https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=248JhEVYJRU Short version, I lost my job and my computer all in the same week. If you can help me out with a monthly donation, please consider signing up at Pateron. If you only can do a one-time donation, please contribute to my GoFundMe campaign. If you can’t support me either place then a “howdy” on social media to let …
Interview with Greg from Xometry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPtpHknU1Q You can make a living with 3D printing. Xometry is proving it. It might not be making a living from you, that’s what Shapeways is for. But they are definately making 3D printing for a living work. And it’s super exciting. Plus, Greg is just a super cool guy. I hope you enjoy the interview. Now that I’ve got …
My proposal for the TableTop Day 2017 trophy
Dear Wil Wheaton and the team at Tabletop, My name is Joe Larson. These days I am building my brand as the 3D printing professor, but some years ago presented to you 3D model a trophy for TableTop, the shape of which was defined by Wil Wheaton’s striking profile. I promise, my 3D modeling skills have improved since then. This …
Modeling my daughter’s drawing in 3D video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8YqY1NxLA Print your own Princess Keira here: https://pinshape.com/items/32675-3d-printed-kid-drawing-to-3d-model-princess-kyera Apparently I forgot to report on my 3rd livestream with my daughter. Time to correct that. It was a fairly successful livestream, as was the printing of the model afterwards. After the stream I discovered something. I wasn’t happy with the topology of the sculpted face. I wanted it to be smoother, less …
Modeling my kids drawing livestream 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz5UZsZIpG4 You can download the model from the stream here: https://pinshape.com/items/32968-3d-printed-kids-drawing-to-3d-model-max Almost finished this one during the stream, but it took a little finishing afterwards, and then the usual fiddling for an hour to get things just right before I was happy. As I said during the stream I wasn’t going to make any attempt to make this FFFriendly that excepting …
Fixing the Replicator heated build plate, once and for all
An email this morning made me realize this was an adventure I had completely on twitter. For those who don’t follow the breakneck pace of the social media machine, I should do better commenting these things here. On Monday, November 28th I woke up and my heated build plate, which was working fine on Saturday, wasn’t heating up any more. …
5 reasons to get a 3D printer, even if you’re not a designer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_ep8KiJho Code for 3D Scholars: M:D’I RKQQC It’s interesting to me to put that old footage next to the new ones. Both lighting and sound has improved substantially over time. Here’s the countdown: 3D Printers are cheaper and easier to use than ever There are more things than you could ever hope to print More demand for 3D models is good …
3D Printing 101 – Slicer Settings
Click to play video Slicers are a very special piece of software that turns a 3D model into instructions that a 3D printer can follow to make a 3D print. Slicers do not generally create the 3D model, for that, you need a separate piece of software for CAD or 3D design. Or you can download the 3D model that …
Modeling my kids drawing 2 livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhnwBbf6ck The best livestream to date. I know I say that every time, but I think I’ve worked out every technical problem I possibly can with the hardware setup I have. 45 minutes that didn’t devolve into a slide show, though there were a few drops when I did some a particularly intensive tasks in Blender. At this point the …
3D modeling my kid’s drawing video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sJi2fJTug As mentioned in the stream, I’m starting a goFundMe to get the equipment I need to improve my videos, so if you can, please support me. https://www.gofundme.com/3DPrintingProfessor Had a good time on the stream, and got about 25% through modeling the character. However the stream got laggier and laggier as I went on until it was, once again, just a …