3D Printing Nerd

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!

Unboxing the Wombot AND behind the scenes. should be fun?

OTTER! Yes, this Fan Mail Friday is full of otters. No joke. Also, this is the 20th Fan Mail Friday! 20TH!!! Holy cow!

Daniel Noree is known for 3DBenchy and the OpenRC project. Now, one of his latest models is the Furry Vase – a model that tells the printer to bridge outward, then come back to create soft plastic loops that drape over the model. Quite neat!

In this video learn how I made a custom spool holder for filaments and how it helped with 3d printing on the Ultimaker. A few spare chunks of wood and a bolt is all you need to put together something that will work!

Kirby Downey is a talented 3d modeler, and he has updated his Destiny Thorn model to make it EVEN BETTER! Here I show you how to put all the pieces together to make this sweet hand cannon!