Questions about 3D printing Survey

User Rosalei on Thingiverse asked me to fill out a survey and per my usual I wanted to post it and my answers here. After some initial questions about my demographic and a strange one about what I do for a living (hint, asking about profession in a survey about 3D printing will give you almost no useful information) the …

Questions about 3D Printing: But can it print a 3D printer?

Whenever anyone says “3D printers can make anything” there is an immediate response from the uninitiated: Oh, so can it print a 3D printer? It’s difficult not to go straight into eye-roll mode whenever this is asked. Mostly because if someone is asking it it shows that they know nothing about 3D printing. But then I remember that there are likely 10,000 people …

Questions about 3D printing 3

Todays questions are from Jarkko from the University of Tampere in Finland who says: Our aim is to find out how new technologies in 3D printing, CAD software and design processes are changing and how the new “open design generation” differs with traditional desing practices. 1. What is your education level? For how long have you been involved in 3D printing …

Questions about 3D printing 2 – FAQs

These questions are more frequently asked, so they’re a good place to start. They come from Taylor on Reddit. Most of them can be pretty easy to answer with minimal research, but so I have a place to point people to in the future here we go: What kind of printer(s) do you have? Makerbot Replicator. Original, not the 2. Dual …

Questions about 3D printing 1

I’ve gotten a number of inquiries about 3D printing from all over, as I suspect many people in the 3D printing community have. So in the interest of helping others who may have similar questions when I get permission I’m going to re-post the questions and answers here as they come. Today’s questions come from Sina who writes: My name is Sina …