Learn how to tame the polycarbonate beast and what treasures await once you’ve mastered it!
Year: 2014
Q&A: Belts, Slicers, Extruders and a Printrbot Simple Metal question overload!
Second Q&A session! This time featuring questions (and answers) on the ideal belt type, direct vs. geared extruders, the different slicers and a whole bunch of topics around the Printrbot Simple Metal! Printrbot section at 7:56 Firmware guides mentioned in the video, Guide 1 & Guide 2 Silicone heater mats Music by Kevin MacLeod
3D printing guides: Advanced firmware tricks!
Part 2 of my guide on all things firmware! Covering everything from the available gcodes over the built-in safety features to using your spare pins for something useful! Part 1 Arduino Marlin download, repository Music by Boxcat Games
Q&A: Filament size, bowden vs. direct and ways of measuring temperatures!
First Q&A session! Leave your questions in the comments below! LCD schematics
Honest review: The Aluhotend
Here’s what i think about the very affordable Aluhotend!
Setting up a LCD and SD card controller panel
Learn how to set up an LCD screen, click encoder input and SD card reader on your 3D printer!
3D printing guides: Setting up auto bed tramming leveling tilt compensation!
Learn how to set up automatic bed tramming on your 3D printer, as seen on the new Printrbots!
3D printing guides – Plastic destruction
Formlabs’ SLA printed sample felt very strong to my hands – find out how well it performs when being put to the test! I’ll be comparing the Formlabs resin part to prints from ABS, PLA and Taulman Bridge. Print settings for each part: – Formlabs SLA sample: Formlabs Form1+, Formlabs white resin, 100µm layers – ABS: Mendel90 w/ E3Dv6, 250°C, 60mm/s, far-east black ABS , Slic3r and 200µm layers – PLA: Printrbot Simple Metal w/ UBIS hotend, 208°C, 40mm/s, Printrbot purple sample PLA , Cura and 200µm layers – Nylon:Continue reading