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Resin Versus FDM 3D Printing for TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming

Chris Garrett

3D Printing in Resin or FDM/Filament – Which is better for D&D/TTRPG/Miniature Wargaming?

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Hacks, Tips, and Tutorials Tagged With: msla, printing3d, sla, stem, technology

Prusa Mk3s Review – Review of the Original Prusa i3 Mk3s 3D Printer Kit

Chris Garrett

Prusa Mk3s 3D Printer review – Review of the Prusa i3 Mk3s 3D printer kit from Prusa Labs. Does it live up to the hype?

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: printing3d, steemmakers, stem, technology

Elegoo Mars Review – Review of the Elegoo Mars MSLA Resin 3D Printer

Chris Garrett

Review of Elegoo Mars, a $250 resin 3D printer – check out this review to see how well it works in practice

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: 3d printer, printing3d, resin, sla

Creality Ender 3 3D Printer Kit Review

Chris Garrett

The Ender 3, as the name suggests, is the improved successor of the Creality Ender 2 3D printer kit, with a larger build area (~220mm+ x 220mm+ x 250), but still with the aluminium extrusion based semi-built-kit construction of the rest of their 3D printer kit line. Back in June I gave my first impressions and since […]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: making, printing3d, reviews, steemmakers

Modify STL CAD files for CNC or 3D Print using Python Programming

Chris Garrett

modify stl files with python code

We are pretty familiar at this point with the 3D design creation workflow. Drawing, dragging and dropping CAD files using a mouse and a package such as Fusion 360, or a browser-based application, such as Onshape. What, though, if you have to create a whole bunch of personalised objects? Opening, editing, exporting doesn’t take long […]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Hacks, Tips, and Tutorials Tagged With: cnc, design3d, printing3d, programming, python

Finally, Prusa Mk42 Heatbed for the Prusa Mk2/Mk2.5, and Pinda Sensor Clones!

Chris Garrett

Prusa mk42 clone

The Prusa Mk2/Mk3 3d printers are renowned as top quality, but buying parts is a painfully expensive deal due to the long journey and single supplier. That just changed!

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: design3d, making, printing3d, reviews, technology

Creality Ender 2 3D Printer Kit Review

Chris Garrett

ender2

  Creality and the CR-10 reviews were everywhere in 2017. Only Prusa got better press from what I could see. Justifiably, I might add.   The Creality Ender 2 kit is a cut-down CR-10. Literally, it is like half a printer. Does it perform half as well? Let’s see … Half a printer? The Ender 2 […]

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: gadgets, making, printing3d, reviews, technology

Creality CR-10 MINI Review

Chris Garrett

Creality CR-10 MINI

Creality CR-10 MINI 3D printer kit – as good to review as the other 3d printers in the CR-10 lineup? Let’s find out in this review!

by Chris Garrett Filed Under: Reviews and Buying Guides Tagged With: 3d printer, cr-10, creality, mini, printing3d, review

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