3D Printing Nerd

Fan Mail Friday 019 is here, and in this episode, someone sends me 3d printed chocolates?!?

While in New York for World Maker Faire, I got to stop by the gCreate shop to visit Gordon and Anna and see the process for putting together a gMax 1.5XT+. They are based in Brooklyn, and are able to produce quite a lot with a smaller space!

I’m visiting the SeeMeCNC shop before road tripping with them to New York Maker Faire at the Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows. While there, we had a few minutes to kill, so JJ held the camera and we did a shop tour. It was tough, as I had to learn everything and them remember it for a single take run through. I think I did okay.

I found some time to step in front of the camera and give you my thoughts on the Prusa i3 mk2 3d printer from Prusa Research. It’s a wonderful machine, coming in both a kit form and fully assembled. This review is of the fully assembled machine, and hopefully, it lives up to what everyone else has been saying about it.

It’s Fan Mail Friday! In this episode, I open up some crazy awesome mail from some crazy awesome fans of the channel!

First off, Rylee wanted me to make sure I told you she had a little bit of a cold when we filmed this. She LOVES Glaceon, as it IS her favorite of the Eevee evolutions. I had the settings wrong in Simplify3D, and the raft came out wonky. It failed under one of the legs, and the leg fell over during printing. We let the print go, and fixed the broken leg using toothpicks!

I’ve always wanted to learn CAD and I’m starting with Fusion 360. Bill Doran from Punished Props gave me a quick tutorial on how to do certain things, and I used that knowledge to make a “Maker Coin” like the one Angus made for me! This is great software and I cannot wait to model more things for 3d printing!

When 3d printing with a dual extrusion capable printer, the chance are you are printing with either two different colors or two different types of materials. In both cases, you should look into using an “Ooze Shield”. The wall will protect your model from getting color bleed!