Coaching Notes for 3D Newbies If you’re willing to invest about $300, you can become involved in the emergent technology called 3D printing. The purpose of this document is to share some “personal experiences” as noted by a 71-year old guy getting into the hobby. Things that may not be apparent to people over 50 who have never been out on the bleeding edge of tech. Basic 2D Printing When you strike a key on …
A Printer Assembly Companion! In November, we will roll-out a series of 3D printer and CNC machine assembly “Companions.” After looking over approaches to assembly and test prints, it becomes evident there are two main approaches. The first is videos (you can see them in the Video tab above). The second track is by reading absolutely incomprehensible assembly instructions that comes with many printers and CNC machines. Or buy a bunch of 3DP books on …
Stop Global Collapse! The Answer is Distributed Manufacturing. Done on low-cost 3D printers. CHINA IS GOING OFF-LINE, too! Turn off your long supply lines. Lower the cost of goods to consumers. Get people designing and innovating again. “How?” With Ultra-Make. We’re a new business model: We champion “emailable” products. Things the new Maker Class of Designers and next-gen Manupreneurs can sell to customers online for local printing at the end use location. No factory …
Haven’t really been doing much in the 3D, CNC, and FDM side of the shop, lately. Although here last week, SainSmart had an email offer that looked pretty good. What they offered was a 5.5 watt blue laser to fit the 3018 series CNC machine. We have one, though still in the box, along with a new expanded controller for it. Seemed like a good deal (regularlly $149) so I fell for it. We’ll see. …
“Oh shit…” you’re thinking. 400 people on a cruise ship have it, at least 80,000 thousand people worldwide have it…what will become of the world, right? Well, it’s going to change. Bigly and fastly. The world has become dependent on long supply lines – and to our own detriment. But, before you get too depressed about it, remember that we were headed down the crapper anyway. That’s because the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse include (presently) …