3D Printing Nerd

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.

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!