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I have been making all sorts of little bits and bobs, that will make life a little easier, I haven’t made anything that was not used for something, all dough I did make two of one box and lid because I wasn’t happy with my first attempt.
I was on to Tech support for a driver for my printer that will work with Win 8.1 and it turns out they don’t have one yet, but they have a Win 7 driver but it won’t work on any O/S higher than Win 7.
It means I can make up my objects on the PC but must transfer them to a micro card before I can print them, it’s a bit of a pain but one I can live with for now.
I’ve got this machine: - http://amzn.to/2quJYRm
But if I had the choice again,
I would have gotten this one: - https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13860
Yes, it’s a little heavier priced but it has a 45% bigger platform to print too and when you get the hang on making 3D objects, its far better to be able to make even bigger gadgets, well I reckon so anyway.
There is only one other member here that I know of that has a 3D printer, so unless we can get more I don’t reckon we’ll have a separate 3D section, I am surprised that no one here has been bitten by the 3D bug the way I was, my inkjet printing did suffer but I am back using some of my inkjet printer once more...
I’ve run out of things to print with my 3D printer for now but I’m looking...
I have been making all sorts of little bits and bobs, that will make life a little easier, I haven’t made anything that was not used for something, all dough I did make two of one box and lid because I wasn’t happy with my first attempt.
I was on to Tech support for a driver for my printer that will work with Win 8.1 and it turns out they don’t have one yet, but they have a Win 7 driver but it won’t work on any O/S higher than Win 7.
It means I can make up my objects on the PC but must transfer them to a micro card before I can print them, it’s a bit of a pain but one I can live with for now.
I’ve got this machine: - http://amzn.to/2quJYRm
But if I had the choice again,
I would have gotten this one: - https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13860
Yes, it’s a little heavier priced but it has a 45% bigger platform to print too and when you get the hang on making 3D objects, its far better to be able to make even bigger gadgets, well I reckon so anyway.
There is only one other member here that I know of that has a 3D printer, so unless we can get more I don’t reckon we’ll have a separate 3D section, I am surprised that no one here has been bitten by the 3D bug the way I was, my inkjet printing did suffer but I am back using some of my inkjet printer once more...
I’ve run out of things to print with my 3D printer for now but I’m looking...