3D Printing Nerd

My daughter Sydney likes it when I print neat little characters for her. She gave it a go today, and had a great time. Now she wants her own 3d printer, I guess that’s why she is calling herself 3D Printing Nerd Jr. 🙂

Oh man, testing out a watermarked version of Wirecast. Sorry about the watermark and the watermarked audio

The Portland Mini Maker Faire is September 10 and 11, and this year, I’m heading down with Barnacules Nerdgasm and Darth Bevis (from the NERDYNINJAS) to man the booth and chat with people about 3d printing and various other cool future technologies.

Josef Prusa asked if he could send a printer my way to review – the Prusa i3 mk2. YES. Absolutely. Prusa Research makes amazing machines, and the mark two version of his original i3 design is something I was really looking forward to getting my hands on.

3d printing is still more art than science. I was printing a Pokeball from Pokemon for my friend and her sons. What happened is best described as an epic failure. Here is what happened and how I fixed it!

In this episode of Fan Mail Friday, I get a really cool letter, I get to see some neat dual color prints, I get gloves, AND I get an AMAZING Planet Express ship from Futurama!

Orb Polymer sent out some of the PLA 1.75mm filament for me to try and see if I like it. The quality of the filament is exceptional and in this first impression, I like it a lot. Used on the Raise3D N2+

That’s right, it’s Fan Mail Friday, on an actual Friday! I open some pretty awesome mail from some epic people. Plus, STICKERS! Hungry Bender! High Fives! #awesome

One more 3d print of the Fractal Pyramid from Thingiverse! This time, it’s in Proto Pasta pine PLA on the gMax 1.5XT+ 3d printer. I sized one at 400% scale, and the other at 600% scale.