Monday, March 30, 2015

CNC fail? 3D printed design blows my ears instead of the dust

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I bought a well-built Chinese CNC machine last year, namely a 4 axis CNC3040Z-DQ router/engraver, for about €1000 (as far as I remember). ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Contributing to projects hosted on github: a step by step howto, and an illustration with Marlin (3D printer firmware).

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Git is powerful... and very painful the first time! / Github contribution howto / Tweaking Marlin for better 3D printer menus. Git mess...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

How to use Openscad (4): children and advanced topics

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Part 4/5: children, factorized placement and chained hulls Yes, it was made with Openscad and it is parametric! (extreme  collaborativ...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

How to use Openscad (3): iterations, extrusions and more modularity!

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Part 3/5: iteration, extrusion and useful parametrized CSG techniques Repeating shapes As we saw in the previous article , repeating a...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Fortune 500 teller? 3D printing trends, reports, analyses and business intelligence...

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Are the "high-level strategically analyzed reports" worth something? Hey, could my blog be so informative? :) I am regular...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

How to use Openscad (2): variables and modules for parametric designs

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Part 2/5: Variable and parametric design The  previous part  addressed the basics of Openscad. It relied mostly on "immediate values...

How to use Openscad (1), tricks and tips to design a parametric 3D object

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Part 1/5: Introduction to constructive solid geometry with Openscad Some technical and non-technical people keep asking me how I create...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Home made filament drying box

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How to make a simple dehydrator (drying box) with a solar vacuum tube A short and probably overkill post for a passive and zero carbon fo...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

E3D v6 hot end: ideas and assembly tricks

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Assembled E3D v6 with a few particularities You may remember that I wrote broadly about hot ends in an another post , but this short n...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Materials for artists: 3D printing wood, chalk, and eventually metal with bronze

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Important materials for artists An amazing  door knocker  by Sonia Verdu (rust comes from post-processed glued iron dust) Stil...