How to make servo powered 3d printed valves for air or fluid flow control
Mikey77 known for several projects like the conductive printed electronic circuits posted his new work on 3d printable servo powered valves. The PLA printed valve can be used to menage air or fluid...
View ArticleDesert 3d printing in Morroco with WASP clay Delta
WASP from Italy is making some big Deltas that 3d print in clay mixtures. Here is a video of them in deserts of Morroco exploring some traditional earth construction buildings and clay mixtures. They...
View ArticleHow to setup ORD Solutions MH3000 liquid cooled 3d printer
Here is a detailed video guide on how to setup and put in function ORD Solutions MH3000 3d printer.
View ArticleBen Heck answers 3d printing questions and shows us some tips and tricks
Interesting video from Ben Heck with useful information for both beginners and experienced users. 20 minutes worth watching. From video description:Ben responds to viewer’s questions about 3-D...
View Article3D Printshow London 2014 video compilation
I wish I was able to go there ... maybe one day ... I'll look for sponsors next year ... Here are some videos from it:http://3dprintshow.com/london2014/ There were some big machines there:
View ArticleHow to make printable 3d models from complex datasets of water and sewage...
Scott Kildall has several projects involving complex data sets processing and transforming them into 3d printable objects for information visualization. He made and interesting tutorial on how to make...
View ArticleMake your own 3d printed DIY chorded keyboard
Chorded keyboard is a computer keyboard where you get characters by pressing several keys at the same time. This input method should improve speed, make your keyboard one hand usable, smaller and...
View ArticleHow to make a solar water desalination and purification still from a plastic...
CreatorLes made this interesting project which uses waste plastic bottles and simple 3d printed part to make a solar still that can be used as an cheap water desalinator or purifier. The water inside...
View ArticleHow to cast pewter metal objects in 3d printed molds
Here are two examples and guides on how to cast pewter metal parts in 3d printed molds. The first detailed guide is on Instructables and involves Lumi Pocket DLP printed mold: Detailed guide is...
View ArticleDIY 3d printed tray for professional pick and place machine
Parker Dillmann needed a custom tray for electronic components to be served to his DP2006-2 Madell pick and place machine, so he designed them and 3d printed them on MakerGear M2 in PLA. The tray...
View ArticleFirst FDM 3d printed graphene battery
Graphene 3D Lab Inc. from New York presented first FDM printed graphene based battery. I couldn't find much additional information about energy output and capacity, but it looks scalable and something...
View Article3d printable TALK device enables disabled to communicate with breath
Robo (aka. Arsh Shah Dilbagi IRL) has developed this 3d printable communication device for severely disabled that uses persons breath for input. The device is cheap to make at some 72 USD for the...
View Article3D printed transformable all-terrain robotic wheel
Carter Hurd is robotics enthusiast who developed this transformable 3d printed wheel that can go across different terrains and surface textures. It has a smooth side and transforms into spiked...
View ArticleUsing home microwave for lost PLA 3d printed aluminum parts
Lost PLA is method used to produce cement molds for metal casting and it is used mostly with molten aluminum. Desired object is 3d printed in PLA, cast is made around it and the PLA is melted away. The...
View ArticleProtoCycler filament extruder that uses pellets and has integrated recycling...
ProtoCycler is new filament extruder with integrated recycling grinder that can also make filament from pellets. It should enable you to produce cheap filament from scrap objects for 0$ since it has...
View ArticleBetAbram construction 3d printers from Slovenia
Slovenia is our little neighboring country to the west and they have several 3d printing projects like: KORUZA laser wifi, PrintGreen and TroubleMaker 3d printer. Now they have a bigger machine in the...
View ArticleSwarmscapers 3d printable robots that create structures with sawdust and...
Swarmscapers are 3d printable robotic project that works on development of swarm robots that can work in hostile enviroments and create structures. At this stage of project the robots work on sawdust...
View ArticleRepRap Universal Plastic Pellet Extruder project
Here is a new extruder developed by Richard Horne that can print directly from pellets. It is much cheaper to print from pellets then to buy filament. One could also grind disposed or failed prints...
View ArticleDIY extruder for HDPE aquaponic plant growing strips
Extruders can be used for more than just filament extrusion. Here is a project from Web4Deb that makes growing media HDPE strips for plants in aquaponic or hydroponic systems from raw pellets. Auger...
View ArticleDeveloping a DIY metal detector with 3d printed parts
If you want to detect metal underground and you have a 3d printer, Arduino, some wire and PVC pipes, you can start to build this DIY contraption. There are links to several how-to guides in this post...
View ArticleSmall DIY aquaponic system producing food on small aquarium with 3d printed...
I do have a relatively large food garden at my home, but growing food is time consuming and subject to many factors such as weather and diseases. This year was terrible, we had a very small harvest but...
View ArticlePrinting with magnetic fields to get advanced magnetic objects with...
Correlated Magnetics makes printers that print with magnetic fields on metal surfaces to get some advanced magnetic properties and enable them to make magnetic cinematic machines. MagPrinter technical...
View ArticleHow to clean and remove partial nozzle clogging
You may even not know that your nozzle is partially clogged. Eric William made this excellent tutorial on how to fix partially clogged nozzle and improve 3d print quality.You will need acetone and...
View ArticleWearable Arduino based display on 3d printed glasses frame made by 13 year old
13 year old Clay Haight made this sub-100$ dollar simple wearable eye display. There are many other DIY Google Glass projects that involve 3d printing, but non with such a young maker. From the...
View ArticleHow to 3d print a brushless DC motor
Patrick Eells designed and printed fully functional brushless DC motor. You can use any FDM DIY 3d printer, but you will need magnets and wind some copper wire coils. The motor was designed as a...
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