3D Printing Nerd

I have to go somewhere soon, but I have 20 minutes so let’s stream!

The 21st episode of Fan Mail Friday was one of the best yet! I opened up some amazing envelopes and some even more amazing packages! Everyone keeps adding to the huge pile of money we will be donating to Seattle Childrens Hospital during the “One Big Kiss for Seattle Childrens” radiothon on December 14th!

The Telegraph tweeted a link to a story where they said a 3d printer explosion killed a 17 year old boy.

Pink 3d printer filament doesn’t get the respect it deserves. Preston of PRESSRESET loves printing with pink filament, and Heather from A Pyro Design LOVES pink and will take anything pink she can get her hands on. Let’s show pink filament some respect and 3d print a bunch of pink things!

It was birthday party time for Jerry Berg aka Barnacules Nerdgasm! I wanted a fast, easy, fun, unique gift to give him, and I wanted to use 3d printing to make it. Colorfabb sent a roll of Corkfill, and I put my Ultimaker 2+ to use for this!

Halloween is fast approaching, so here are some easy, quick, fun, and free models for your 3d printer to spice up the Halloween in your house!

The Wombot Exilis XL from Aurarum in Australia is finally here! It’s been a long time since we first talked about getting it, and now that we do have it, it’s easy to see there have been some upgrades. Follow along as I take the printer out of the box, get it set up, and put it through it’s first use.

Angus at Maker’s Muse created a few test cubes designed to be 3d printer torture tests. The cubes consist of a lattice structure that can be difficult for some printers to print. I 3d printed 5 of them, ranging from extremely small to gmax-sized huge!