Daring AM: The Global Crackdown on 3D Printed Firearms Continues – 3DPrint.com
In the last few years, a surge in police raids uncovering 3D printed guns has led to concerns about their growing association with criminal gangs. Although typically seen as inferior to traditionally manufactured weapons, advances in technology and the production of 3D printed firearms have introduced a complex challenge for law enforcement everywhere. What in […]
How to Paint 3D Printed Eyeglass Frames Your Favorite Color
If you want to learn how to add finishing touches to your products post-production before shipping to your customers or transform your own 3D printed designs to a more vivacious color you can do so by following a few simple steps. In this tutorial, Steven and Jeremy Gonzalez of The Super Maker Bros demonstrate how […]
Visible/Invisible; Seen/Unseen a 16mm Film Screening « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
The NYPL will be hosting a 16mm film screening related to the themes of Visible/Invisible; Seen/Unseen: Harlem Portraits by Cathleen Campbell, a current community showcase on view at the Hamilton Grange Library. Join us for a special film screening celebrating Hamilton Heights and our current community showcase Visible/Invisible; Seen/Unseen: Harlem Portraits by Cathleen Campbell. Hamilton […]
Cali-Dragon
Cali-Dragon! Is your printer able to produce quality prints? When printing organic models you don't really care about precision and tolerances, you want them to look pretty. This small print allows you to test: Surface smoothness (aka layer consistency) Stringing Small perimeters Overhangs Ghosting Details MMU (not tested by myself) Can be printed with no infill […]
Choosing the Best 3D Printing Bed Surface
From general purpose print beds to tips and tricks with acetone, finding the right bed surface to print on is an important step in the 3D printing process. Posted on December 21, 2016 by Tyler Anderson The key to a successful 3D print is a good first layer, and the key to a successful first […]
Renishaw adopts Plastometrex mechanical testing to increase confidence in metal 3D printed parts
Renishaw is working with mechanical testing solutions company Plastometrex to incorporate its proprietary PIP (Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry) technology into its additive manufacturing (AM) testing processes. The collaboration, which will see Renishaw using Plastometrex’s PLX-Benchtop system, is said to increase the precision and efficiency of mechanical property analysis, and confidence in metal parts 3D printed on […]
Pentagon to buy 3D printed rocket engines from Ursa Major | VoxelMatters
Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community. According to a story from the news agency Reuters, the Pentagon is close to giving a contract for new 3D printed rocket engines to the untested, privately held startup Ursa Major. Reuters cites two sources familiar […]