Dual color printing has 2 problems: The filament drools out of the hot end that’s not printing causing a mess on the color that is printing. The filament that drooled out will cause that color to dry print until it catches up with the plastic that fell out. Higher end printers take care of this a couple of different ways …
Ah, more TARDIS rings out the door
There, in the “must have cool page” of cheezburger.com under “TARDIS must haves” is my TARDIS ring. Well, it links to the Shapeways which has a link to my etsy store which links to the ring, so I count 4 clicks before you can buy it, but I’m not sad. In fact I’d just like to remind my loyal followers …
Lithophanes in the store
So I think I’ve got the process down. I’ve sliced and printed a variety so now I’m sure I’ve got the process down so it’ll work every time. So now I’m offering lithophane services in the store. For those curious the light they come with are dollar store night lights but the mounting is pretty universal so they can be …
greater than 45 overhang is ba…. doh
I made this to illustrate a point for a project I’m working on about modeling for 3D printers. The rule is that 3D printers can handle gradual overhangs but do not go over 45 degrees or you’ll have trouble. So I made some overhangs at 30, 45, and 60 degrees and printed them out. Myth. Busted. The success of this …
TMBG Flansberg talks 3D printers
Big fan of They Might be Giants. Through them I learned that John Flansberg has started blogging and one of his entries was about 3D printing. The conversation is the sort of arm’s length simple discussion anyone could have: 3D printing cool. 3D printing guns scary (subtext: guns bad). I should be past getting excited whenever someone starts another conversation …
How to make Lithophanes
I have been having a blast figuring out lithophanes and working out how to best make them. I think I’m going to start offering custom lithophane services in the store, which technically means I shouldn’t give away how I’m making them… but that’s not the sort of guy I am. First thing I discovered is the local dollar store sells …
3 months, 17 chess sets
After running out before Christmas I decided to make a back stock of chess sets. In January I started printed them in earnest, using both extruders at once to double my output and printing just as often as I can and expending at least 4 full rolls of filament to see how far they’ll go. Since then the ceramic insulation …
Good Sketchup Links
Before I settled on Blender for all my modeling needs I experimented with many different programs including Sketchup. It was owned by Google when I started playing with it, now its owned by Trimble. Some people seem to like it, but it never really worked for me mostly because getting STLs out of it was more trouble than it was worth. But …
Chessbot added to an interesting collection
Ty Kroll has an interesting hobby. He has a great collection of chess sets to which my chessbot was recently added. I highly recommend you check out the write up. He’s got some of the best pictures ever taken of this set plus an amusing set where he uses two chess sets to replay the famous Kasparov vs Deep Blue, fittingly, and then …
3DGeni.us convincing me to try out 123D Design
I wasn’t so sure about 123D Design before, but this bath plug tutorial on 3DGeni.us makes it look as easy to use as TinkerCAD, with even better features, and still free (as opposed to $120 a year). When I get some time I’m gonna try making a chess set in it and see if I can start recommending 123D Design. Plus the …