In case you’re not following me on 3D Hacker: I break down how to get something 3D printed Andrew unboxes a 3D printer and tries out a Type-A I rip on the Makerbot Digitizer for being overpriced Andrew visits those changing the world for good in Albania There’s yet another kickstarter for making things no one needs There’s a $200 …
3DHacker Round Up 2
Andrew Mazotta is having troubles with an RSS feed, but here’s what I’ve been rambling about over on 3D Hacker:Everything is Amazing, and I’m Not Happy Is the future FDM, SLS, or DLP?In the year 2000…3D Models for Expired Patents$650 for a $350 filastruderIs there really a demand for 3D printed shoes? and I revisit an old post frome here …
3DHacker Update
In case you missed my announcement, I have moved my 3D Printing commentary to Andrew Mazzotta’s 3DHacker site. In case you haven’t been following it here’s what you’ve missed: 3D Printing is more than a Gimmick or I don’t think so Mr UogHow much is a design for 3D printers worth?First step to 3D printed eletronics, or the birth of …
3D Printing Commentary will now be on 3DHacker
I’ve been thinking lately that there’s too much of my commentary on the constantly changing face of 3D printing in general on this blog an not enough of “Joe’s Makerbot” and what it’s making here. Fortunately there is a solution. Andrew Mazotta has graciously given my ramblings a new home on his site 3DHacker.com. From now on anything that would …
Windows 8.1 will have 3D printing support
Alright, fine, I’ll comment on Windows 8.1 having 3D printing support since it seems every news outlet and blog in the world is talking about this. Seriously, I have more links than words. Thing is my recent opinion changing experience with MakerWare has taught me 2 things: With a good slicer it is possible to get great prints without exposing a lot of …
Reevaluating MakerWare
After giving Makerware a public lashing I found myself in contact with Joe Sadusk who is a developer for MakerWare at Makerbot (this blog attracts the Joes doesn’t it?) We spent the weekend talking about MakerWare, the shortcomings it had and Sadusk defended MakerWare extremely well. So I decided to give MakerWare another shot and since I needed to test …
If you want me to believe you, don’t let marketers handle your ad
Can you spot the mistakes? 0:25 This would give depth information for making a 3D scan, but no human being holds still enough for a high-resolution 3D scan with a hand-held camera. At best the scan would be muddy and require some significant cleanup of background elements…which is also never shown. And there is not enough room in that space …
Useless junk? What do you expect?
“All anyone ever makes with 3D printers is toys.” “Why is every tutorial for something useless?” “Shapeways, is wasting amazing technology making inconsequential garbage.” “All that stuff is just designed to do is collect dust on a shelf.” ” I just don’t get this obsession with printing little trinkets.” 3D printing is perhaps the single most useful new technology in …
Rotary IPhone case with printed spring
It’s that cute, a rotary dial on an iPhon…. HOLY SMOKES, it snaps back! I love this sort of thing. 3D printed springs excite me. I tried myself to harness the power of a 3D printed spring, without success. So when I see someone else make it work, even on a novelty level like this, I get kind of excited. …
Dizingof having his desgins misused by 3DSystems and Stratasys
Thingiverse user Dizingof, well known for intricate latices work designs, recently removed most of his designs from thingiverse in response to 3DSystems and Stratasys ignoring the non-commercial license associated with his things and using his designs to market their product. There are so many facets to this story I can’t decide which one I want to talk about. For starters there’s …