Andy Cohen of the 3D Printing Today podcast sent me a mesh that he said wouldn’t slice very well. So I crack it open and see if I can figure out what’s wrong with it. This is, in a way, supplemental material to the segments I’ve been sending them for the 3D Printing Today podcast, but it’s a bit out …
How to support a ring
In modeling and iterating the rose ring for my wife I made a lot of mistakes and I thought I’d enumerate the lessons I learned about making ring without regards to the YHT rule. Increasing the support angle to 45 degrees is mandatory for ABS. Tilting the ring 30 degrees will prevent the supports holding the top up from passing …
Saving money on PinShape, Sculpeto, or Shapeways
I mentioned before that there’s been some learning involved in using PinShape. Because PinShape partners with Sculpteo to print your stuff, understanding how Sculpteo prices their prints, which is similar to how Shapeways prices their prints, is key in bringing prices down. First of all, a big print is a big print. There’s little to nothing that will bring down …
Me on the 3D Printing Today Podcast
Andy and Whitney of the 3D printing today podcast put out the call for guest podcaster I decided “what the heck.” Could be a good chance to pass on some knowledge and maybe plug my book a bit. The first episode with my segment in it has gone live. 3D Printing Today Episode 36 has my introduction and a little …
To smooth, or not to smooth?
I like having the ability to smooth my prints with so much more ease than before. But just like before some things are better left without the smooth finish of an acetone sauna. Such was the case when I printed another pair of CoinAge boards. I decided to smooth one of them to see if it would improve it. It’s …
Lego Gold Idol
A coworker of mine when they saw my Golden Idol asked that I make a Lego version for his kid. I thought it would be easy enough, forgetting that its never easy. The modeling part with smoothly enough. Find a presumably compatible Lego brick model and a little boolean jiggery pokery and the model is done. But then I printed …
More playing with the color changing filament
So after discovering that color changing filament does, as advertised, change color, I had 2 projects drop in my lap. My wife suggested a ring with some depth to it so that maybe if your hands were warm enough and it was cold out enough, or visa versa, your ring could be all multi-colored. So she and I pulled out …
PinShape toy design challenge
I’m really liking PinShape so far. As a marketplace it’s been a little bit of a learning experience for me, I can’t just treat it like YouMagine. Their collaboration with Sculptio also means that their “get a print” prices are a bit outrageous. But they’re adding new features that I really like and am looking forward to. Hopefully it can …
Fixing a rose token I’m not going to use
Browsing thingiverse I came across a model for a rose and I thought “I could use that for a token for Love Letter.” I don’t need a token for Love Letter. I made affection tokens for Love Letter. I printed someone else’s affection tokens for Love Letter, and I didn’t need them. So I double don’t need to print these …
New Enclosure for the bot
I finally finished my enclosure upgrade for my 3D printer. I chose the $15 enclosure pattern, not because it was cheap, but because is moved the side enclosure a little bit away from the X-axis cable so it wouldn’t wear it’s self against the side plexiglass, which is why I removed the side plexiglass and draped the bot with a …