3D printer improvements

From the community for the community, mostly via heavily customized tools

Saturday, April 27, 2013

3D printing with cheap Nylon trimmer line/string

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Is filament quality so important after all? I heard years ago that trimming line was one of the many materials that was tested on a 3D p...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Copyrights and 3D printing: a forthcoming war bigger than that of the MP3 music

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So, what about copyrights? Free and customizable GoPro-compatible mounts: not illegal because I  designed them ! Still, would  GoPro ...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Rollerstruder: a filament feeder / driver / extruder

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The rollerstruder filament drive system on an Ultimaker Almost one year ago I got rid of the plywood Ultimaker filament drive mechanism...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

What cannot be 3D printed? Time to debunk some myths!

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General 3D printing misinformation: review of facts and fiction! Each technology has some fundamental limitations, and 3D printing is no...
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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Which hobbed bolt for a filament feeder? My homemade one!

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Driving the filament with hobbed / knurled bolts My quite efficient hobbed bolt :) As all owners of 3D printers know, one item of utm...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How to run a (Cura) Python plugin on STL files without Cura?

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Here is a geekier post about how to tweak Cura plugins and convert them to standalone Python scripts that post-process your g-code without...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Molding and casting with a 3D printer

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Printing a mold and/or lost wax casting Or how a 3D printer also opens the way to semi-industrial homemade objects beyond artistic sculpt...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

How fine can an Ultimaker print?

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 Ultimaker impressive quality at smallest layer heights (40,50,75 microns) I printed one famous treefrog  on my Ultimaker for a friend an...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Review: what materials can be 3D printed?

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What materials to 3D-print ? Every now and then I am being asked about it, so here is a post on the many materials that can be 3D-printed...
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Short belt tensioner for NEMA 17 stepper motors

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How to tension the Ultimaker short belts once for all? Upside version of the tensioner The short belts that drive the main rods from ...
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