3D Prints for Your Pet The CAD file libraries are full of 3D prints to show off your love of your pet, but there aren't quite as many 3D prints for your pet. What's out there is nice, but doesn't exactly show off beautifully designed items with a more unique twist compared to what you could purchase off the shelf. These files are great starting points to be inspired for your own weekend 3D print project to design 3D prints for you pet. One of the first things you need and should do when you … [Read more...]
3D Print Teaching Startpoint with Drew Lentz of MakerBot
We have an education beast interviewing with us today with someone who is really in the trenches of 3D print teaching. Anyone of our listeners that's a teacher, educator, head of the PTA, or anyone who is considering getting 3D printing into schools this is the one for you. We have Drew Lentz on the podcast today. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering but he is also involved in product design and was a middle school science teacher. Now for the last two years he has been an employee at … [Read more...]
Crafting 3D Print Buttons
Crafting your own 3D print buttons is an excellent beginner 3D print project for any age user inside or outside of the classroom. We've looked through the design libraries for 3D print buttons and were a little disappointed about what was out there, there's a big opportunity here that is being missed in terms of truly showing off what 3D printing can do. This is a project that can easily be done in a weekend or in a classroom setting, whether that be an art class, home ec class, or … [Read more...]
Breaking Barriers with 3D Print Glass
Very out of the box thinking has lead to a very FFF like 3D print glass printer due to the research and efforts at the MIT Glass Lab. We are blown away by the beautiful 3D print glass creations and excited about how this will impact other areas of the 3D printing industry when you look at how the extruded glass builds the final product. Featuring other newsworthy 3D print glass endeavors, as well as a classroom 3D print STEAM project that's way better than the messy tissue paper glue that kids … [Read more...]
3D Print Puzzle Toys
Very cool and very inspiring 3D print puzzle toys from Locknesters that will keep you, as a learning 3D print user, excited and interested in continuing to learn and use your 3D printer. Far better than the generic CAD test print models your printer may or may not come with, these 3D print puzzle toys provide learning concepts and maker milestones to conquer such as fit, finish, how the filament works, and many other areas to explore in 3D print production. Listen to the podcast here: 3D … [Read more...]
Project Kits 3D Print Components
We've always thought project kits are a great entry point into 3D printing, and we've found a really interesting one for 3D printed clocks that you can certainly customize nearly every aspect of these from the numbers, to the hands and face of the clock. Listen to the podcast here: Project Kits 3D Print Components We started thinking about project kits and 3d print components because it's kit week with the interview with 3DKitbash. We were thinking about what are some ideas about project … [Read more...]