https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPtpHknU1Q You can make a living with 3D printing. Xometry is proving it. It might not be making a living from you, that’s what Shapeways is for. But they are definately making 3D printing for a living work. And it’s super exciting. Plus, Greg is just a super cool guy. I hope you enjoy the interview. Now that I’ve got …
My proposal for the TableTop Day 2017 trophy
Dear Wil Wheaton and the team at Tabletop, My name is Joe Larson. These days I am building my brand as the 3D printing professor, but some years ago presented to you 3D model a trophy for TableTop, the shape of which was defined by Wil Wheaton’s striking profile. I promise, my 3D modeling skills have improved since then. This …
Modeling my daughter’s drawing in 3D video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8YqY1NxLA Print your own Princess Keira here: https://pinshape.com/items/32675-3d-printed-kid-drawing-to-3d-model-princess-kyera Apparently I forgot to report on my 3rd livestream with my daughter. Time to correct that. It was a fairly successful livestream, as was the printing of the model afterwards. After the stream I discovered something. I wasn’t happy with the topology of the sculpted face. I wanted it to be smoother, less …
Modeling my kids drawing livestream 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz5UZsZIpG4 You can download the model from the stream here: https://pinshape.com/items/32968-3d-printed-kids-drawing-to-3d-model-max Almost finished this one during the stream, but it took a little finishing afterwards, and then the usual fiddling for an hour to get things just right before I was happy. As I said during the stream I wasn’t going to make any attempt to make this FFFriendly that excepting …
Fixing the Replicator heated build plate, once and for all
An email this morning made me realize this was an adventure I had completely on twitter. For those who don’t follow the breakneck pace of the social media machine, I should do better commenting these things here. On Monday, November 28th I woke up and my heated build plate, which was working fine on Saturday, wasn’t heating up any more. …
5 reasons to get a 3D printer, even if you’re not a designer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_ep8KiJho Code for 3D Scholars: M:D’I RKQQC It’s interesting to me to put that old footage next to the new ones. Both lighting and sound has improved substantially over time. Here’s the countdown: 3D Printers are cheaper and easier to use than ever There are more things than you could ever hope to print More demand for 3D models is good …
3D Printing 101 – Slicer Settings
Click to play video Slicers are a very special piece of software that turns a 3D model into instructions that a 3D printer can follow to make a 3D print. Slicers do not generally create the 3D model, for that, you need a separate piece of software for CAD or 3D design. Or you can download the 3D model that …
Modeling my kids drawing 2 livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhnwBbf6ck The best livestream to date. I know I say that every time, but I think I’ve worked out every technical problem I possibly can with the hardware setup I have. 45 minutes that didn’t devolve into a slide show, though there were a few drops when I did some a particularly intensive tasks in Blender. At this point the …
3D modeling my kid’s drawing video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sJi2fJTug As mentioned in the stream, I’m starting a goFundMe to get the equipment I need to improve my videos, so if you can, please support me. https://www.gofundme.com/3DPrintingProfessor Had a good time on the stream, and got about 25% through modeling the character. However the stream got laggier and laggier as I went on until it was, once again, just a …
PPAP video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqeWDeVHuGs Code for 3D Scholars: K:ZGONNZYZOGP IOG EHDMOK Believe it or not, I’m actually a huge fan of the memes. Those sort of easily replicated familiar language of the “in” crowd of the internet. It’s the intellectual shorthand that lets us all chuckle at each other’s jokes. I’ve subtly referenced certian memes in the past like duplicating the unhelpful teacher for my …