3D Printing

Learn tips and tricks for fine tuning Cura to get the best quality 3D printed miniatures on your Ender-3 or 5 3D printer. PLEASE NOTE: This is not compatible with Cura 4.2.1 if you use their stock Ender 3 printer description. To use this with 4.2.1, you need to create a general printer description for your Ender 3, otherwise just use with Cura 4.0

Learn which layer heights work best for miniatures on your Ender 3 or Ender 5 3D printer. NOTE: Using full step numbers for layers, even when the starting Z home position is on a micro step, means it will continually use those same micro steps and even out variations/inconsistencies that would occur hitting different micro step positions for subsequent layers as the model is printed.

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3D printing just reached its peak! The exact number of hours to print all the pieces was 185 hours and an entire week of painting! The result is an even better looking version of myself. A full body 3D scan made it possible for me to print my entire body in 5 large pieces. It was then assembled and cleaned up for an artist to paint a realistic appearance.

Let’s find out if it’s worth to reinforce our 3D prints with carbon fibers and epoxy.

Let’s 3D print… with metals! There are a ton of options available now for producing 3D metal parts, but the most straightforward one involves laser-welding pulverized stainless steel directly into your final shape. No de-bindering, post-sintering or other steps necessary to get a fully functional part. And One Click Metal is working on making that technology a lot more affordable*!

People are often asking in comments how I print ABS on open frame 3D printers. For many prints, producing them in ABS is just a matter of upping the bed and nozzle temps and turning off the cooling fan. Other models, however, are destined to failure. In this guide, I explore ABS printing successes and failures, and explain why ABS can be so difficult to print using some custom animations.

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have created a 3D printing process that produces objects with the electronics already embedded inside.
The process uses customized fused deposition modeling (FDM) printers, but instead of melting the entire filament, only the outer polymer cladding is liquefied, leaving an internal electronics structure unaffected.

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How to make awesome epoxy model from 3D print.

What You need: –
3D printed model –
liquid silicone rubber –
2 component epoxy resin