I’ve been fighting with a problem lately. I’m not sure when it started exactly. It was around when I installed the new extruder assembly or there about, but my printer lost the ability to do sharp turns. Anything that had tight details that involved the extruder making small circular areas always ended up looking crappy. Drooly, lumpy, not good. Fine …
RepRap Cookbook review
I will never speak ill of my experience writing for Packt Publishing. I absolutely loved it. But if I could offer them one bit of advice it’s to choose a title after writing the book, and not stick with the title that the book started with. Take my book for example. “3D Printing Blueprints” doesn’t’ really say “The beginner’s guide …
Modeling for 3D Printing Tip Video 1 – YHT
I’m putting together a series of videos partially in service of my book, partially in support of the 3D printing today segments I’ve done, and partially just because I wanted to. I was told these videos would be good for me, so let’s see where these take me. Here is my previous (text) post on this sort of thing: http://joes3dworkbench.blogspot.com/2014/05/3d-printing-tip-designing-with-supports.html …
You know when you’re just trying to fix one little thing
Thus ends my run of board game related 3D printing posts. But don’t worry, I’ll have more eventually. Maybe even very soon. I don’t report on every fix and repair I have to do on my printer these days. I like to report when things are “done” and I feel like I’m in the middle of a lot of repairs …
Pocket Imperium Part 3 – How it plays
Part 1. Part 2. Where you can download the ships. I do tend to get the cart before the horse at times and I focus more on the silly things like tiny little ship tokens and tuck boxes to store them in, but how does Pocket Imperium play, and how has playing it effected the making of it? Not actual gameplay. This …
Get 3D Printing Blueprints (and other packt titles) for $10 this week
If you want to get the beginner’s guide to modeling for home 3D printing, 3D Printing Blueprints, and learn the tips and trick of making printable models from a Blender master(ish) then this week is the week to get it. If you buy 3 or more Packt ebooks the price goes down to $8 each, and if you buy $6 …
New Ship Tokens
Download the new ship tokens on PinShape. I had such a great time making tiny ship tokens that would fit inside a 1cm square, that I decided to make a bunch more and refine the ones I already made. I drew inspiration from classic sci-fi, video games, Japanese anime, any my own imagination. I’ve had other projects like this where …
Pocket Imperium Part 2 – Lessons from a failed tuck box
Do not spoonerize that title. For those not familiar with the terminology, like me 2 weeks ago, a tuck box is just one of those boxes that holds cards, so called because you “tuck” the top in to keep it closed. Last time I designed some tiny ship tokens with the intent of using these tokens to play an 18 …
Printin’ and Playin’ Pocket Dungeon Quest part 2 – Big Honkin’ die
My last post is one of those that I kinda just want to leave there in hopes that more people will find it. If you haven’t read it, go do that, and share it with whoever you can because it came at considerable effort and, I feel, is going to change the way I approach 3D printing in the future. …
3D printing without a 3D printer on a budget
Want to get something 3D printed but don’t have a 3D printer? Have an idea you’d like to see made real? Seen something 3D printed and just got to have it? If you go to services like shapeways or sculpto you might have gotten a serious sticker shock. But don’t give up, there is an alternative. Recent adventures (featuring Rodney …