Recent content by Nifty

I've never tried Blender. This makes me want to give it a look.

It's amazing what people are inventing! This guy does a new invention every day (which goes along perfectly with the theme of this thread), and some are lame and some are pretty cool. This one is pretty cool.

SUPER interesting! I think we've all seen the 3D printed buildings on Earth, but this is pretty cool to think about using materials on the Moon and printing structures on the Moon.

I'm a bit paranoid when it comes to moisture in my PETG and especially my TPU. I put the PETG into a very good Ziploc bag with desiccant and remove all the air RIGHT after the print is done. I do similar with my TPU, but also put it the vac ziploc bag (no air / desiccant) into the original...

Looks great! Isn't 20-30% better for storage and optimal printing?

It's been a while since we've had this discussion. And I don't think we've had any long threads about this. What are y'all using as filament dryers, storage, desiccant, etc. these days? For me: Dryer: Rarely need one, but when I do, a food dehydrator. Storage: Vac-bags with ziploc type...

That's fantastic! I've printed a handful of different battery holders and connectors. Some using stripped wire wrapped around a terminal as the connecting point and just pressure holding the battery in place, and other ones with 3D printed springs pushing the contacts into the batteries...

Not bad. Ironically I just watched this great review of it earlier today: Ya, I've wondered about that with the H2D to mix very different types of filaments. Yup, frustrating. I do wish I could easily use Orca Slicer from my PC, etc. Hmm... even with the advanced carbon filters, etc? :(...

Ok friends,I've been around and around and around about this forever! I'm usually (at a fault) frugal <cheap> and have a hard time buying the "nice" things. I almost always go for the thing that provides 80% of the value at 50% of the price. For example, I spend a TON of time looking at the...

Crazy interesting idea! Printing 2-part resin/epoxy for silicone?!?!

It's so fun to see people tinker with stuff like that. In a lot of ways, stuff like this might seem pointless to a lot of people, but they don't realize that this kind of experimentation pushes the envelope and innovation.

I totally hear what you are saying! I've definitely watched a lot of videos of people talking about how loud and rumbly a lot of these fast printers can be.

Yep, the solution to tremendous waste is fantastic. That said, I get nervous about having exponentially more hotends and bits and bobs to potentially fall apart and have problems. I guess if they can prove sustained reliability, then it doesn't matter?

That *almost* makes me want to get a multi-color printer. ... almost ;)

I thought @The Hat was ambitious with his 3D printed lamp. ... then I saw his next project!