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Essentials When Picking a 3D Printer

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  As with any technology you bring into your life, a 3D printer is a huge investment. Thus, picking one requires a healthy amount of consideration before commitment. If you're new to the whole concept of 3D printing, it can be confusing to look through specs and not really know what you're looking for. Nevertheless, hope shouldn't be lost. Tom and Tracy Hazzard discuss what you should be looking for when you're picking a 3D printer to use. You have to be smart about your choice because … [Read more...]

Maintenance Tips for Consistent Material Flow

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Consistent material flow is one of the most common issues with getting consistent 3D prints, and we have some real practical suggestions and an overview of several things that can affect your print quality. What can you do to maintain that? It’s tough because there are so many variables that it is sometimes hard to identify what it is. If you have material flow that is too low, you end up with little gaps around the perimeter of your part. I would say consistent material flow is one of the … [Read more...]

MakerBot Smart Extruder Review, How Different is it?

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For Tech Tuesday this week we are going to follow up on our announcement back in January about the new MakerBot Smart Extruder+. It was billed as being a major improvement over the previous Smart Extruder, but is it really? Well we received our order for two of them about a month ago, and have been working with it ever since. Now we are ready to share our findings and experience with you in this Makerbot Smart Extruder Review. Listen to the podcast here: MakerBot Smart Extruder Review The … [Read more...]

Ask Us Anything – MatterHackers Event Part 2

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    This Ask Us Anything event with MatterHackers was such a good event and we had so many great questions we couldn't fit it all into one episode. This is part 2 from our MatterHackers Meet Up event where we had a panel with Lars Brubaker, the CEO of MatterHackers, and Taylor Landry who is in charge of all the tech, testing, customer service - he wears a lot of hats there. We just want to urge you to go to events like this because you are just going to meet people who can … [Read more...]

Ask Us Anything – MatterHackers Event Part 1

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  It's Tuesday Tech Tuesday, and today is hyper tech Tuesday. Covering the topics and questions that were asked at our event with MatterHackers, but we have grouped them in a way that makes it more logical. Today's group is for new users, and tomorrows group will be for more advanced users. --- Listen to the podcast here: Ask Us Anything - MatterHackers Event Part 1 The cheapest way to get started with 3D printing? A couple weeks ago on a Thursday evening, MatterHackers hosted … [Read more...]

Making 3D Printing More Accessible with MatterHackers

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Checking back in with MatterHackers since our last episode with them, we wanted to talk more generally this time and get a feel for the other things they are working on and where their growth is. They are simplifying the user experience and really developing a plug-n-play system with updates to their MatterControl platform. With over 300% growth from last year to this year, they are definitely headed in the right direction. Listen to the podcast here: Interview - Making 3D Printing More … [Read more...]