3D printing makes it easy to go green in a number of ways, primarily in product creation. Tom and Tracy Hazzard look at how their past designed products could have been made with far less plastic in a more Earth friendly manner and showing how much plastic is wasted in traditional manufacturing methods. Even the United States Postal Service has a plan for 3D printing reducing their carbon footprint. Combined with more localized manufacturing, it's easy to go green with 3D printing. Listen to … [Read more...]
3D Print Filament Recycling
This is Earth Week so we are going to talk about something that a listener asked us about 3D print filament recycling. More specifically, they wanted to know if we had known anything about these filament recyclers and wanted to know if it was real and worked well. We thought it was a good fit for Tech Tuesday and for Earth Week. Listen to the podcast here: 3D Print Filament Recycling The reality of 3D print filament recycling is that there are lot of kits and a few small … [Read more...]
3D Printed Furniture
3D printed furniture is the topic for Design Inspiration Friday, it’s my favorite subject: furniture. We have designed a lot of furniture in our careers. It’s my favorite thing to design because it can be personal, and it can touch so many people when you design great furniture. Also, this is our anniversary episode. It’s been one year. It’s one year today. Tom didn’t realize this, I might have held that one back from him - he thought it was just Design Inspiration Friday. It’s tax day, … [Read more...]