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The Shapeways 3D Printing Market Is Here To Stay

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 530 | Shapeways 3D Printing Market

A recent article came out lately that said 3D printing marketplaces like the Shapeways won't last. That not only does a disservice to Shapeways but the whole 3D printing industry as well. The truth is Shapeways 3D Printing Market offers tremendous value. It is a destination for consumers to shop for 3D printed goods or products. It's a place where creators can put their 3D print models up and offer them for sale. The reality is it doesn't matter if we have a place to put up our designs and sell … [Read more...]

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Inside 3D Printing San Diego 2017 Recap

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 501 | Inside 3D Printing San Diego

Is the 3D printing industry progressing fast enough? Is AI going to take the place of engineers and designers? Such questions were answered in Inside 3D Printing San Diego 2017. Although a smaller event compared to last year, it was the panel track and the attendees that pulled the event together and made the trip worth taking. Product designers and business owners from Idaho, Colorado and even Guatemala came in to learn what they need to explore and how they can expand in terms of software, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Topics, Business, Designers, Education, Featured, Tips & Tools, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3d printing podcast, 3d start point, 3d-printing, additive manufacturing show, Barbara Hanna, Braydon Moreno, CES, Collider, Cyant, feetz, form alloy, inside 3d printing, john hauer, lucy beard, makerbot replicator 2s, nora toure, sculpteo, shapeways, slant 3d, voodoo manufacturing, women in 3d printing

3D Print Ecosystems, End To End, with Arden Rosenblatt of PieceMaker Technologies

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 495 | 3D Print Ecosystems

  Today, I’ve got a really interesting conversation to share with you that I had recently with Arden Rosenblatt of PieceMaker.com. This is a company that has really dealt with how to bring 3D printing to mass market retail. They’ve dealt with all of the systems involved in that. It’s really fascinating. I’ve often talked with a lot of different people that are working on different pieces of the puzzle. This is a company that really has had to create an end-to-end solution, dealing with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printers & Scanners, 3D Printing Topics, Business, Designers, Education, Featured, Materials, Tips & Tools, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3D Print Ecosystems, 3d systems, Arconic, Arden Rosenblatt, End To End, exone, GE, Herff Jones, PieceMaker, PieceMaker Technologies, shapeways, thingiverse, UL, XYZ

Finding a 3D Print Manufacturer with Jason Ray of Paperless Parts

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 492 | 3D Print Manufacturer

We got an interesting episode today. We've got a guest who’s been on before, Jason Ray. It was December 2016 for something called Sightline Maps, which we loved the project because we think it’s really cool, topographically three-dimensionally mapping for government use, for school uses. The idea was that you would topographically print them on 3D printers so schools would learn what the stuff look like. He’s come back to use because he’s working on a new venture. It’s called Paperless Parts. It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printers & Scanners, 3D Printing Topics, Business, Designers, Education, Featured, Materials, Tips & Tools, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3D Print Manufacturer, 3d printing podcast, Dragon Innovation, Fictiv, Finding a 3D Print Manufacturer, Jason Ray, MFG.com, On the Shelf Podcast, Paperless Parts, sculpteo, shapeways, sightline maps, Xometry

CAD Part Size vs. Actual 3D Printed Size

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 480 | Actual 3D Printed Size

  In today's episode, Tom and Tracy Hazzard talk about CAD part size versus going to your actual 3D printed size. They discuss how and why this is a problem, and also provide some great tips and examples of what you can do to avoid this problem or how you can deal with it when such issues with actual 3D printed size arise.   CAD Part Size vs. Actual 3D Printed Size   We have had some requests for some more tech questions, tech topics. We've got a good one and it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printing Topics, Education, Featured, Software, Tips & Tools, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3d hubs, 3d print, 3D print files, 3D Printer, 3d printing podcast, Actual 3D Printed Size, CAD Part Size, CAD Part Size vs. Actual 3D Printed Size, sculpteo, shapeways, voodoo manufacturing

Where to Find 3D Print Files

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 478 | Where to Find 3D Print Files

  In today's episode, Tom and Tracy Hazzard talk about where to find 3D print files. Not only that, but specifically where to find 3D print files that are good, that are actually printable, and that will work for your printer. They provide examples of where they find some 3D print files themselves and how some of these sites work.   Where to Find 3D Print Files   We're going to talk where to find 3D print files today because this is a big problem for a lot of … [Read more...]

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