Self watering Planter Colorfabb Fluorescent Yellow
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Colorfabb – NGEN – 2.85 – Orange Review
The NGEN co-polymer was introduced to me by Will Kostelecky from the facebook 3D printing group as an answer to high temp requirements in lieu of using ABS with the UM2+. One problem, it was always way too brittle when I tried to use it so eventually I kind of gave up. So 6 months passed and I’d moved on, I now have the Sigma and in that time I’ve learned a few things. One is that NGEN needs high heat and low fans. Which is good because I can do that with the Sigma quite happily. What is NGEN?...
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Refrigerator Beer Bottle Holders – Functional 3D Printing #1
There’s a time and a place for pretty models and figures, but sometimes where 3D printing really flourishes is when you print simple objects that solve complex issues. I have a beer fridge (the irony is that I’m currently on the wagon) however in this fridge I have a number of bottles of beer, stacked. On more than one occasion I’ve come ridiculously close to dropping the bottles on the floor and smashing them everywhere, as you remove one they shuffle and can very easily slip. So, I searched TV and found this modular gem. Uses no filament,...
Read MoreBCN3D unveil the ultra-wide Sigmax 3D printer with a 420mm wide buildplate and IDEX extruders.
So today marks a special day in BCN3D’s calendar as with TCT starting tomorrow the company from Barcelona has unveiled not only a new version of the popular Sigma dual extruder 3D printer but also a bunch of upgrades to go along with the product. So, full disclosure. I feel that I am somewhat and authority to comment on the BCN3D products as I have owned an R16 an R17 and am also the admin of the Facebook mod group a moderator on the owners and lovers group. That doesn’t mean I’ll gush about it with a particularly positive...
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Adventures with a 0.8mm nozzle on the BCN3D Sigma (and the larger “jumbo” purge collector)
I had a 0.8 nozzle with my Ultimaker 2+ but for some reason I never really experimented a lot. I think this may have been because I was aware that other settings like flow rate, temperature and retraction would need to be adjusted also and I couldn’t be bothered when everything was nicely dialled in. With the Sigma a large part of the draw to purchase a hot end family was the corresponding profiles generated using their Progen tool. This would give me a plug and play approach to nozzle changes and nozzle size combinations. Changing the entire hot end...
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