During the recent holidays, I spent a few days in Seattle. One of the things I’ve wanted to do there for awhile is visit Metrix Create Space, Seattle’s hackerspace. Conveniently, they have a regular 3d printer night on Thursdays and that happened to be the night I had free to visit. Upon arriving, I was…
One thing I get asked all the time about my 3D printers is where do I get the models that I print? I follow Thingiverse daily to see what others have created but sometimes you need something very specific. So you have to create it yourself. One method I’ve used is 2D extrusion which how…
ABC Australia science show story on DIY Reprap machine in Bath UK. Great introduction to 3D printing. via The Future is 3D
Figured it was time for a build update on my Prusa Mendel 3D printer. I had some friends over this past weekend from our RepRap user group and we ended up spending the whole day tinkering with the printer. With huge help from Brad and Eugene, we were able to get everything wired up and…
I’ve been busily printing Prusa Mendel RepRap parts for people on my MakerBot for awhile now and decided to finally setup a proper online store for them and other printed objects at AllThings3D.com After playing with a bunch of different storefront options, I’ve decided to just use a simple PayPal order button for now. There…
My first truly designed 3d printed object! Kinda. I have created other things (mostly font based objects) but this is the first thing I literally sketched out and ended up with a physical object. It’s taken awhile to finally get up to speed on all the different tools and techniques required to do this (and…
It’s been awhile so I thought I’d post a quick update on my Prusa Mendel build progress. Technically, I’ve got everything I need to assemble the 3D printer…just a lack of time lately. I’m hoping to fix that this weekend though. I’ve got all the electronics now and just need to wire them up. I…
Last month, I took my MakerBot down to the Get Connected TV studios and taped a segment about 3D printing that aired this week on national tv. Now that it’s aired, I can embed the video right here: We shot a timelapse of the Thing-O-Matic printing the show’s logo and showed off a bunch of…
Time.com just featured Bre Pettis, CEO and co-founder of MakerBot Industries in their Game Changer series. Bre’s passion for this technology was a huge reason for me buying my own Thing-o-Matic 3D printer and getting into 3D printing in the first place. I think the video captures this quite well along with perfectly explaining the…
I finished printing all the plastic parts needed to build a Prusa Mendel. Also a box of hardware and motors I ordered from Mixshop arrived so I was able to start assembling. I decided to print all the plastic parts with 30% infill except the pulleys and gears which I did at 50% infill. I…