WARNING – How Safe is Your Desktop 3D Printer?
A little while ago I wrote a blog post about the True Costs of 3D Printing at Home. This was by far my most popular, liked and retweeted post to date. The reason was partly because “How much did that...
View Article3D Printed Wheels and NinjaFlex Tyres on 4WD RC Car
When I was younger I used to race 1/10 scale electric Radio Controlled Buggies, both on and off road. I loved it so much that about a year ago I decide to save up for a new one so I could start racing...
View ArticleOpenSCAD: Awesome 3D Modelling Software for FREE
A few of my blog post ideas start with me browsing Thingiverse and finding something amazing to write about. This one is no different and to cut a long story short I was browsing some of Emmetts...
View ArticleThe Smallest Thing I Ever Designed is Now on Thingiverse
I’ve owned and been writing about my MakerBot Replicator 2 for almost a year now. During that time I’ve downloaded and 3D printed countless items from Thingiverse. Although I’ve also designed many...
View ArticleProject3DPrint – How I 3D Printed This Amazing Watch
I’ve took on a few little projects recently where I’ve built something from multiple 3D printed parts. One example of this is the Spring Powered Car, but I’ve been looking to take on more elaborate...
View ArticleBespoke 3D Printed RC Car Tyres Designed in OpenSCAD
You may remember that back in March I designed and 3D printed some Wheels and Tyres for my Kyosho Mini-Z 4DW Buggy. For the design I used Tinkercad and for the 3D printing I used PLA plastic for the...
View ArticleHow I Made This Amazing Bespoke Gold Jewellery
If you know much about 3D printing, then there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Shapeways. Shapeways are a visionary technology company who are synonymous with 3D printing. Since they started business...
View ArticleHow to Start 3D Printing with 10 Dollars and No Printer
In this blog post I’m going to show you how you can start 3D printing, without a 3D printer and with very little money. I’ll describe with examples how you can design some cool custom objects (for...
View ArticleHow to Design Objects for 3D Printing
When you take delivery of your first 3D printer you’ll probably spend lots of time downloading cool stuff from sites like Thingiverse, so you can add them to your ever increasing queue of objects to 3D...
View ArticleTop Twelve 3D Prints for Christmas
Yes I know it’s only mid November at the time of publishing this, but with all those Christmas TV adverts starting to appear, we can’t help looking ahead to Christmas… and how expensive it can be. To...
View ArticleIntroduction to 3D Modeling with OpenSCAD
Purchasing a 3D printer can be quite a big financial commitment and for many people it’s not going to happen any time soon. Should this stop you from becoming involved in 3D printing? Certainly not,...
View ArticleMelbourne Researchers 3D Print Brain Tissue
One of the most remarkable applications of 3D printing is tissue bioprinting. The ability to 3D print living human tissues from stem cells not only opens doors for direct experimentation on human...
View ArticleMIT Convert MRI Scans into 3D Printed Models in Hours
Surgery on sensitive organs like the heart and brain carry immense risk; one mistake on the part of the surgeon can mean death for his patient. That is why modern imaging techniques like MRI and CT...
View Article5 Steps to Start 3D Printing and Inventing on a Budget
Here’s the scenario. You’ve recently heard about 3D printing and the amazing stuff it can do. You decide you really need to become involved in this technology as it’s potential is so exciting you’d be...
View ArticleMaking the OpenRC F1 Car Designed by Daniel Noree
The OpenRC Project is an open source initiative which is the brainchild of 3D printing and design legend Daniel Noree. Some of his creations which form part of this project are the OpenRC 1:10 4WD...
View ArticleThe First Steps in Building the OpenRC F1 Car
Although this OpenRC F1 car build might be quite a challenge for me, I’m a big believer in ‘just in time learning’, rather than over analysing and learning about things and never actually taking...
View ArticleBuilding the OpenRC Formula 1 Car Rolling Chassis
If you’ve read my Last F1 Project Article you’ll know that up to this point I’ve already 3D printed some of the front steering and suspension parts. I’ve also taken delivery of the nuts, bolts and...
View Article3D Printing and Fitting the Bodywork to the OpenRC F1 Car
Last time I wrote about my progress with this OpenRC Formula 1 car project I’d just Completed the Rolling Chassis. Although I’d already 3D printed a little of the bodywork too I’ll explain this part...
View ArticleSourcing the Electronics for the OpenRC F1 Car Project
A few days ago I completed the 3D Printing and Fitting of the Bodywork stage for the OpenRC F1 car project. The car looks great and I’m really pleased with it so far, but at the moment it’s just a...
View ArticleFitting the Electronics to the OpenRC F1 Car Build
At the end of my Last Blog Post about this OpenRC F1 car build, I mentioned that I was about to pick up some of the electronics for the car. I’d sourced them from two UK distributors and the first...
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