. I did a couple of prints, turned on the camera, told that story, and done. If you compare the editing timeline from the last video to this one you can really see what I’m talking about. This is the last video about printing pokemon …
Starter Pokemon 3D Prints video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwA4A4ZWkts Believe it or not there is just a lot going on with this video. First of all, this is the first video to feature my book’s 20 second bumper at the end. I think this is going to be the new normal for a while. A surprising amount of work went into those 20 seconds. Secondly, the omissions from …
ANet E10 and Magigoo Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eso-kWhI8 Enter the contest at https://gleam.io/mNEcv/3d-printing-professor-10k-giveaway A lot of YouTubers seem to be slamming the Anet E10 for not being a CR-10. Maybe that’s the fault of someone in marketing, but somehow I missed that hype so I never had the expectation that it was an CR-10. Taking it for what it is, the E10 is completely reasonable for the price. …
Introducing the Beginner’s Guide to the 3D Printing Galaxy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp_yiARQZks Order the book here: http://amzn.to/2ws7OiT Concerning the St. George Board Game Convention that I attended as a vendor, that was a wild ride. Even had one person recognize me from my videos on YouTube. I don’t want to say too much about it because I will have more to say in a future video, except to mention that it was …
The problem with functional parts
I’ve mentioned in the past that there is a defensible position when it comes to useless prints. Last week I replaced a friends e-break button for their ’99 Saturn. Here’s the thing. Unless you have a ’99 Saturn that just happens to have a broken e-break button, this isn’t going to excite you. On the other hand, if someone models …