My last video was admittedly a little misleading. While the techniques described in the video aren’t wrong when it came time to actually slice up the model I took advantage of the fact that Mr. Fluff’s Robot Factory doesn’t boolean union all the pieces together (the way the robot was presented in the video) to let me break out the arms …
Modeling for 3D Printing tip 5 – Dividing a model
Hardest part of this video was settling on a name. Am I separating a mesh? No, that’s what I did last time. And I slicing a model? No, that’s what you do to prep it for printing. Cutting? Maybe. Dividing? maybe. I’ll just pick one. Inka binka bottle a ink… This video calls back to the modeling exactness techniques talked …
TARDIS Run featured in Make Magazine
Make Magazine’s annual 3D printing showdown is out now. This is the issue I mentioned in my Buying Guide video. I didn’t realize at the time it was so soon. Have to get my copy. With their emphasis on 3D printing this month they wrote a guide for 3D printing projects around the home, starting with the game room. And right …
Modeling for 3D Printing Tip 4 – Separating a Multi Part-Mesh
Recorded this one last week so I’m a little behind on thanking people, and I’m afraid I’m going to be even further behind before I catch up. But thank you to everyone who is watching these videos. You’re my inspiration. What happens when you download a STL that’s actually many pieces, and you only want one or two of them? …
Meta Chess set
Like the game itself, uploading this set to YouMagine has levels for me. See what I did there? But seriously, Meta Chess was designed for the same contest that won me a 3D printer. But in the two years since I never printed the whole set. Part of the reason is because when I printed half of it a while back …
3D Printing Tip Video – Hairspray and glass
Hairspray and glass is the best build surface I’ve used…. if you do it right. Today’s video is how to do it right. I’m still trying to overcome some technical limitations that are messing up this video. For one, the aspect ratio. For another, this video was, unbenownst to me, saved uncompressed. 15 gig for a 5 minute video. Unacceptable. …
3D Printed Pegboard hooks
You can download the 3D printable pegboard hooks and hangers on YouMagine. Whenever I start a new project I always start with the assumption that it’s already been done. After all, 3D printing has been around for a while now. Chances are someone has already solved the common problem you’re thinking of solving. When I put a pegboard on my …
Modeling for 3D Printing Tip 3 – CAD-like exactness Part 2
And to finish what I started with the example of an SD Card holder ring, which relies on exactly matching the size of a real life object, an SD card, and the size of your finger. And a special thanks to my new subscribers. I know I keep apologizing for this, but these one-take slap-dash crappy quality videos are really …
Modeling for 3D Printing Tip 3 – CAD-like exactness Part 1
Tip #3 is up, this time talking about the tricks and tools to make Blender create models with exact dimensions. My recording ran a little long so I cut it into two parts. In this part I respond to a comment on the last video. I go over Blender’s settings to make learning it easier. Then I introduce the the Properties …
Joe’s 3D Workbench is complete
Last week’s video update was late, so this week’s will be super early. And maybe there’ll be another before the end of the week. Maybe one day I’ll have a nice camera for doing this sort of thing with. And time to edit. And interesting thumbnails. Until then you guys get blury shaky cam with a frantic me narrating. This …