My Most Epic 3D Printing Project

Sugar Skull from "Dia de La Muerta," what Cecelia tells me she went as for Halloween this year.

After running low on my favorite, usual filaments I print in, I find myself being forced to stretch outside my comfort zone, which is great. I look for those opportunities so I can learn new things and glean new perspectives. Apparently, the liberal arts side of my brain is suddenly dominant and winning some battles.……

A Small Yet Critical Tip for Bowden Tube Printers

Don't snip off this zip-tie!

When I was brand new to this sport, knew nothing about 3D printing, as do most people. And we all want to help each other out. So there’s the internet to guide us. What could go wrong? Well, this (this is an example illustrating one of my Life Lessons to my daughter on this very……

¡Ay CARAMBA! – What a Week!

Fall has fallen. The tress across the street. I apologize for not having the same view when they look across. At least I change my underwear!

I managed to move a few glaciers 1mm each this week. Which is progress, technically. That’s how an ant eats an elephant: one little bite at a time. And I’ve got a number of unexpected and unappreciated Mastodons I’m working on devouring at the moment. While simultaneously pushing 5 large boulders up a mountain myself.……

What Did You eat!?

You’re sitting on the couch downstairs alone in the house, leaning over typing on a laptop on the coffee/conference/workshop table in front of you in relative silence. Suddenly you hear what sounds like splashing upstairs. Splashing water. UPstairs. No one here. But you. And a cat, who you can see is NOT upstairs, but down……

3D Printing Details to Learn & Know

Senor Sandpaper

I don’t know why the editor won’t allow me to escape this list-type typographical circle, so here we go, anyway:IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WALL LINE WIDTH:Wall Line Width – the width of a single wall lineTop/Bottom Line Width – the line width of both the top and bottom layersInfill Line Width – the line width of all……

The State of 3D Printing

This was almost called “My Final Evaluation of 3D Printing” but that sounded too mortal and finite. I’m not going to stop printing. In fact, I intend to become adept at it, as it evolves, which it’s doing rapidly, and I enjoy as an aspect of it. Quick iterations and a large, and growing, community……

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