Reaching 200 episode is monumental! Tom and Tracy Hazzard celebrate their 200th WTFFF?! Podcast and deserve to paint the town red with their achievement. With the initial mission of helping people jump the learning curve for 3D printing, they have achieved this with the help of avid listeners. On today's special show, they share some updates of their blog including a complete restructuring of how they deliver topics on different days of the week. With the feedback they get from … [Read more...]
Making 3D Printing More Accessible with MatterHackers
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...]
3D Design Theft or Fair Use?
Is it 3D design theft, or is it fair use? A timely issue in the 3D printing world that has just been happening that regards the potential theft of someone's designs. In this particular case, a Thingiverse designer found one of her designs being sold on eBay by a company called Just 3D Print in actual printed product, not the design file. In fact, what she found was this company had taken over 2,000 files from Thingiverse and put them up as individual items for sale on eBay that they … [Read more...]
Pausing 3D Prints – Tech Tips Revealed
We have been getting a lot of feedback that Tech Tuesday is going well, and people like the technical discussion. We have been getting some comments, too. My favorite comment is from Vicky Somma, who said, “Tracy, just out-teched Tom.” I love that sentiment. We have gotten a lot of comments from the slicer and pausing challenge that we had last week. Vicky Somma was the first to write in, and there has been a conversation going back and forth. She has been saying that she pauses prints … [Read more...]
Challenges of the 3D Print Market
Right now, we have this bigger foreboding question over our business about the current challenges of the 3D print market, which we thought we’d address. Maybe it will be similar for other people contemplating what to do in the 3D printing world. And in fact, we’ve been hearing from some listeners who are trying to create a business around selling 3D print designs, so we know there are other people with the same business. Listen to the podcast here: Challenges of the 3D Print Market: Needing … [Read more...]
Are We Really Worried About Our Designs Being Stolen?
History has proven time and time again that groundbreaking products will always be replicated. It’s not a matter of if, but a matter of when and by who. Designers worried about their 3D designs being stolen are in a way crippled when it comes to the industry. Being in the industry for some time, Tom and Tracy Hazzard talk about their personal experience in design theft by a household name. They discuss the different views and impacts this fear brings to the table and explain their … [Read more...]
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