Many 3D print designers love building from scratch. However, when a project comes across your desk that requires fit or creation with something that already exists, working your way back can offer some pretty great insights into the best 3D manufacturing process. In this episode, Tom Hazzard and Tracy Hazzard discuss the role of 3D reverse engineering in the digital manufacturing workflow with Dillon Patel, a mechanical R&D engineer working for HP in the 3D scanning and 3D printing … [Read more...]
3D Printed Guns: Fair Game Or A Slippery Slope?
Any of you following the 3D print industry couldn't help but see that an awful lot has happened in the courts and in the government with 3D printing, in particular regarding 3D-printed firearms. Cody Wilson was the first person to create a 3D printable gun and the plans for a 3D printable gun way back in 2013 or so. A big part of a documentary movie about 3D printing, Print the Legend, tells the early story of Cody and his 3D-printed gun which he put it out there and made it available for the … [Read more...]
Tom And Tracy Are Back!
After taking a week to retool, Tom Hazzard and Tracy Hazzard are back. Explaining the circumstances that led them to take a week-long vacation, they talk a little bit about some of the realities of business that get in the way and life. They also give a heads up on some of the things that you can expect on the upcoming shows – from 3D scanning and 3D printing of a particular part to improve a consumer product, to interviews and discussions on intellectual property and the legal and … [Read more...]
Intellectual Property 3D Printing – REPLAY
Listen to the podcast here: Intellectual Property 3D Printing - REPLAY Desktop 3D printing is where it is today because of the corporate asset value of intellectual property laws and regulations. Looking back at how a dislike of patents came about due to the open-source RepRap movement and why this ideology needs to take a backseat if the industry wants to move forward even further. Check back on the original blog transcript here. Listen | Download | View Hear the episode of the … [Read more...]
Controlling 3D Print IP
It's still debatable that 3D printing is rocking the world but when it comes to 3D print IP it is definitely shaking things up a bit. Author John Hornick shares examples of how the two sides of the 3D print industry is disrupting the status quo. The 3D print IP world is still the wild west in terms of control and we take a look into the serious need for file and 3D printing safety and creation of 3D print product standards. We have an interesting interview today with IP lawyer and author of … [Read more...]
Intellectual Property 3D Printing
While many people involved in the RepRap movement and the modern desktop 3D printing industry think that Intellectual Property has been holding the industry back from growing to its full potential, Tom & Tracy discuss how Intellectual Property plays an important role in corporate asset value and is actually responsible for making desktop 3D printing what it is today. Listen to the podcast here: Intellectual Property 3D Printing A business topic that bridges over into one of my special … [Read more...]