How To Set Up A School’s 3D Print Program
Learn how to set up a school's 3D print program successfully and enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences in education. Watch students get deeply engaged in their learning process - ...
Read More »Learn how to set up a school's 3D print program successfully and enjoy one of the most rewarding experiences in education. Watch students get deeply engaged in their learning process - ...
Read More »By replacing your printer hotend (or CNC toolhead) with a laser, you can make use of the XY motion to control the path of the laser to engrave metals and cut other ...
Read More »YouTube recommendations can lead down some strange rabbit holes sometimes. My own recommendations mainly consist of videos of people eating 50-year old MRE rations and Finnish people ...
Read More »Plastics have been a long-time favorite material of the food industry. Plastics are cheap, easy to manufacture in large quantities, they are water-tight (good for keeping your university ...
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In using 3D printing, multiple steps of the investment casting process can be skipped. This can potentially save a lot of time and cost.
Read More »Every 3D printing technology has its own set of do's and don'ts when it comes down to print preparation. In this article we'll go through the rules of thumb when prepping a print for ...
Read More »In our review of BigRep’s flexible TPU filament, we discovered that the material works remarkably well for making epoxy resin molds and we promised a tutorial on how to to make them. Epoxy ...
Read More »In 3D printing, when a resin is placed into a printer, the product that is produced is the green-state form. The green-state means that the product is not yet fully cured because the laser ...
Read More »There are lots of 3D printing videos on Youtube. Some of the Youtubers take their research very seriously and therefore run rather scientifically-rigorous experiments. They’ve created ...
Read More »The surface quality of FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D prints has improved drastically in the last few years, mostly thanks to improved slicing software that extrudes / retracts more ...
Read More »Filament storage poses a big problem for 3D printing enthusiasts. Incorrect storage results in moisture from the air making its way into your filaments, which as you'll see soon - is bad ...
Read More »The popularity of fidget spinners exploded a few months ago. This simple spinning device is by far the best-selling toy on the market right now. For those of you who somehow haven’t heard ...
Read More »So you want to build an FFF / FDM 3D printer from scratch? Well here is a good place to start. I'll go a bit into different types of 3D printers and discuss the choices I made during the ...
Read More »Now that we've solved the concave issue the DeltaWASP 3MT is pretty much printing 24/7. We've moved from vases and lamp shades to chairs and tables, the bigger stuff. A new project we're ...
Read More »Filament Counter Remember that old mechanical ball PS/2 mouse that's been gathering dust in your drawer/attic for the last ten years? It might be time to wipe off that dust because there's ...
Read More »This is an introduction to building your own 3D printed quadcopter drone. You will learn some basic concepts and we'll introduce you to several step-by-step guides. It's a relatively easy ...
Read More »If you do as much 3D printing as I do then you probably have a bunch of scrap pieces of filament lying around in your workshop. You know, the last meter or so that is too short to actually ...
Read More »Sardauscan is an open source diy 3D scanner you can build for approximately 30 USD. It can be a low cost entry into the field of 3D scanning. 3D scanning is a very important tool in any ...
Read More »Earlier this week we showed you how to make your own Ultrasonic Vapor Polisher. In this post we'll cover 3D printing of a wind turbine. We'll give you an overview of the technologies and an ...
Read More »Vapor polishing is a process when you apply vapors of a solvent to a 3D printed object to increase surface quality or smoothness. You basically polish out visible layering and small ...
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