How do you go about designing a plastic water bottle?
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What knowledge is necessary to use a 3D printer?
Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to What knowledge is necessary to use a 3D printer? on Quora I will assume you mean FDM 3D printing. FDM printing works by the machine extruding a line a filament (essentially a wire of plastic) through a hot nozzle of a small diameter (typically 0.1mm to 0.8mm). It will build…
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How do I use FDM printing today?
Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to How do you use FDM 3D printing today? on Quora Multiple uses. I have many products I sell online that are printed FDM style. Here is one of my more popular sellers: The Led Zeppelin Object For clients to make their prototypes. Obviously many photos I can’t share due to…
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How to 3D print a hollow ball
How to 3D print a hollow ball You might think it is easy to 3D print a hollow ball, but it actually took me quite a few attempts to get it right. What I printed was a 40mm (1.57in) outer diameter ball with a wall thickness of 2mm. It is very important that the…
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How does one practice advanced surfacing in a 3D CAD such as SolidWorks?
Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to How does one practice advanced surfacing in a 3D CAD such as SolidWorks? on Quora I think it’s easiest to design from something physical that you can measure, or from pictures. If using picture, it makes it easier if you have a photo from the side and the front.…
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Optimizing design to save material and 3D print time
Optimizing design to save material and 3D print time I recently designed a motor housing for a portable vacuum cleaner. This required fitting together many pieces. What I want to show in this article is how I designed this to optimize for material and 3D print time. First, I want to explain the goal…
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3D Printers in the Classroom
I found a great article about the use of 3D printing in middle school and high school education I wanted to share. When it comes to printing, there’s been a veritable explosion of options—nearly all of them affordable and accessible. No longer do one-person shops (or even home offices) have to settle for printers that…
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How does a Form2 3D printer compare to an Ultimaker2+? What is the failure rate and how much maintenance is needed?
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Why are supports needed in FDM 3D Printing?
People new to 3D printing may not understand what supports are or why they are needed. Essentially supports are wasted material that are broken away after completion of a print. Without supports, the plastic will sag as it moves across an open area. It’s best to explain with an example. In the Figure 1,…
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3D print The Future TV Show Update
I have some exciting updates about the new TV show on Amazon TV. As most of you probably heard on here, I’m the host of a new showed called “3D Print the Future” We have 3 episodes for season 1 and the show will be out by September 1. Episode 1 is with Jeremy Proffitt,…
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