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 …
Modeling for 3D Printing Tip Video 2 – Decimate
Here’s the next video tip in my series of video tip vlogs. I’m still trying to figure this out. I’m still making mistakes. But hopefully people will enjoy it and someone will learn something that will help them. If you like this and it helped you please share and subscribe. And as usual, if there are questions you want answered …
3D printed wood backhoe
I’m wrapping up a huge project that’s kinda eating up all my spare cycles at the moment and that I hope to do a big reveal for. That’s why my posts lately have been more commentary. But while I’m pointing you to other cool places on the web here’s something awesome. http://www.chrisfinke.com/2014/10/23/3d-printing-construction-equipment-for-fun And there are so many angles I could …
Win a 3D printer in the 3D Printing Forum contest
I am remiss that I haven’t mentioned this before. 3D Printing Forum is having a contest, the first prize is a DaVinci 3D printer and all you have to do is participate in the forums. I mean they’re being pretty transparent about the whole thing. They want more people to use their forums so they are bribing you to use …
Candy pumpkin carve fail
A forum post on Board Game Geek point me to the idea of passing out a board game for Halloween that uses candies for pieces. But it involved 3 pieces being one way and 1 piece being another. I thought with 3D printing I could “carve” candy pumpkins quickly and easily. So I took some measurements and made an object …
Dr. Fluff’s Robot Factory Android App Review
Genetically building robots for 3D printing Android app. If that sentance sounds more than a little buzzword laden that’s because it is. Yet that’s the premise behind Dr. Fluff’s Robot Factory. I get the sense that the Robot Factory is testing the waters for their more robust genetic app later, apparently using dinosaurs since they’ve been uploading them to thingiverse …
3D Printer Buying Guide Video
User Metnor asked “What type of printer du you have?And what do you recommend for starters that want to test it out?” In this video I answer those questions. Hopefully somebody is watching these videos and that they’re of use to some people. If you like them please like, share, and subscribe.
Where to list/find 3D models
There are a ton of places to list your models and I’ve tried to at least dip my toe in as many as I can. However, I’m still migrating to YouMagine from Thingiverse, so there’s no way I can maintain multiple repositories without hiring a personal assistant. (On a related note, I am accepting applications for unpaid interns at the …