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Reusable Filament Spools: Getting More Impact By Having Less with Steven Gall

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 525 | Reusable Filament Spools

If you have been 3D printing for a long time, you are most likely one of those people who go through several spools of filament a day. The plastic that filament spools come in pile up over time and you don’t really know what to do with them. Steven Gall and his company Keene Village Plastics which is one of the original filament manufacturers for the 3D printing industry came up with a new filament delivery innovation that specifically addresses this dilemma. They introduce and deliver filament … [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 printing podcast, 3d-printing, FibreTuff, Keene Village Plastics, RAPID 3D, Reusable Filament Spools, slant 3d, Steven Gall, thingiverse, Tom Hazzard, tracy hazzard, WTFFF 3D Printing Podcast

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

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...]

Filed Under: 3D Printing Topics, Education, Featured, Tips & Tools, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3d print, 3D print files, 3D Print Makers, 3D Printer, 3d printing podcast, 3dshook, Cura, i.materialise, shapeways, thingiverse, where to find 3D print files, Yeggi

3D Printer Software and Hardware Development

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 457 | Software and Hardware Development

We had a rare opportunity to interview two employees of MakerBot on the record about a lot of issues around not just the new printers, but really all the things that are surrounding the 3D printer that are going on within MakerBot to support the user. When they dove in, they talked about the fact that just upgrading the printer and solving features wasn’t really enough to support the user overall. Whether you’re a prosumer, an educator, a hobbyist, it doesn’t matter where you’re coming in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Topics, Business, Featured, Vol. 3, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3d print podcast, 3D Printer, 3d printing podcast, 3d-printing, Andrew Askedall, Makerbot, MakerBot Desktop, MakerBot Educators Program, MakerBot Print, MakerWare, mark palmer, Morphi, Onshape, Replicator +, stratasys, thingiverse, Thingiverse Education, tinkerCAD

3D Printed Marble Machines REPLAY

By Tracy and Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 329 | Marble Machines Replay

  Listen to the podcast here: 3D Printed Marble Machines - REPLAY Classic Rube Goldberg machines get a tech twist with 3D printed marble machines. From the very basic with hand turned cranks to the more complex with motors and lights, any one of these are an ideal lesson plan in the making for a STEAM classroom. Head over to https://3dstartpoint.com/3d-printed-marble-machines/ to see the blog with photos and videos of these 3D printed marble machines in action. Listen | Download | … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printing Topics, Designers, Designs & Libraries, Education, Featured, Reviews, Vol. 2, WTFFF?! Podcast, WTFFF?! Show Notes Tagged With: 3d print curriculum, 3d print education, 3d print podcast, 3d print teachers, 3d printing podcast, marble machines, steam, stem, thingiverse

Fun 3D Print Play

By Tom Hazzard

WTFFF 321 | Fun 3D Print Play

3D printing takes a twist on a childhood classic with new and fun 3D print shapes for bubble wands. A fun project involving 3D print play things like bubble wands and bubble machines that makes for a good school project or a fun Labor Day Weekend project before the kids all head back to school. Beat the summer heat designing and 3D printing your own wand shapes, then have a little fun outside testing them out. Listen to the podcast here: Fun 3D Print Play  It is almost Labor Day, and we are … [Read more...]

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