Downloadable 3D-Printed Connectors for DIY Furniture
Jack Holloway of Rupt designed Control, a series of 3D-printable furniture joints that allow you to build your own furniture.
3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Review: Bukobot 8v2
Innovative, accurate, and fast, here’s a printer for the technology lover.
More Printers: At a Glance
Solidoodle 3 Solidoodle / solidoodle.com Price as tested $799 Print volume 8″×8″×8″ Heated bed? Yes Print materials ABS, PLA OS supported Windows, Mac, Linux Print untethered? No Open source hardware? Yes Open source software? Yes Printer control software Repetier-Host Slicing software Slic3r The Solidoodle 3rd Generation attracted us because of the price point, but otherwise […]
Stratasys Sues Afinia: Ramifications for the Desktop 3D Printing Industry
Earlier this week Stratasys, a longtime fixture in the commercial/industrial 3D printing world and recent purchaser of desktop printer company Makerbot, announced that it was filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Microboards Technology, LLC, the company behind the Afinia H-Series 3D printer. This lawsuit is a big deal that could have huge ramifications for the entire desktop 3D printing industry. Afinia is a well known 3D printing brand which was named “best overall experience” in MAKE’s inaugural 3D printing buyer’s guide last year. It is also widely available from mainstream outlets such as Radio Shack
MakerBot + RaspberryPi + Google Chrome = HappyMaker!
We recently acquired a MakerBot Replicator 2 here at Truth Labs. He is affectionately known as Arnold of Villanova II (Arnold for short). In the maker spirit, we rolled our own chrome extension to let us know what Arnold is up to. We used some cool tech – s3g Protocol, Raspberry Pi, Node.js and of course, Google Chrome Extensions. Here’s how we did it.
Review: Tinkerine Studios Ditto+
Big and capable, with high-quality prints.
Preview: 3 Hot New Scanners
We’re excited about three new 3D scanners that debuted just too late to review in this issue.
