Tag: 3D printing

  • Life, it’s never dull.

    Life, it’s never dull.

    [Warning: This is an update post, and may ramble a bit. Carry on!] Things at the tail end of this year have certainly been interesting. Interesting times indeed, in all of the senses of the word. You’ve read hear about some of the things that have gone on, and if you haven’t I invite you…

  • 3D Printing: The Stepper Conundrum

    3D Printing: The Stepper Conundrum

    Today’s conundrum from my 3D printer has vexed me for three days now. So, an update since the last one. Last time, I estimated I was at 60% complete with the build and needed to finish that, install the firmware, get the filament, and begin printing. Well… that was almost what I had to do.…

  • A 3D printer is coming!

    A 3D printer is coming!

    Nearly a year ago, I Kickstarted a project called Eventorbot. It seemed a good project, an open source plan by a young man who had come up with a good design for a stable and easy to build 3D printer. It had some good rewards, and after hearing about some Kickstarter horror stories, they didn’t…

  • For those interested in 3D printing, I wrote a book!

    For those interested in 3D printing, I wrote a book!

    Over the past several months I have been working on something. I’ve touched on it a bit here and there in posts about writing a book. Now I can actually talk about it! The book is called Instant Slic3r. It is meant to be a beginner to intermediate level introduction to the software Slic3r, which…