3D Printing Nerd

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.

Everyone always asks me to print something useful – so I did! I found a need and solved a problem with 3d printing. YES. The Sonicare toothbrush holder is on Thingiverse (link below), and I printed it on my gMax 1.5XT+ 3d printer using Proto-Pasta Aromatic Pine PLA.

I 3d printed a taco truck on my Zortrax m200. Oh yes, absolutely! A user in the 3D Printing group on Facebook found a taco truck on a website, and decided to model one himself. We joked about me printing it, then Zortrax sent a bunch of filament. So, I did it. TACOS!

I 3d printed a Fractal Pyramid I found on Thingiverse on the Ultimaker 2+ using Matterhackers PRO PLA. This all happened before going on a vacation. I brought it and my video camera with me, and this is me making a short little video while on vacation.

I loaded Matterhackers PRO PLA into my Ultimaker 2+ and 3d printed the Bob-Omb that Chaos CoreTech modeled. I love it, and wanted to see how well the Ultimaker would print it at sub-.2mm layer heights. Plus, how well would Matterhackers PRO PLA perform?