3D Printing

I love it when I have a problem and I can just go fix that with an hour of designing and testing and have a working solution printed for the next day. Just so satisfying. This is why I love this hobby.

Is anyone here still using old 3d printers? For exanple i still use my old cr-10 v1

For a managing innovation class group assignment I created a youtube video on 3D printing innovation. Please take a look, like and share:

Took the leap last night and submitted an order for a P1P from Bambulabs.

After all these years of tinkering and fiddling with my ender 5, I'm mega excited to have a machine that just works.

What should I print first?

Models from printables.com

Both printed at 0.1 layer height on Bambu X1C. Roadrunner printed almost entirely with silk, Wile E Coyote printed mostly from matte, with the flames being silk, and the cart, ropes, fuse, and matchstick being wood.

Hi, I am totally new to 3D printing and want to have a printer. Budget is 400€. My background is computer science and programming and I want to be able to hack the device if I want but it should work fine OOTB (or with minimal effort). Which device would you guys suggest to me?

Once you get a hotend that let's you do this you'll never want to go back.

This is a Phaetus Dragon HF hotend.

This one has been on my list for awhile!

Printed to use as a cake topper for my upcoming son's birthday!

Ender 3 Pro, Slicr, retraction: 6mm; temp: 215; PLA+.

The pin feathers usually happen in the upper layers. Cura doesn't do this, but it's so desperately slow as an app (to load, to slice, to preview) that I'm trying Slicr, (which does everything almost instantly.)

Any advice how to avoid them?

(The top surface is another issue I can't seem to solve, but one thing at a time.)

I think my prompt was: 3D print, trending on Thingiverse or Printables.

This was my first print with that filament so it's not spectacular.

One of the things I like best about designing and printing is having my wife idly talk about wanting something, and then being able to produce it for her. In this case, she has a doll she wants to decorate for the holidays/seasons. I pulled a set of Easter Bunny ears off Thingiverse, but then designed a headband with flags for the Indy 500 (month of May) and now rockets for July 4th. Working on other designs for later holidays.

This article is about a new 3d-printable prototype version of the BusKill cable.

The BusKill cable is a laptop kill cord. If you're still struggling to understand what is a BusKill cable and why you'd need a laptop kill cord, there's a 2-minute explainer video that makes this clear:

• https://www.buskill.in/#demo

Enjoy and happy printing :)

The plastic waste has always been my main concern with 3d printing, with supports, failed prints, rafts, and other such realities of the hobby it builds up quick.

I have looked into local recycling services, but they aren't equipped to deal with these plastics. I have also looked into industrial grade composting for my PLA but again, nothing in the area seems ready or willing to deal with it.

After looking into shipping boxes of sorted filament to be recycled into more usable rolls I could only find services based in Europe unfortunately.

Would love any help