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 …
Spelunky inspired designs for sale… but where?
There are a number of marketplaces where 3D models for printing can be put up for free or for sale. I’ve been hunting for a good one for a while and so far I haven’t found one I liked. But two new sites have appeared recently, PinShape and 3DaGoGo, and I’m going to try them out for a while and …
Take pictures of art in your area, get prints of the art
MyMiniFactory.com has appears on my radar a few times before. They’ve got an interesting business model with a team of 3D artists working to populate their site. I’m not sure if it’s sustainable, but it seems to be doing okay for now. They’re running a.. promotion? Contest? Not really sure what it is. But if you take a bunch of …
Color changing filament and business card holders
This is called killing two birds with one stone. I’ve been thinking a lot about business cards lately. For some reason I got some entirely superfluous business cards at work. And what with going to GenCon, I figured I’d better have some cards to give away there. Then, on an unrelated note, I bought a roll of Afinia’s blue/yellow color …