The $200 Monoprice Maker Select Mini 3D Printer
I put the $200 Maker Select Mini 3D printer from Monoprice through it’s paces in this weekend review.
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The M3D Micro 3D printer
The M3D was a wildly successful 3D printer on Kickstarter – is it too good to be true for a $349 3D printer?
Holiday 3D Printer Gift Guide 2014
Thinking of buying a 3D printer for under the tree this holiday? Here’s my top three picks for printers that are currently on the market.
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Revolution Infinity 3D Printer: Hands on
I get my hands on the new 3D printer, the Infinity 3D , from Revolution Printers and put it through it’s paces.
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Doodle3D WiFi box for 3D Printers
Basically, the Doodle3D is a little box that plugs into your 3D printer (with support for lots of them) and provides a simple app for sketching a design and then sending it to the printer.
Kossel Mini: Build update #1
As I mentioned in my previous post about Seattle Mini Maker Faire, one of the things that impressed me was the Kossel Mini deltabot 3d printer. At the 3D604 Build Day held last Sunday at the Vancouver Hackspace, Colin & I were able to make some serious progress on our builds: We’re using black OpenBeam…
MakerBot Replicator 2 has arrived
As I mentioned previously, I sold my Thing-O-Matic and was waiting for it’s replacement. Well, the Replicator 2 arrived and I’ve been printing stuff like crazy with it. Unlike the Thing-O-Matic, this printer comes (nearly) fully assembled so I was up and running almost immediately. MakerBot already did a great unboxing video so I won’t:…
Tantillus 3d Printer Build Night
Last night at the Vancouver Hack Space (VHS), there was a build night for all the local buyers of Tantillus 3d printers. There were 11 Tantillus’ (tantilli?) in the room in various stages of completion, plus a handful of other awesome printers in the hackspace. I worked on my Tantillus and made some progress. All…
Longest print yet for my Prusa
This past weekend I completed the longest continuous print yet on my Prusa Mendel…just under 9 hours straight. It’s the Basalt Pencil Holder from Thingiverse. It was printed at 100% scale, 0.20mm layer height with 0.10 infill on a J-Head with 0.35mm nozzle in translucent green PLA. It reached 89.8mm in height (one of the…