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When Should I File A Patent For My 3D Prints?

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  Patent for 3D prints are necessary especially when you want your designs and products to be more valuable. In this WTFFF?! episode Tom and Tracy Hazzard answer a question from a loyal listener from Brazil, Eduardo Martini who asks when should he file a patent on his 3D printed designs, and when did Tom and Tracy file for patents on their designs? This is a great question that applies to all 3DP content creators. --- Listen to the podcast here: When Should I File A Patent For My … [Read more...]

Builder Dual 3D Printer Review – Double Dutch Color 3D Printing

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If you have just started looking into all of the available 3D printers on the market, you may be wondering why so many printers are only capable of printing with one color or material at a time? That is exactly what we thought as we got started a couple of years ago. Once we started getting good at 3D Printing on a one color machine we began to crave two things, better material colors, and making prints in more than one color. So we started evaluating two color (dual extrusion) machines, and … [Read more...]

San Diego Maker Faire

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  Maker Faires provide a unique space for makers to show their craft to engage in collaboration with the rest of the maker community in fun events. You might want to think about it if you’re looking to spend dollars to exhibit in one, though, as Tom Hazzard and Tracy Hazzard learned the hard way at the San Diego Maker Faire. Listen as they talk about their not-so-great experience in San Diego and explain the value that you can get from trade shows and makerspaces. This segment is a great … [Read more...]

3D Print Canada, eh?

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3D Printing may be big here in the USA, but the scene in Canada is just as hot, in fact in this episode of WTFFF?! we learn that retailers in Canada are bringing 3D printing to average consumers in ways we have not yet seen south of the border. Tom and Tracy take a deep dive with John Biehler, 3D printing advocate, author, and adviser to Pinshape, into some of the exciting and unique ways Canadian artists and retailers are working together to expose 3D printing to the masses, including a 3D … [Read more...]

3D Printed Robotics & Drones

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3D Printed Robotics and Drones are all the rage these days. Companies developing them are racing to prove that their technology is better than all others. Our guests this week, Jesse Chang and Marc Gyongyosi, founders of two startups, MDAR and Intelligent Flying Machines (IFM), use 3D Printed Robotics and Drones to speed product development and keep costs down. Their advanced devices use motion contrast 3D scanning to sense the environment around them, both indoor and outdoor, and are real word … [Read more...]

Perfect Pet Prints With Ashley Saunders Of PetPrints 3D

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  Who doesn’t have a special memory of their favorite pet? In this episode of WTFFF?!, Tom and Tracy Hazzard chat with Ashley Saunders, the Brand Manager of PetPrints 3D. Ashley shares how she and her partner, Mary Henin, turned their passion for pets into a successful and growing business using 3D printing technology. We learn about the process, challenges, opportunities, and what it takes to make Perfect Pet Prints. As fascinating as it is to learn about how perfect pet prints are … [Read more...]