Class action lawsuit filed against MakerBot for faulty extruders
Well well well ... here it goes ... Makerbot and Stratasys are under class action lawsuit for fraudulent scheme for knowingly shipping printed with faulty extruders.After mass worker layoffs what will...
View ArticleNew version of Slic3r is released! Version 1.2.9. Go and get it!
Slic3r 1.2.9 is now out, it is first new stable release in some 10 months with many new features and upgrades:Customized Bed Shapes – Users are now able to implement custom bed shapes as well as...
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MapleMaker Mini V2 3d printer with fully printable frame
MapleMaker Mini v2 is a 3d printer that has fully 3d printable frame and main components. It is an advanced open sourced DIY RepRap that can self-replicate to much higher percentage. Very interesting!I...
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Did "Cult of Done" break MakerBot?
Bre Pettis is not only known for his work on Makerbot. In his early days he published a "Cult of Done Manifesto". It was very much considered the Maker movement philosophy praised by some important...
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Raytheon can 3d print military missiles
One year ago I wrote a post about research on making 3d printed warheads and missiles:http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/07/us-military-will-3d-print-warheads-and.htmlAnd now it is...
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E3D BigBox Open Source 3D Printer
E3D is well known for their hot ends but now they have this great looking machine on Kickstarter. It comes at a good price, several versions and it is fully open sourced and hackable.Here is the...
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Airwolf3D Wolfbite Mega Polycarbonate Adhesive
If you want to print in polycarbonate and ensure that it sticks to the print surface, Airwolf has a product for you. It will prevent warpage and bad prints.It is priced at USD 19,99Product...
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Hacking IKEA tables into 3d printer enclosure
If you want to get high quality prints you can use a printer enclosure to stabilize the temperature making it a protective isolating chamber. Stable and higher temperature can prevent warping and other...
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How to make a DIY injection molding machine from a drill press
If you want to make mass produced parts you will reach a limits of your 3d printed very quickly both technical and economical ones. For any serious mass production of plastic parts you must use...
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Kamaq 3d printer controller software for embedded Linux systems
Kamaq is a control software that is completely unfamiliar to me. Does anyone have any experiences with it? There are no reviews to be found ...Kamaq features:Web interface with real-time monitoring and...
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How to Use Low Cost Piezo Discs for Automatic Print Surface Leveling
Njal Brekke developed a high accuracy and very low cost automatic bed leveling solution with piezo discs. You can easily build it yourself for around 20 USD.He describes his project as:Auto Bed...
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DreBot Low Cost Belgian RepRap
Andreas Desmedt, a 15 year old student from Belgium developed a new RepRap 3d printer: the DreBot (or Dbot). It can be made for some 300 USD.Dbot description and technical details:The base of the...
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Working 3D Printable Brushless Pulse Motor
Nathan Matthews developed a 3d printable DIY brushless pulse electric motor.Technical details:Running on a 3.7v lipo battery - will run on 1V although very slowly5 x 2 magnets all facing north (out)10...
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Mobile DIY 3D Printer for Concrete Furniture
Group of students developed a DIY 3d printer that extrudes concrete - cement paste to make concrete street furniture like benches or chairs. The technology looks simple but the results are still rough.
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3D Printable Tetrahedral Box Kite
Sergej Bekauv designed and printed this DIY tetrahedral kite named the "Triforce Kite". It is a fully functional flying folding kite with 3d printed structures (27 trusses) and lift surfaces made from...
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Fathom Underwater Drone
3d printing is used here for prototyping of a small underwater submersible drone or R.O.V. Is the revolution in submersible DIY robots here? Quadcopters are everywhere, we need more submarines!Company...
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Eva 3D Printed Robotic Arm by Automata
Eva robotic arm by Automata has 80% 3d printed parts and it is planned to be low cost robotic platform for any purpose. Soon you will have a robotic helper in your workshop ...Eva moving:Eva technical...
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Disney finds a way to control object elasticity with internal microstructures
Disney research found a technique control and model elasticity of 3d printed objects with different internal structures. I only hope this research and software will not remain trapped inside corporate...
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Design your own 3d printer from recycled parts with this FreeCAD add-on
If you want to make a 3d printer from electronic waste and recycled parts from junk 2d printer, you will find this software tool very useful. It generates model of a 3d printer with FreeCAD plugin...
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Pentarod 5 Axis 3D Printer
Øyvind Kallevik Grutle developed his own 5 axis 3d printer based on RepRap Ormerod where he added additional A and C axis.Our community is stuck for too long in standard 3 axis design and we need new...
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