The Making of a Maker

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

After Market Cover for Ultimaker 2

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The Ultimaker 2 is a partially open printer and as such is perfect for PLA which seems to be the preferred material for UM2 owners.   There ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Custom Ultimaker 2 Cooling Solution for ABS Prints

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The first part of the solution is this custom fan mount and improved duct found here .  This improves airflow but is, IMHO, still targeted ...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Printing ABS on an Ultimaker 2

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I was never really successful printing ABS on my Prusa I3 for a couple of reasons.   First, the build platform was heated by a 12v circuit a...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Visual Impact of Resolution and Speed on a 3D Print

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There are a lot, I mean a great many, parameters that impact the quality of a 3D print.  This is what makes calibrating a printer so much fu...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Tired of Tanks Yet?

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Sorry.  Couple more to go!   Here are some examples from the 1:200 collection! Luchs and Nashorn 1:200 in front of 1:100 Tank Luchs...

Removing Support from a Tank Print

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This post shows the sequence of events as I strip the support structures generated by Simplify3D from on of the tank models.  The model is a...

3D Hubs

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3D Hubs is a cloud based service that allows people with a 3D Printer to make that printer available to the wider community.   People witho...
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Wisar
Marlow, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Retired technology executive (CTO and then CIO of a $4.5B business) reinventing himself as a maker. Specializing in solutions that exploit single board micro-processors crossing the physical interface between the computer and the real world. Most recently focused on 3D Printing and Design.
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