What is the best way to attack a difficult 3D print? How do the Pros do it? In this WTFFF?! episode Tom and Tracy discuss tips and best practices to help you achieve success with Russell Singer of Make-It Inc. With so many variables including temperature, speed, filament, complicated geometry, infill, wall thickness, support structures, and more, hours can quickly become days as you experiment with different settings. Russell takes us through his process that he uses every day to eliminate … [Read more...]
Pricing 3D Print Designs – Accounting for Design
Accounting for Design -Pricing 3D Print Designs Originally published on the Pinshape Blog September 2015. Supporting the growth of the 3D printing community by offering open share 3D print designs is much needed in an industry where content is king. But pricing 3D print designs for free may not be best for you as a designer or the 3D printing market as a whole. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, market pricing designs will grow you as a 3D Print Designer and create a demanding marketplace for … [Read more...]
Honey We 3D Shrunk Ourselves With Miles Guidon Of Hollywood 3D Printing
Tom and Tracy Hazzard go Hollywood - Hollywood 3D Printing, that is - in order to understand full-body 3D scanning from expert Miles Guidon. Explore the world of 3D scanning with Tom and Tracy as they each get scanned from head to toe. After listening to the podcast, check out their show notes blog to see photos, screenshots, and a video of the process. Listen intently to learn how accurate 3D scans are and take home some 3D scanning tips for getting the best scan results. You will … [Read more...]
Best Ways to Find a 3D Designer
Why is is so difficult to find a 3D Designer? Variations on this question are raised at least once a week on the WTFFF?! Ask Us Anything podcast. Many entrepreneurs, inventors and fledgling Kickstarters are looking for someone to take their working model, napkin sketch idea or crowdfunding product to the next level. On the flip side, we hear from many 3D Designers that they believe there aren't enough projects or clients right now, especially in 3D Printing. So, if you are looking for a 3D Print … [Read more...]
Good Filaments Make Good Prints With Jack Warren Of Toner Plastics
Good filaments, good prints, plus a good printer all add up to a happy you. Successful 3D Printing results owe, in large part, to good input – good design, solid code, and good materials. High quality filament can alleviate the most common problems of failed prints. Today, Tom and Tracy Hazzard talk with Jack Warren, the COO of Toner Plastics in East Longmeadow, MA, about what really makes good PLA 3D Print filament. Jack notes how tight controls in manufacturing filament are a … [Read more...]
3D Printing Skills – Are You Ready to Print?
3D Printing Skills - Are You Ready to Print? Maybe not yet, but there is always time for building 3D Printing Skills 3D Printing has become accessible to home hobbyists, pro-sumers and design professionals like us, but is it really ready to go mainstream? The design learning curve is very steep so you need to have a lot of time on your hands and be prepared to experiment. We have been 3D modeling and designing for over 25 years and had to relearn how to design just to begin the technical … [Read more...]