Yup, that’s what’s going on there. The yarn needle was not a project I would have done were I not related to some yarners. (Yarnies? Yarnites?) I guess sometimes you need to go around a sleeve or something and apparently it was easier to ask me to model and 3d printing versus hitting an existing needle with a heat gun …
MyMiniFactory Contest
If you don’t have a 3D printer MyMiniFactory is having a contest and the grand prize is a 3D printer. how do you win? Make something that prints without supports, like I’ve been teaching you to do from the beginning. So if you’ve been following me you already know all you need in order to win this contest, so go …
Lithophane project video
This week’s video I wanted to show off a new technique I found for making lithophane’s in Blender that’s so easy I will never do it any other way again. I used to do them a different way in the past, but this is so much better. And versatile. I have so many project ideas that I’m going to do …
YouMagine Feature
I am excited that Joris Peels of YouMagine has decided to feature this blog on the YouMagine blog. Wow. You’d think being featured for my blog writing content, I’d have more to say about this. Uh, YouMagine is cool and you all should stop using Thingiverse.
Modeling 3D Printing Project 7 – Snow Tube Hook
Tried a little something different this time. Instead of giving you something in the vein of an education I’m just working on something and rambling while I do. Is this useful? Is this entertaining? I don’t know, please let me know. Whether I do it again is based on your feedback so don’t remain quiet. Leave a comment and let …
Teaching 3D Modeling IRL
I had the opportunity a few weeks back to teach a local youth group 3D printing design for a chess project. Went over some basics, showed them the printer, showed them how to model a few pieces in Tinkercad and Blender, showed off my chess set collection, and then answered some questions. I really enjoyed it and I think I’ll …
How I ended up up actually dividing the robot model
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? …