Do you smell it? That smell, the kind of smelly smell. A smelly smell that smells… smelly. ABS! We all have smelled that before, that sticky, sweet, plasticky smell that you get when you’re printing with ABS. Common sense would tell you that that’s not something you want to breathe. So we now all print more with ASA, which smells a lot less, if at all – but if you look into it, it turns out that ASA is often found to emit more harmful particles and VOCs than ABS.Continue reading
Category: Science & Technology
Patents
Let’s talk about patents. You know, one of the things I’ve learned is that when there’s something that I’m conflicted about, the best and most civilized place to get input on that is the YouTube comments, so I do want to hear your opinions on this – but before you start typing out your take on what the current patent system does or doesn’t do well, hear me out. Because, you know, the situation of patents stopping specific products from existing is something that has been bothering me and aContinue reading
You can now 3D print your parts with Fusion360’s new slicer! Is it worth using?
You can now slice your 3D prints directly in Fusion360, and their slicer actually has a few really nice features. But should you completely switch over to just slicing through Fusion360? Let’s check it out. Okay, I think this has been hardly a surprise to anyone: Fusion360 is already the preferred way of modelling parts for 3D printing for a huge number of you and they’ve also had really good CAM for milling and turning integrated into the software for quite a while. So now, there’s slicing in there asContinue reading
Making cheap acoustic panels
New decade, new studio! This is the beginning of something great, but as with anything, you have to start small. For me, that means starting with building super affordable acoustic panels to get the space ready for filming.
Testing my printers for fire hazards – results all over the place…
Are my 3D printers safe? Will they realize their hotend is melting off? What can they do about it? I’ve got answers for all those burning questions in this very video!
Why 3D printers can’t be CNC mills
Hey, how’s it going, everyone? Have you ever wondered why 3D printers and actual CNC machines seem to be so similar, but rarely you ever see anyone successfully using a 3D printer as a milling machine and vice-versa? Well, today we’re going to look at why that is and maybe at what a compromise could look like to handle both!
Destructive testing: Which 3D prints are bulletproof?
There are some fantastic materials available for 3D printing today – here’s the ultimate test for them!
What you need to know about Copyright, Patents, Trademarks and Open Source!
As it turns out, copyright has a lot less power in the 3D printing space than I thought… Intellectual property has many faces – if you don’t know about them, it’s trivial to infringe on someone else’s rights. Here are the most important things to know about Copyright, Trademarks, Patents and how Open Source fits in.
Everything you need to know about #Filaween filament testing!
Reasoning Filaments need testing. Many, many manufacturers claim to be “the best” or “twice as strong as ABS” – but how do you verify those claims?