Producing 3d printing filament on commercial scale
Here is a Make: interview with Josh Smith, owner ofĀ Makergeeks.comĀ about how 3d printing filament is produced on more industrial level for mass markets.The most interesting thing about it is...
View Article3D printable remotely controlled snow blower toy
Someone under nickname The_Great_Moo redesigned Kyosho Blizzard SR remotely controlled snow blower toy part, upgraded the performance and made it almost fully 3d printable.Ā Everything is 3d printed...
View ArticleAKER open source DIY plant beds and other gardening equipment made by CNC...
As I am getting more interested in CNCing wood I'll post more about various DIY CNC projects.My retired father is now a beekeeper so I found Open Source Beehives. Since they don't have LR type of...
View ArticleToo lazy to wash dishes by hand? Just 3d print a water powered DIY dishwasher...
Filip Sjoo from Sweden developed this ... this ... 3d printed washing contraption :-) !Technically it is "worlds first fully functional 3d printed dishwasher" but I see it more as a example of 3d...
View ArticleLaser metal deposition five axis 3d printing for aerospace appliances by...
Laser metal deposition (LMD) is DMLS process that is the future of aerospace industry. Since European Union is a manufacturing powerhouse it is investing in many R&D projects like Merlin.Ever major...
View ArticleFree GCodeInfo app is a powerfull 3D print model analyzer for your Android...
Mathias Dietz, well known 3d printing app develper has a new software release. It is a powerful model analysis tool for your Android device that will help you and calculate many parameters.Here is more...
View ArticleFlex3Drive is flexible driveshaft based extruder system with some speed in it
Flex3Drive is innovative extruder system made byĀ Mutley3D from Uk and developed by theĀ CEO Jason Perkes.Flex3rive print resultsFlex3Drive schematics showing the flexible drive shaft and motor...
View ArticleCase Rap suitcase modification of Mendel 90
Jean-Luc Guillemette was inspired by FoldaRap open source suitcase printer, so he took a Mendel 90 and built a MDF case for it.Ā It took some 12 hours to build and some 350 CAD in cost.Here is video of...
View ArticleLego Mindstorms EV3 3d printer uses hot glue and has a detailed build guide
William published his build on Instructables. It is a easy Lego Mindstroms based 3d printer controlled by Lego Ev3 control brick and using hot glue gun to print simple rough 3d shapes. The main...
View ArticleSmartCore low cost wooden box 3d printer
SmartCore is a new 3d printer developed by SmartFriendz who gave us SmartRap. It should be VERY affordable, cheap and easy to make since the frame is a simple wooden box made from any available wood...
View ArticleCartoon about the present and future of 3d printing
Nice and fun short animated film about future of 3d printing technology ... may not be accurate but I like the effort and style ...Elderly are always assumed to be out of touch with "modern"...
View Article3D printable snow wheels for your RC vehicle
Thomas Palm designed and 3d printed wheels for his RC Truggy car which can go on snow covered surfaces. If you have some basic CAD skills you can adapt them to fit your RC project.Here are the spiked...
View Article3D Hubs launches the Talk sharing community hub for all 3d printing related...
3d Hubs 3d printing serviceĀ launched the Talk community hub where makers can share all projects, ideas, questions and events related to 3d printing.As the technology grows rapidly with much more people...
View ArticleLoafinator simple DIY vibration cleaning bath for your resin 3d printed objects
Christopher Barr wanted to make a 20 minute post SLA printing cleaning process of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) bath shorter so he made this simple DIY vibration cleaning bath that decreases the time by...
View ArticleHow to smooth your PLA prints with domestic pipe cleaner
3D Print Tips YT channel posted a video on how to use PVC pipe cleaner that is commercially available to vapor smooth PLA. The cleaner fluid is probably rich with THF (tetrahydrofuran) so it has a...
View Article3d printed RC Mars rover robot
Josef Vladik designed and 3d printed a remotely controlled Mars robotic rover. It is all wheel powered and controlled with Arduino Mega.Here you can see this DIY rover in action:Here is the project...
View ArticleEvolution of 3d printed robots from Yoshimi to Sells with help of conductive...
Adrian Bowyer posted interesting overview of how 3d printed robot model developed trough time and how the technology advances.It starts with Yoshimi, a 3d printed robot developed by Ed Sells made on...
View ArticleEddiePlus simple 3d printed balancing robot based on Intel Edison
EddiePlus is Intel EdisonĀ and Sparkfun Blocks based balancing 3d printable robot that is easy to make. It has many features for such a small machine and is developed by diabetemonster.Key Eddie...
View ArticlePowerful 3d printable robot arm for your future home manufacturing robotic cell
If you thought that 3d printed robots are just toys, think again! Here is a strong and powerful 3d printed robotic arm with gripper that is based on well-known (I'm not sure which :-)) industrial...
View ArticleHow to design 3d printable eyeglasses with Blender and free pince-nez library
There have been some guides on 3d printing DIY eyeglasses in the past but Jenny made a dedicated Blender library that will enable you to create high quality 3d printable frames from SVG (scalable...
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