So to begin with, I need to acknowledge this printing technique is credited to Shorey Designs as best I can tell from researching the internet. His Dragon Scale design (seen below) can be downloaded from Thingiverse here. These were printed using PLA and the manufacturer’s normal recommended temp settings of 230 C for extruding and […]
Although flexible filaments have been around for a few years, many desktop 3D printers have been unable to utilize these filaments. Filaments such as TPA, TPC, and TPE were available, but were just too flexible for many inexpensive 3D printers on the market. However, TPU seems to be the perfect mesh between operational flexibility and […]
Printing with flexible filament is sometimes difficult, especially if the filament is too flexible. However, Hatchbox is now making a TPU filament (flexible) which is much stiffer and works especially well. Also, TPU filament lays flat and does not curl after printing much better than it’s brethren, TPC. Although Hatchbox TPU is easily printed, […]
No classroom can utilize a 3D printer without fun projects to motivate the learning process. Below you will find five fun projects for various ages and links to videos for the educational foundation supporting the project. The last project, Color Pistol For Light Painting, is a more advanced project, but covers many areas of science […]
Happy day after Cinco De Mayo! I hope everyone has found interesting items to print since my last blog. Today, I bring to you a few articles which are interesting and making the headlines. More and more companies are jumping into filament development which is good for all of us 3D printers. It means more […]
Today, I have found only a couple of interesting articles to bring to your attention. Our first article is a Mom who is seamstress by trade, but has created a wave with her Star Wars jewelry replicas! Next, we take a look at a warning about using some of the new experimental filaments in your […]
Hi everyone, it’s again time to see if we can find an interesting article in the news for this week! Several items I found interesting include a hybrid which not only acts as an additive manufacturing machine (3D printer), but also as a subtractive manufacturing (milling) machine. Also, Taulman 3D has yet another new filament […]
Happy Hump Day! Today, I have found for you a variety of interesting topics to stimulate your creative nature! Competition is a great way to motivate and spark your creative side, and Makerbot has a new challenge to do just that. Additionally, Autodesk opens up their software package, Memento, to the public. Lastly, one of […]
A few articles back I mentioned a story on Graphene and how an infused filament could print electronic circuits. Well, in a step forward a group at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute has developed a graphene oxide material which results in a pure graphene print when extruded! The advantage of printing a pure graphene material is that […]
Hi everyone, I hope your week is moving right along. In today’s news articles I point you toward news worthy events about newly updated software, a new 3D print community, and a birdhouse that changes color when it’s occupied! Lets briefly discuss the new Mixmesher update! If you are not familiar with this software, you should […]