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It's 3D Printing Show Season in the UK again
Hello everyone,This is a short holding post for now, I'll update it with further details about the two very special UK 3D printing consumer/trade shows coming up over the next few months.3D printing is...
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Review of the 3D Printshow London 2014
The 3D Printshow in London had a rather fantastic mix of everything this year.I spent three days up at the show, met lots of great people and took far too many photo's.Kerry and the team running the 3D...
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TCT Show 2014 UK 3D printing
Hello everyone,Next week the TCT Show is opening for a full three days of 3D printing, design and product development. Both consumer and Industrial sectors are fully represented.I will be at the Show...
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TCT Show 2014 Industry Review & Technology round-up - RepRap Community Hub
The 2014 TCT Show was another total success for the RepRap, Open Source and Maker community.This year the show was spread over 3 days and had 30% more floor space. Combine that with an outstanding list...
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Sli3DR 3D Printer design files up on Youmagine
Hello everyone,Just a quick update to say the design files, source files and other info are now (finally) up on Youmagine (and GitHub) - Yay!Yet another 'FreeD' RepRap Printer for you to play with...
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Update on 3D Printing Filament Spool Standard
Hello Everyone,Here is an update and release of the universal 3D Printing Filament Spool Standard.The Idea was first discussed and proposed here in March 2014, the draft standard has now been produced...
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Predictions for the 3D Printing eco-system in 2015
2015 Predictions for the exciting home, consumer and business 3D printing eco-system.Time to dust off the 3D printed crystal ball and make some predictions for 2015. Here is my view looking forward in...
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No more filament? - Quest for a Universal Pellet Extruder for 3D Printing
Pellets - Let's shake things up!A few months back I asked the question on G+, Would anyone like to discuss Pellet / Granular extruders? I ask because I have been working on various designs for quite...
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Slic3r - Advanced perimeter tuning - 3D Printing tutorial
Sometimes you need to have more control over the way your 3D printer wants to print an object. This tutorial provides an example of how to change and optimise perimeter widths, to make the most of part...
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Temperature effects with PLA printing / RepRap News
I did a little experimenting with temperature and PLA printing last April (2013) when building the Rostock - and it looks like I totally forgot to post a blog article about it!I found the pictures...
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Stick with it... 3D Printing - Print Bed Coating Materials. Part 1
Hello everyone,We are looking at 3D print bed surfaces and coatings in this post.This blog post contains an overview of the more common materials used as a 3D printing build surface. Plenty of tips and...
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Development update & meeting people at Madrid+Berlin 3D Printshows
It's been longer than I wanted for an update, I will try to get more frequently posting.Roger Eueda - BCN3D Technologies at the Madrid 3D Printshow2015 has been a busy start to the 3D Printing year....
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Handling things the Makerbot way
I don't often write about 3D printing news on this blog, but today I woke up to the story that Makerbot had cut 20% of their staff and closed all their retail shops and that's really quite sad to...
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3DR RepRap Delta Printer - Part 1 - Release - Mini Maker-Faire London
Hello Everyone,This post sees the release of my 3DR Delta printer design. I know a lot of you have been asking for it. I had planned to do another monster post on full 3DR assembly, but as...
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3DR RepRap Delta Printer - Part 2 - Assembly preparation and build
Hello all,This is Part 2 of the 3DR RepRap Delta printer, in this post we will look at the preparation of parts, how the printer is assembled and string our Spectra Line drives.In Part 1 I introduced...
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TCTShow 2013 RepRap 3D printing - Community Hub and Show review
Hi Everyone,We are back from the biggest Additive Manufacturing show in the UK and I must say it was absolutely fantastic!The TCTShow has been running here in the UK for 18 years, and I have attended...
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3DR RepRap Delta Assembly build - Part 3 Electronics
Hello all,This is Part 3 of the 3DR RepRap Delta printer, in this post we will look at the final assembly and electronics, setup and wiring. Firmware, settings and calibration will be in Part 4 very...
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3DR build tutorial Part4 Firmware
3DR Part 4 ! (long awaited... Firmware)I may have redefined the term 'coming soon' for this post, but it's here now, I hope you find it useful.I had around 200+ messages about when part 4 would be up,...
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2013 review of developments, 3D Printing book release and more challenges.
#2014I missed doing my annual roundup of 3D Printing adventures before Christmas, so here it is, with some plans and updates for 2014.Firstly thanks for reading this blog and to all the wonderful...
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Temperature effects with PLA printing / RepRap News
I did a little experimenting with temperature and PLA printing last April (2013) when building the Rostock - and it looks like I totally forgot to post a blog article about it!I found the pictures...
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