This week’s video covers the technique of matching something in the real world with an object you’re modeling using nothing more than a photograph. The same technique is also covered in Chapter 10 of 3D Printing Blueprints. I will get the report on how I got the plastic and how I stuck it on next week. Passed 200 YouTube subscribers …
Wood Wars Video follow up.
I printed the Wood Wars base soldier I recorded a time lapse of modeling and it worked great. Details look fine. I still want to revisit it and add some detail but I should probably focus on other units first. Making detail minis (with exchangeable heads) is a lot of work and I keep having smaller, easier to finish, projects pop …
Updating the space wrench
So after dissecting the space wrench I got to thinking about the problem of it only being for tightening bolts and how to fix that. After some discussion in the comments on a similar video by Barnacules I think I have a solution. A removable center peg that can be flipped to the other side reversing the ratcheting action to loosen …
Growing a project list
Have you ever thought “Ugh, I’ve got too much to do” But then you actually write out your todo list and it’s, like, four things? Happens to me a lot. But not this time. I started writing out the list of projects I’m in the middle of and projects I want to do and the list just kept growing. It …
The biggest lithophane I’ve ever
This was a Christmas gifts I can finally tell you all about, the biggest lithophane project I’ve ever seen. Definitely the biggest I’ve done. Oh, man, the technical hurdles over come for this one. First of all, the lamp we got had 4 panels that were too big for the print bed. So I had to rig adapters to turn …
Dissecting the Space Wrench Video
As if there was any doubt we’re living in the future, the group “Made in Space” has sent a 3D printer to the international space station and e-mail them a tool to print and use up there. Then they made that tool available to us. In this video I dissect Made in Space’s wrench in blender to show how it …
Playing with Heroforge
While someone like myself can use more open ended tools to do cool things, for everyone else Heroforge is the sort of software that I forsee helping drive 3D printing demand up. Ever play an RPG where you spend 20 hours customizing your characters, crafting their appearance, before you put on a helmet and lose it all? Heroforge is kind …
Finally committing to Simplify3D
I’ve been hearing good things about Simplify3D (most of them on the 3D Printing Today Podcast which I should really record another segment for). But the price tag kinda kept me away until I decided to update to the latest version of MakerWare hoping all the little problems I’ve been dealing with would go away only to have MakerWare refuse to …
Fixing a soap stamp order with MakeXYZ
I make a lot of soap stamps. So before I left on vacation a few weeks back I was wrapping up an order for Soaps McGotes and while I usually send the customer a proof for their approval I accidentally skipped that step in my rush, and of course this is the time that I really shouldn’t have skipped that …
A Visit to Zeni Kinetic
I took an opportunity to visit Salt Lake’s own 3D Printing store, Zeni Kinetic and nerded out with the John, Aaron, and Jeremy there, some of which I’ve met at local makerspaces before. They’ve got a nice open floor space that is still in development in a lot of ways. Lots of filament and example prints and… hey, what’s that in …