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Business models in 3D printing industries. Who brought the prices down?
At the end of last year I read an article in 3dprinting.com named Unique Ways Small Businesses Utilize 3D Printing Technology. Beside the article, that does not bring that much, I fundamentally...
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3D printer survival kit: a comprehensive set of 3D printer tools and tips.
Survival kit: tools for the 3D printersThis post started as early as September 2013, and it eventually ends here, may 2015! At least, you can be sure I heavily made my opinion and I have feedback on...
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Headlines again... 3D printing guns, a passion?
Headlines again: 3D printing yet another part of a gun. So what?Please Cody, yes, you the guy with big stainless-steel thermoplastic bollocks, please, now I want new stuff, like 3D printing bazookas,...
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Messy code, branches with a lack of guidelines and comments are killimg Marlin!Marlin no more exists as a single, readable, common branch!Where shall I go now?In a previous post, I described a tiny...
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Home made filament drying box
How to make a simple dehydrator (drying box) with a solar vacuum tubeA short and probably overkill post for a passive and zero carbon footprint drying box (not counting the required one to make the...
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A rant: open or closed, you get what you pay for.
A rant: open or closed, you get what you pay for.I got "stimulated" again by a feedback on my wooden patterns related to the Python script I posted on thingiverse.Here is the request (which I must say...
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Fixes and howto for the DIY Fabscan 3D scanner
The fabscan is cheap... and buggy, but it can be made to work.In its state, I would recommend it only to tinkerers, or aftera few improvements (easy to make since it is opensource).For my curiosity, I...
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How to 3D print nylon and trimmer line reliably: do not dry it too much and...
How to 3D print Nylon reliably, cleanly and hassle-free.A well-printed and robust dual-head Nylon mount (check it here).Nylon is flexible, slippery and incredibly tough when it is printed correctly.For...
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Fixing Cura broken linux packages (slicing fails silently)
How to build Cura's slicer "SteamEngine" from scratchCura releases for Linux are often broken, probably because the author better implements features than packages (which is a good thing!) and because...
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Features and improvements for a would-be homemade Ultimaker 3D printer
How would I re-design the original Ultimaker?Quite some changes on the back ofmy Ultimaker Original (aka v.1)!The Ultimaker 1 (aka Original) is a well-built printer. It is probably one of the oldest...
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Thoughts and hints around hot ends
This post finally documents ideas and hints I had during the design of two hot ends I made last year.My extremely small "cheesy hot end" (all-metal and actively-cooled), here with an Ultimaker printed...
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Quick comparison: pro versus low cost FDM 3D printers
Are so-called "professional" entry-level 3D FDM printers worth their price?A LinkedIn user in my network asked for more data when I said that "low cost" FDM printers could compare favorably to...
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3D print fair at Fabcon 2014: feelings and people
Fabcon 2014 - was worth 2575 kilometers and 31 hours on a motorbike!So I was kindly offered to give the closing talk of the 2014 edition of Fabcon 3.D in Erfurt, Germany.My talk is now available online...
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The businessman and the maker
The Businessman and the MakerBusinessman v.s. Maker (although Dilbert is certainly not a maker!)At Fabcon 2014 3D print fair (my feedback is here), I gave a speech entitled "Make it yourself: it can be...
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Why you should not buy Makerbot 3D printers!
Avoid Makerbot and its 3D printers, they are both wrong.Really! And there are many reasons not to buy: cost, reliability, human values, innovation and so.I endorse even less Makerbot businessthan I...
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Four in the morning. Just had a few tweaks to finish my upgrade...
Eventually "implemented" my upgrade! I certainly did not think it would take me so long, but once you start to sort the mess that's below a 3D printer you just can spend days on it! There is a brief...
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Material for artists: 3D printing wood, chalk, and eventually metal with bronze
A gorgeous dual material and wellpolished bronze ring by foehnsturmImportant materials for artistsStill today, the visual quality of 3D printed objects is far from perfect. Of course, a stringy or...
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E3D v6 hot end: ideas and assembly tricks
Assembled E3D v6 with a few particularitiesYou may remember that I wrote broadly about hot ends in an another post, but this short new one is specifically about the sixth revision of the E3D family...
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"It is better for your safety that we are opaque" (Volkswagate)
"It is better for your safety that we are opaque"I just read an article on the BBC related to Volkswagen and the "(...) argument for stopping people fiddling with those systems, because if you don't...
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A rant: open or closed, you get what you pay for.
A rant: open or closed, you get what you pay for.I got "stimulated" again by a feedback on my wooden patterns related to the Python script I posted on thingiverse.Here is the request (which I must say...
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