I’m sure you don’t want to hear about the massive technical problems I had making this video that forced me to re-record this same content 5 times before finally settling on this. But I’m going to tell you anyways because that’s what this blog is for. Originally there was going to be a cut to the print, full screen, at …
That’s a lot of filament
A local 3D printing supply company was liquidating some of their PLA filament. I managed to get a dozen rolls of filament and some XTC for way cheap. There’s a chance this filament is off spec or will change color, but it’s so cheap that even if I only get a few prints per roll I’ll still be making off …
3D printed L Bracket Drawer Repair
The particle board behind my daughters drawer did what particle board does over time. So instead of running to the store to get some L brackets to fix it I decided to try 3D printing them. Learning from last time I decided to search Yeggi first. Couldn’t find exactly what I wanted, though I did find an interesting project, so …
Food Safe Video
Whenever someone comes up with a 3d printed food cutter or kitchen utensil someone has to ask if it’s food safe. So I decided to contact the Food and Drug Administration and ask them. The answer surprised me. I thought the little little crack in 3D prints would cause a problem because of bacteria growth, but what I was told …
Smoothing PLA part 1
ABS smooths easy. Easy to get acetone in a container with your print, heat it up if you don’t want to wait very long, and you’re done. But I discovered PLA is not so easy to smooth, and there’s a lot of conflicting information online. I heard someone say MEK and MEK substitute works just like acetone on PLA. I …
A squishy friend for the portfolio
I realized my thing portfollio needed an example of a ninjaflex print, so I made a squishy Yog Soggoth. I don’t know why it amuses me so much to have a flexible lovecraft flying spaghetti monster, but it does.
PTFE thermal tube liners – Good, Bad, and Garbage
When I upgraded my extruder the new assembly came with a little part that made a big change, PTFE (teflon) thermal barrier tube liners, a small tube that the plastic feed through before hitting the hot end. In theory these tubes served two purposes. First, they prevented the plastic from sticking as it went through the feed assembly, resulting in …
CarnEvil coin project video
This week I model and print the coin from the video game CarnEvil. If you have something you’d like to see made real with 3D printing, be sure to post a comment. Download and print your own: https://pinshape.com/items/5828-3d-printed-carnevil-coin Watch the video that inspired the project. Ross’s Game Dungeon Carnevil (NSFKids) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDULs7H-42w
Arrow of Light Holder
Not every 3D print will change the world. Some will simply bear our accomplishments for the world to see. You can download the arrow display hook on YouMagine.
Manufacturing Wood Wars 3D part 1
Last week I set about to find out how many Wood Wars 3D sets 1 3D printer can produce. I always estimated it as 1 set per day, but I didn’t have any hard data. Spoilers, I may have overestimated. Day 1 I manged to start 3 sets and get one of them almost completed. I was using dual printing …