October/November Update

This is going to be a big one. I’ve got a lot to talk about. Orange County Maker faire was Awesome Apologizes to those who don’t like shorts, this week my YouTube is going to be a series of short videos from the Orange County Maker Fair, as well as my Instagram and Tiktok. Gotta grind that content. The day …

PrintABlok Skyforce Kickstarter Post Mortem

TL;DR: Now that this kickstarter is done, instead of prepping for another kickstarter in a year or less, I will be developing further PrintABlok sets for my Patreon backers on a monthly basis. Sign up there to get future PrintABlok sets. But more on that later. EDIT: I decided to go ahead and try to gather some data to answer …

PrintABlok:Beasts Kickstarter Post Mortem

The PrintABlok:Beasts kickstarter finished successfully in May 2021. This post mortem was written up right after it so the lessons of that kickstarter could be remembered. The models are modeled, tested, packaged up, delivered, repaired again, repackaged up, and finally delivered to all the backers. The post-kickstarter listings are in the shop. http://printablok.com has been redirected back to those listings. …

Well, there goes the neighborhood. Makerbot+Ultimaker Merger Reaction

Watch on YouTube In “Ozma of Oz”, L. Frank Baum’s follow up to The Wizard of Oz, he introduced a clockwork man name Tik-Tok. Tik-Tok had separate windings for thought, action, and speech. When I heard this morning that Ultimaker and Makerbot are merging, I had to slap my hand away from my own “sarcasm” winding. Ooh, I wanted to …

Open Letter to GooFoo and the future of 3D printing

GooFoo, you are on the cusp of greatness. You are teetering on the edge of something amazing here. And with the slightest bit of effort you’ll be able to provide the world what it wants and needs. And if you don’t, you may only have provided the blueprint for someone else to do it better. I’m worried that if certain …

#Chibimals kickstarter post mortem

Note: All of this was written at the end of the Chibimal’s Kickstarter. However, I planned on making it public before the first PrintABlok:Mechs kickstarter… and forgot. Now I’m writing the post mortem for PrintABlok:Beasts kickstarter and realized I should have made this live back then… so I’m making it live now. My 4th kickstarter, Chibimals, successfully raised over $5000 …

The East Coast RepRap Festival 2019 – The Selfies

I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there. To sit on my throne as the prince of ERRF… in Bel Air. Maryland. That got away from me. Man, oh, man. I have just gotten back from an amazing day meeting amazing people and seeing amazing things. I don’t know if I can process all of it right now. But …

Filament of the Month Club Casting Call

Watch Video You can join the Filament of the Month Club if you haven’t already here: https://www.3dpprofessor.com/shop/ If you would like to appear in a future video, you can be the talent in this very bit. Just go here to learn how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZAcZ034P94 I know someone is going to make some comment about me asking you to beg people for money …

Pre-Order Drama with Creality

I was made aware this morning on the Ender-3 Facebook group that Creality’s new kit, the Ender-3 is having some shipping problems, specifically shipping to their most dedicated users who got in on a special pre-order through AliExpress. Those orders were able to get an early bird discount, but they’re ending up being some of the last to receive their …

How a month of Hardware Reviews changed the way I make videos

https://youtu.be/pan1ZsrVwzM The Community survey has a limited number of slots for options, so I had to pick my top 5, and we’ll cycle in the others with the next month. Go vote now to tell me what to do: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrjoesays/community As this month of hardware reviews wraps up, I’ve had some thoughts I’d like to share. You wouldn’t think that a …