3D Print STEAM Challenges with Todd VanHoogstrate of Rippl3D

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New 3D print technology plays on familiar classic STEAM projects in the classrooms at Rippl3D. Capturing excitement in STEM and STEAM at an early age is critical to educational development and 3D printing is another tool educators can use to drive student engagement. Rippl3D has a database full of 3D print STEAM projects, as well as a long list of 3D print STEAM challenges that come along with taking on this type of endeavor to reach out to students during the short window of opportunity and … [Read more...]

3D Printing Glossary

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We've rounded up all the 3D printing glossary words of some common vocabulary and not so common 3D print glossary terms that every 3D print designer, user, maker, and business should know in our 3D printing glossary below. Entering the world of 3D printing can be confusing enough as it is, let alone that the industry made up a few terms that should have been left alone (ex: slicing vs printer settings!), and it's our hope that this 3D print glossary demystifies some of the insider lingo to the … [Read more...]

Is 3D printing filament safe to use in the home?

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Since the explosion of the desktop 3D printing industry, plastic in the form of 3D printing filament is being melted and formed into physical objects in people’s homes at an increasing rate. In fact, today 3D printing materials and printers are being placed in homes and educational institutions more than businesses. The community of Montclair, NJ has installed MakerBot 3D printers in every school in their district, from elementary schools all the way up through to the college level. This is a … [Read more...]

SoCal MakerCon Recap

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This year's SoCal MakerCon Convention attracted so many more attendees and exhibitors than last year that it had to be moved to a larger building a month before the show. In this WTFFF?! SoCal MakerCon Recap Tom and Tracy discuss their experience exhibiting, giving a talk on Makers Making Profits, and preview 9 upcoming interviews conducted live from the show floor. You can listen to the podcast using the player above, or watch the video below. About SoCal Maker Convention The SoCal … [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...]

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...]