Video about NASA and 3d printing buildings on Mars
Video description:Rob Mueller, Lead Senior Technologist at NASA Swampworks answers some questions about his project to 3D print on Mars and other space objects! Interview by Philip Schlenoff at GEOSET...
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Lewihe Play 69 Euro 3d printer kit from Spain
This must be the cheapest 3d printer in the world! 69 euro! BUT WAIT! It comes without some essential parts like motors, hot end, electronics ...What is the point of this concept? I'm not sure ...Maybe...
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DIY soldering robot for home manufacturing
Brian Dorey developed this low cost home manufacturing robotic solder cell. Total cost to build this machine is around 860 £ and he made all the files need to make it publicly available.We are...
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Antimony CAD is something different!
Antimony is new open source CAD developed by Matt Keeter. Design in Antimony is done by connecting nodes in a graph, each node is defined by a customizable script and nodes usually represent a...
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Kühling&Kühling Hybrid Support Enhancments for ABS models
Kühling&Kühling, the makers of mighty RepRap Industrial, present new advancements in support materials that are soluble and breakable and give very clean and precise prints. They also perfected the...
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How to smooth your 3d prints with epoxy
TechWizAu made a video describing how he uses epoxy to get a smoothing effect without using acetone.He uses the Z-Poxy PT-39 30 Minute epoxy to get much smoother surface finish. It is a dual component...
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Funbot Pro all-in-one DIY 3d printer
Cliff Mellangård, Swedish 3d printing guru and creator of excellent low cost Funbot 3d printer is developing an all-in-one DIY RepRap based on Raspberry Pi 2. It has a 7 inch LCD screen and when you...
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3D Printable Modules for Full Size DIY Furniture
Stewart Allen designed 3d printable modules that will enable you to print full size furniture like chairs, tables, shelves etc.It will take some time to print it and I would like to see a price...
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How to embed electronic components into small objects during 3d printing
Jason Brownstein published a detailed tutorial on how to embed electronic components into 3d printed objects as they are being printed. He published the accompanying g-code also so you can adapt it for...
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Foam 3d printer
Is this a 3d printer? Foam cloud shaper? What is it :-)? It looks cool ... It additively produces an object in three dimensions ... so it IS a 3d printer!Floating foam ... lighter than air ...
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Identifying problems on a 3d printer by noises they make
Here is an interesting video that shows what sounds and noises are caused by various problems and failures of a 3d printing process. Yep, it sure brings up some memories...Extruders jam sometimes and...
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Micron3DP COBRA Extruders Line
Micron3DP presents their new COBRA Extruders Line!The COBRA line includes: the COBRA single extruder , COBRA dual extruder, COBRA J-Head compatible extruder and COBRA bowden/rostock.It is priced at 330...
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Low cost plywood DIY 3d printer by Kalle Lüütsepp
Kalle Lüütsepp made this simple and low cost wood based small 3d printer. It can probably be sourced for under 100 USD. Hopefully he will open source the build files sometime in the future.Here is...
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Cherry 3d printer can be built for 60 Euro and is based on 28Byj-48 motors
Vulcaman published his Cherry 3d printer that can be built for under 60 Euro since it is based on wood parts and very cheap 28Byj-48 motors.Technical specifications:Buildsize : 10 x 10 x 10 cmSpeed: 20...
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5axismaker is next generation of desktop manufacturing machines
WOW! I really dig this concept of five axis multi-tool! It gives you 5 axis CNC machine that includes milling and 3d printing heads, touch probe, hot wire-cutter and a special mount for custom tools....
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Converting an old toolbox into a DIY 3d printer
Chad Bridgewater is a maker that uses old machines and converts them into 3d printers and other digital fabrication devices. They have a great retro style. See his previous work here, it is a...
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EasyWelder tool for welding filament pieces
EasyWelder is a tool that will enable you to weld and splice filament pieces together.It is described by manufacturer as:3D printers use as raw material plastic filament of about 360 m long, coiled....
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Tough Resin from FormLabs
New advances in resin materials with FormLabs Tough resin. SLA is surely being area of slow but steady developments and could take over FDM one day in desktop machines.Suitable...
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Using natural materials to 3d print buildings
Here is an interesting presentation on using different materials like clay, rubber, paper, wood, salt and other for 3d printing of buildings and architectural elements. The presentation is held by...
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Simple DIY sensor for nozzle clogging and print failure detection
Florian Maurer developed a DIY sensor to register nozzle clogging and print failure.It is easy to make since it consists of a rotary encoder, some thin foam tape, and some 3D printed parts with Arduino...
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