If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
The Series 1 from Type A Machines is now available in the Maker Shed! This 3D printer won Best in Class in our Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing for good reason. It features a huge 9″ x 9″ x 9″ build area, a competitive price, and now dual extruders for dual color or mixed media printing.
Robert Scoble interviews Charles Sprinkle, a systems engineer at Harman, a maker of audio equipment. Sprinkle uses Arduino and 3D printing in the design, testing and improvement of new speakers at Harman. It is good to see real examples of the maker toolset in the workplace. (via Scobelizer channel on YouTube.)
Ireland’s Mcor Technologies, whose paper-based 3D printing process we wrote about just last Monday, has entered into a deal with Staples’ Printing Systems Division to launch a new 3D printing service called “Staples Easy 3D,” online via the Staples Office Centre. The service will be offered starting in early 2013 in the Netherlands and Belgium only, with plans…
New to 3D printing? Find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.
It’s the fourth Thursday of the month and that means it’s time for our monthly MAKE editors hangout on air on Google+. This month MAKE editorial director Gareth Branwyn and fellow editors will be discussing MAKE’s Volume 32, our Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing, this week’s Arduino/smARtDUINO/Kickstarter dust-up, and more.
How’s this for a marriage of bleeding edge technology? A 3D printed quadcopter!
Kyle Rankin couldn’t justify buying a 3D printer… until his dishwasher broke.
