3D Printing Meets a WW1 Rifle

I consider myself a firearms enthusiast, but specifically interested in "old" guns. Anything with history, especially history that it's seen firsthand, is very likely something I'd like to own. Well, much to my wallet's chagrin there was a huge batch of rifle recently imported from Ethiopia that includes more interesting rifles than I can shake …

3D Printing PPE for COVID-19

As you may have heard, nature is currently going through a "let's purge the humans" phase and we're not too jazzed. This virus is far less predictable and far more contagious than just about anything we've dealt with in most of our lifetimes and it's far from over. One of the many, many impacts this …

How Hard Can 3d Scanning Be?

In the past 6 months or so I've actually done a few commissioned pieces for coworkers and really enjoy the change of pace from things I would normally design and print for myself. About a month and a half ago I got another request, once again ping pong related, but this time to make a …

Boba Fett Christmas

My company actually had a Christmas party this year and decided to make it a little more interesting by also running a costume contest. There were no hard and fast categories for judging, just vague guidelines that stated whatever we wore needed to be either an ugly Christmas sweater, Hawaiian shirt, or a generic "Christmas …

3D Printer Fixed? I Freakin Hope So.

I've got 99 problems and my 3d printer is just about all of them, the rest being my new virtualized server build (a write up is coming soon). Thermistor problems, extrusion problems, fan problems that I still haven't figured out. Just all sorts of problems. Thankfully, all but that pesky intermittent fan are in the …

3D Printer Enclosure

So, a few weeks ago I replaced the loudest fan on my 3d printer with a Noctua model and I saw a huge improvement with the total noise output. However, I'm still not completely happy with the noise levels while printing, so this next iterative step will hopefully: Make the printer completely silent from downstairs …

3D Printer Upgrades

It seems like a few of my hobbies are in constant rotation between "in" and "out" without much in the way of rhyme or reason, one of which is 3d printing. I dusted it off again this weekend (literally) to make a last-minute decoration for a wedding my wife and I were attending, which we …

August 3D Printing Projects

August has been the busiest month of printing I've ever had. Here's what I made...

OctoPi: 3D Printer Management

I've had my printer for a few years now and, up until today, the process I have used to print has remained the same: import .stl file into Cura, adjust settings and export as gcode to micro sd card, mount micro sd card in printer, and print said file using the slow user interface on …

June 2018 Printing

After more than 8 months disassembled, I've finally brought my 3d printer back into service. It's a Wanhao Duplicator i3 that I got as a college graduation present back in December of 2015. I've done countless little projects since getting it, though by far the biggest is my wearable Boba Fett helmet which took forever …