When Should Makers Use Manufacturing On Demand?
at what point do you stop printing at home and use a service? Is it capability or scale?
3D Printing
3D Printing With Neil Patrick Harris
Joel, the 3D Printing Nerd recently published his longest and most ambitious project yet. 87 solid days of 3d printing for, and with, Neil Patrick Harris. Harris wanted some extremely ornate picture frames to go along with some custom paintings. 3D printing has turned out to be the perfect solution for this! Follow along as […]
Using Gesso To Prime Your Parts Cheaply
Not everyone has a spray booth to spray lacquer based paint or 2K urethane primer. So, what are alternatives if you can’t spray paint?
Clever Hack Uses Cheap Resin Printers To Make Flexible Hydraulic Actuators
dirt cheap SLA printers are opening all kinds of doors to new applications
Check Out The New 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers
SOLIDWORKS has announced that they have a new offering, specifically for makers! You can now get 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers, a whole suite of cloud based tools, for $99 a year. Let’s take a look at some of the awesome stuff that comes in 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers. First off, you receive 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, which […]
Hacking 3D Printers To Add Full Color Capabilities
This very interesting approach to adding capabilities to a cheap 3d printer came into our inbox this week. Aad Van Der Geest has been experimenting with a dual extruder setup that could bring full color printing to cheap filament based printers. His system utilizes 2 i3 style 3d printers merged into one. One extruder is […]
How 2 Part Primer In A Rattle Can Makes Props Look Great
previously, 2 part primer was just for the pros. Now it comes in a rattle can!
