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What the FFF Should I Do First With My New 3D Printer?

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  With the industry of 3D printing continuing to grow, it’s no wonder that newer models and updates keep being rolled out around the globe. With each new 3D printer out in the market, there’s one more thing you need to learn, whether it be new features or simply new technology applied. Tom and Tracy Hazzard share their own experiences with new 3D printers to provide guidance and simple tips that can make the whole experience better for you. They talk about some of the best practices they … [Read more...]

3D Printing For Beginners With Author Joe Micallef

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  Successful 3D printing begins with learning how to create 3D designs to print. In this WTFFF?! episode brought to you live from the SoCal MakerCon show floor, Tom and Tracy Hazzard interview Joe Micallef about how he got into the 3D Printing industry and decided to write his book, Beginning Design for 3D Printing. Joe’s book introduces beginners to the world of 3D model creation and design with step-by-step tutorials for free online software to help new users get started and immersed … [Read more...]

Modern Shop Class With Gene Sherman Of Vocademy

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  For people born in the 1970’s and earlier, shop class was the place that most students first learned to design, build, and create. Today, shop class is on the endangered species list of educational programs. In this WTFFF?! episode brought to you live from the SoCal MakerCon show floor, Tom and Tracy Hazzard spend some time with Gene Sherman, the Founder and CEO of Vocademy, the world’s first education-focused makerspace. Listen to their conversation to learn about Gene’s mission to … [Read more...]

3D Print Mother’s Day Gifts 2016

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Mother's Day is early this year, and there is still time to get mom a 3D print mother's day gift or design one of your own. We've scoured the 3D design sites to find the best 3D printed gifts to show the moms in your life how much you appreciate and love her. Whether it be your mom, wife, sister, grandma, aunts, or a new mom at work perhaps, there is a 3D printed gift with her name on it (literally - you can add her name to any one of these designs as a quick project!) 3D Print Mother's Day … [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...]

3D Freelance Tips

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  I thought we’d talk about freelance tips and realities because it’s come up a lot when I’ve been interviewed on other podcasts lately. I was recently interviewed for the App Guy podcast while I was at a conference last week. The reality is that the amount of people—I think it’s 50% by the year 2020—are going to be freelancers. It’s not necessarily freelancers in 3D printing, but the business world is moving to a lot of freelance. --- Listen to the podcast here: 3D Freelance … [Read more...]