3D Printing

While 3D Printing is often used to make gadgets, gizmos and doodads to show off the functionality of the printer, it’s less often that 3D printers seem to get utilized for functional prints. These functional prints are objects which have a use beyond art or showing off. I’m going to try to keep a list […]

Continue Reading Chair Cylinder Split Clamp – Functional 3D Printing

Tags: 3D Printer, 3D Printing, Prusa, PrusaSlicer, Repair

I’ve been wanting to get a Prusa Mk3 for a while and the opportunity finally came around for me to be able to buy the kit version of the printer. I have my DIY OB 1.4 printer which I built from scratch back in 2013 but it always seems to be taken apart for some […]

Continue Reading Prusa I3 Mk3S 3D Printer

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I like my 3D printer, but there are a lot of things I’ve decided I want to change about it since I built it a couple of years ago. One of the things I want to change is the style of extruder I’m using. I’m currently using a Wade’s style extruder, they’re kind of large […]

Continue Reading New Extruder Project for (new?) 3D Printer

Tags: 3D Printer, 3D Printing, extruder

I got back to work about a week ago, thanks to everyone that had kind and supportive words, I appreciate it. It’s an engineering oriented company and the people at the new place are nice and smart folks which makes it a cool place to work. I took my mini-quad out to show the FPV […]

Continue Reading Back to work and note to self

Tags: 3D Printer, 3D Printing, drone, multicopter, Radio Control, rc

I’ve been running some test prints with my Taulman Bridge filament. As you might remember from my previous post the Taulman Bridge filament is very strong and difficult to break or delaminate. A couple of the parts I printed accidentally went through the washing machine, when they came out I noticed that they seemed to have […]

Continue Reading Taulman Bridge 3D Printer Filament Water Sensitivity

Tags: 3D Printing, Filament, Nylon, Taulman Bridge