Liquid gold or gold 3D printing can forever change the industry of jewelry design. But are all jewelry designers going to need to go learn CAD? Or will that limit their artistic skills and creative process? Also, you’ve got to have the right printer for these types of designs or you’re not going to get the feedback you need. One solution is to align yourself with someone who can do the more technical side of things for you as you focus on the design side. Listen to the podcast here: Gold … [Read more...]
Cura Slicing Software Review
Cura is a free slicing software that is created by Ultimaker. Cura has a lot of features, and these are definitely for the advanced user. If you're serious about doing your own slicing and want to do advanced things that go beyond predefined basic slicing settings, then the Cura slicing software is definitely a good slicer to try out. Listen to the podcast here: Cura Slicing Software Review Hey there, everyone. This is Tom on the WTFFF 3D Printing podcast. Today, I'm going to be … [Read more...]
Trimble SketchUp CAD Software Review
Trimble SketchUp is a free CAD design program that should not be passed up for new 3D print creators and those collaborating with a team to create 3D models. Looking at who should consider making the jump from the free version to the Pro version and what sorts of designers might want to take a second look at the many different features it has to offer. Listen to the podcast here: Trimble SketchUp CAD Software Review We are doing a series of CAD software reviews over the course of … [Read more...]
Improve Your 3D Prints – Tips and Suggestions
What are some tips on how you can improve your 3D prints? It occurred to me yesterday when we were talking to Hector about the dialing in of the designs and how they spend a lot of hours getting the quality optimized on the printing, which we know takes a ton of hours, that It almost takes an equal amount of hours to the design time in our case. And even after we printed it for a long time, we learn new things and fix them. But I think it would be an interesting question for me to ask of you to … [Read more...]
3D Print Lighting Accessories
Take a quick dive into the 3D print lighting boards on Pinterest and you'll be instantly mesmerized by the inventive and artistic designs created by 3D print users worldwide. Many of these are beyond what your standard FFF 3D printer is capable of and are by no means beginner 3D print projects. This collection of 3D print lighting accessories are sure to inspire your own creativity or at the very least make you say, "I want that 3D print in my home!" 3D Print Lighting Accessories Many of the … [Read more...]
M3D Printer Review – Battle of the Minis, Part 1
In January at CES it was clear that the trend in desktop 3D printers was all about “mini” 3D printers. It seemed that every company was either introducing a mini 3D printer as an additional product to their assortment, or was entirely built around a mini 3D printer. We reached out to all of the companies that make a mini 3D printer in an effort to review as many as possible, we are calling our series of mini 3D printer reviews the “Battle of the Minis.” We contacted all of the mini 3D printer … [Read more...]
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