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10 Tips for Converting a 3D Printer to Pellet Extrusion

Samer Najia

By Samer Najia

Samer Najia

I build, therefore I am. I am serial builder of things with more projects than time (I am a flight instructor and I am building a full size 2-seater airplane in the garage). In addition to flying, I enjoy model rocketry ( I 3D print some of my designs) and the Martial Arts.

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Make the switch from extruded filament to closed-loop recycled plastic pellets with these helpful tips

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Join East Coast ReprapFest Virtually This Weekend

Join East Coast ReprapFest Virtually This Weekend

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft

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If you’re a 3D Printing nut, you absolutely can not miss the East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF) going on this upcoming weekend. If you’ve never seen one, these gatherings are where 3d printing enthusiasts of all kinds gather to show off their creations and swap tips and tricks. It is focused on open source 3D […]

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This Custom Machine 3D Prints Incredible Ceramic Sculptures

This Custom Machine 3D Prints Incredible Ceramic Sculptures

By Taekyeom Lee

Taekyeom Lee

Taekyeom is currently an Assistant professor of Graphic Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He is an interdisciplinary artist although he prefers to call himself a designer using artistic force. He received an MFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has made three-dimensional type as a series of typographic explorations to strive challenge and seek a new way to create tangible type in three-dimensional space. Recently, he infused CAD design and 3D printing into his research and has been working on ceramic 3D printer and 3D printing process.

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It’s taken many prototypes, but Taekyeom Lee has created a 3D printer that can extrude clay to create ceramic sculptures.

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A RepRap Family Tree: Tracking the Printers That Started it All

A RepRap Family Tree: Tracking the Printers That Started it All

By Chandi Campbell

Chandi Campbell

I used to build a lot of things out of steel. Then I earned a design degree. Now, I work as a CAD drafter by day and by night, I build 3D printers. I use these, the most wonderful of tools, to explore biomimetic structures. My favorite thing in the universe is a good idea and my goal is to generate and/or promote as many of them as possible. Find out more at chandicampbell.com.

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RepRap project is a symbiotic relationship: they would produce our goods at a low cost while we would provide the help they needed to reproduce themselves.

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Metrix Open Hardware Lab’s Brainwave RepRap Controller

Metrix Open Hardware Lab’s Brainwave RepRap Controller

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Located inside Metrix Create:Space at the heart of Seattle, Metrix Open Hardware Lab features a pick and place machine and a reflow soldering line for manufacturing various open source electronics. Its first product, the Brainwave, purports to be the lowest-cost alzl-in-one 3D printer control board solution on the market.

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