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Short Takes

Short Takes – Care and feeding of PETG filament

Pre-ramble This is a new thing – Short take – that I will do from time to time. Short takes will be in-depth discussions on master-level topics of Molecular Biology and Quantum Mechanics. No, just kidding they will be short single topic posts. Unless you’re interested in the latter, let me know in the comments. […]

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So much for the fun stuff

This isn’t really about the 3D printing but I suppose it is related. I realized that I needed to do something to promote my site. I’m really enthusiastic about my blog because I finally have something to blog about. I tried a things in the past, just posting funning things about current events, I posted […]

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3D printing Webcam Positioner

My first 3D project – Part 2 – Web Cam positioner a ball(sy) joint

Web Cam Positioner – Ball Joint At the end of my last post I mentioned I was already printing a ball joint. It’s not very big, it’s only intended to hold a web cam after all, so the print finished before I tucked in for the night. First I’d like to note that it printed […]

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Fusion 360

Fusion 360 – Adding texture to the outside of a tube

OK, you ask yourself. Why would I want to do this? Why would I want to add texture to the outside of a tube or more accurately a cylider with a hole in it? Well, I’m goin got tell you. After I created my initial ball joint design for my first 3D printing project, I […]

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Fusion 360

Fusion 360 – What to know about threads.

Fusion 360 is really powerful, I’m glad I decided to go with it in spite of the steep learning curve. It creates beautiful drawings and has so many features, amazing features, the best features, features only found in ‘Merica! But seriously, awesome features. The one I’m going to go over here is the thread feature. […]

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3D printing Webcam Positioner

My first 3D project – Part 1 – Web Cam Positioner

Preamble (or is it Pre Ramble) I’m experimenting with the format of my blog entries. I want it to be usable and consistent and if at all possible useful, educational and interesting and contribute to ending hunger and creating a lasting world peace but I’d be happy with interesting. I think a section approach is […]

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3D printing

My new Hobby

I’m starting a new hobby. Technically, I suppose, I already did. I recently purchased a 3D printer. I originally thought all printers were 3 dimensional so I had to see what the difference was. I felt kind of stupid when I found out it printed 3 dimensional objects … and is itself (here I go […]