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Welcome, Dualstrusion Experimenters!
Those of you who got a chance to stop by Maker Faire this weekend (or read our earlier blog post) are probably wondering when you too can experiment with dual extrusion heads. The answer is: now!...
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Simple Build Area Hack by dougkeenan
Thing-o-Matic Alternate Front Panel by dougkeenan Sometimes a simple hack is all it takes. Just look at dougkeenan’s “Thing-o-Matic Alternate Front Panel.” Why would you want a front panel that has a...
View ArticleCommunity Support Forum for Experimental DualStrusion
As many of you know, the recent release of ReplicatorG has introduced some of the software features that are necessary to use your Thing-O-Matic with two extruders, a process we like to call...
View ArticleMakerBot Electronics in a Pick and Place Machine
Mark Sproul of the Rutgers School of Engineering has his students putting together their senior design projects in Industrial Engineering using MakerBot electronics! For those of you who remember the...
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Secret PLA Repair Tech
Success! Thingiverse user arkatipe recently posted their designs for a “device to repair plastic hangers.” The device itself is little more than a hollow plastic cylinder. However, the way arkatipe...
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The MakerBot Replicator™
MakerBot’s R&D all-stars have been printing up a PLA storm on our MakerBot Replicators and getting impressive results! Last night we did an overnight time-lapse of this skull and it turned out...
View Article3D Scan Cleanup by Tony Buser
Click here to view the embedded video. MakerBot’s own Tony Buser has put together this helpful video tutorial showing how he uses a variety of programs to fix 3D objects and scans to make them more...
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Reverse Engineering Shaped Balloons With 3D Printing!
Creative Commons License Photo Credit: Lutz-R. Frank via Compfight How amazing would it be to be able to have a balloon in any shape? What would you want? A piano? A cartoon character? A giant...
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Be Safe This Fourth! Flames and ABS / PLA Don’t Mix!
With so many amazing resolution and reliability advancements in MakerBotting technology, it can be easy to forget that 3D printed objects don’t belong in every kind of application. Please do not use...
View ArticleSome Assembly Required
Skylar Tibbits is an architect and MIT fellow who worked with molecular scientist Arthur Olson to create a huge spinning device that demonstrates how particles can be attracted to one another when...
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