• Bongos

    Bongos

    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…

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  • Speed VS Quality

    Speed VS Quality

    I recently ran a small test with one of my Cetus printers. Speed against quality. No doubt (again) that high speed and best quality do not hold hands.  I am saying “best” quality. High speed and “acceptable” are friends, they get no where close to “best” quality. Printing FDM at high speeds is much improved…

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  • Another Dimension?

    Another Dimension?

    I have been doing a lot of thinking about plastic material three dimensional printing. How three dimensional printing compares to true craft work with conventional tools and materials. Primarily when the entire item created is 3D printed. The frustration I feel is from my feelings about the low intrinsic value of the item produced totally…

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  • OMC works on UPS3

    OMC works on UPS3

    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…

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  • Why 0.40mm?

    Why 0.40mm?

    Quantum mechanics makes me look at things in new ways. A recent browse through current topics on 3D printing revealed some pundits are questioning how in FDM printers, did 0.40mm nozzle become so dominate with the 1.75mm filament. I am not going to explore the reasons here. Best to say, for the typical size prints…

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  • My Big Fat Bowl

    My Big Fat Bowl

    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…

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  • All in One

    All in One

    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…

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  • Bowden Worm Hole

    Bowden Worm Hole

    Just finished a lot of Print testing with my Anycubic Vyper Bowden tube FDM printer. As I suspected much of the pros and cons about bowden tube systems and retraction issues is pure misinformation or speculation. Some of the “gospel” may have been true years ago when systems were built up from available tube ID…

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  • Tripple Play

    Tripple Play

    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…

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