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Inย last week’s post, we saw a presentation from the E3D team as they talked about their hot ends at the Midwest RepRap Fest. Today, we are excited to announce that the team has released a new, extremely low cost hot end: theย E3D Lite6. The Lite6 features the same quality and support that users have grown […]
Built from scratch, this electronic Teddy Bear will amaze and entertain children of all ages with its bright buttons and musical capabilities. In an effort to learn 3-D modeling, Andreas Lindahl came up with this build he calls SpotiBear 1.0. A big part of the initial motivation for this tech toy came from a desire […]
On my way to theย Midwest RepRap Fest,ย I stopped in atย HackPittsburghย to meet up with theย BoXZYย team and take a look at their new machine in person. BoXZY is doing well onย Kickstarter;ย with its promise of being an all in one 3D printer, milling machine, and laser etcher, it’s enticing backers. The BoXZY features a thick aluminum case that […]
While attending the Midwest RepRap Fest this weekend, Josh Rowley and Sanjay Mortimer of E3D took a moment to explain how hot ends work and to fill the crowd in on some of the projects they are working on. E3D’s line of hot ends have become the gold standard for RepRap printers over the past […]
This past weekend, Goshen, Indiana played host to the third annualย Midwest RepRap Festย (MRRF โ pronounced “merf”).ย Goshen is also the home ofย SeeMeCNC,ย who organize MRRF โ explaining why a world-class event like this takes place in such a remote location. SeeMeCNC’s hand in the event could not be more obvious than when looking out over the room […]
Tom Martz of Taulman3D joined the crowds at the Midwest RepRap Fest this past weekend in Goshen, Indiana. While there, Tom took to the stage to present his company’s brand new Alloy 910, a high-strength nylon filament. Alloy 910 came about after Taulman’s corporate clients asked for a stronger nylon formulation with less flexibility than […]
The Fab Academy program is a distributed educational model providing advanced digital fabrication instruction for students through a unique, hands-on curriculum and access to technological tools and resources. In this series, Erin, aka RobotGrrl sharesย her experiences with the program as she progresses through the courses. In this adventure we worked on electronics production,ย design, and 3d […]
