I have a great interview with Grant Mackenzie. He is the sales manager for CEL who does what I've referred to in the past as the CEL Robox 3D Printer. Those of you that have listened to Tracy and I for a long time know that we saw their CEL Robox 3D Printer at CES in 2016. That's more than eighteen months ago, January of 2016. We were very impressed with this 3D printer. We had arranged and we're told originally we were going to get a review unit. For one reason or another, just the … [Read more...]
Free CAD Software Is Not Always Free
In today's episode, Tom and Tracy Hazzard talk about free CAD software, and how most of them are not really free. These software usually come at the price of privacy, of dealing with ads, of having your profile up there on the internet, etc. They discuss some possible ways to change things for the better. Free CAD Software Is Not Always Free Today, we want to talk about that free CAD software, “free”, and how it's really not always free. We had a unique experience … [Read more...]
3D Printer 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...]
Tinkercad 3D Print Software Review
It is Tech Tuesday and it's time to do a Tinkercad 3D print software review. We have been doing a lot more reviews lately of different things just like the Battle of the Minis with the mini 3D printer reviews, and we have been doing those mostly on Wednesday more than Tuesdays. We then decided that we need to be reviewing some popular CAD software packages because we had a lot of questions about that. Today is going to be the first in the series, as once a week we are going to address a new CAD … [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...]
Retail 3D Printing with 3DCanada Project – REPLAY
Taking a look back at the major way Canadian retailers are creating massive 3D print awareness to the general consumer public through an innovative marketing technique. 3D print advocate, former Pinshape adviser, and author, John Biehler gives the inside scoop on the unique way Canadian 3D print designers and artists are reaching the masses at a level that has not quite been reached here in the United States. Our guest today is John Biehler of Cactus Studios, in Canada, north of the border. … [Read more...]