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  • It’s Not About The Printer

    It’s Not About The Printer

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    Three dimensional printing in its entire scope, is not just about the printer. The same as photography is not about the camera. It’s about the photographs one creates. The hobby is not owning the tool but rather how you use the tool. Some people collect cameras. But that doesn’t make them a photographer. Owning a…

  • Speed Phreaks

    Speed Phreaks

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    I have figured out what is going on with the marketing of speed with 3D printers. The issue with the marketing departments is they cannot sell intangibles in their marketing efforts. A quality print output is a perception by human judgement. In the world of 3D printing, there are far too many variables that will…

  • Duallies

    Duallies

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    Been cranking hard printing on my two newest 2 filament printers. The Snapmaker J1 and the Cetus2. Best of both flavors, IDEX and single nozzle. Neither, do I consider perfect a printer. Once I learned their individual weaknesses and work with their strengths, it has been all production and fun. Use them properly and 2…

  • Bongos

    Bongos

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    Hear the beat of the drums. Bongo drums. I wonder if it is a bongo drum or because there are two it should be plural? I think its a Bongo drum because the male and female (That’s what they are called) drums are joined as one and sometimes just called Bongos. If I made two…

  • OMC works on UPS3

    OMC works on UPS3

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    For some reason of which I am yet to discover, My Tiertime UP Studio V2 threw some error messages at me that went away before I could comprehend what they were saying. Something about registration of/or something.  I have been using the program for over 5 years so I haven’t a clue what that was…

  • My Big Fat Bowl

    My Big Fat Bowl

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    Y’all gotta know I like to design and print bowls. All sizes and shapes. Not always round. This time I saw this bowl on a “Modern Marvels” cable TV program about coin operated devices. This bowl was full to the top with pocket change. The bowl shape intrigued me and I decided immediately I had…

  • All in One

    All in One

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    One creative mindset I keep working to maintain with 3D printing is that objects I design do not have to be printed in one piece. It is fine when that happens to work. I keep reminding myself that it is not a requirement. All my other crafts shout, “Some Assembly Required!” It’s no different with…

  • Tripple Play

    Tripple Play

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    Running three identical prints on three different printers all at the same time. That’s gotta be what’s called, “Doin’ 3D printing!”  Ha! Little Mama Cetus (original size Cetus I), Cetus2 (2 color much larger), and Anycubic Vyper (conventional FDM). The print file is an original KautzCraft I call “ripple”. It is a 100mm round bowl…

  • ASA is not Film Speed

    ASA is not Film Speed

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    My current FDM plastic of choice is called ASA. Short for Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate. A bit of a mouthful so using ASA is good! This is not an EXCLUSIVE choice. I switch often between ASA, ABS, PETG, PLA, PLA+, TPU, TPU+, wood filled PLA, and certainly several others. Almost the same number of UV resin…