Collaborate Disseminate
It’s interesting what you see when you train a black light on everyday objects. We strongly suggest not doing this in a hotel room, but if you shine UV light …read more Continue reading Unique Seven-Segment Display Relies on FR-4 Fluorescence
Join us on Wednesday, October 13 at noon Pacific for the Resin Printing Hack Chat with Andrew Sink! At its heart, 3D printing is such a simple idea that it’s …read more Continue reading Resin Printing Hack Chat
To the extent that we think of 3D printers as production machines, we tend to imagine huge banks of FDM machines slowly but surely cranking out parts. These printer farms …read more Continue reading Making the Most of Your Resin Printer Investment
Resin casting is a fantastic way to produce highly detailed parts in a wide variety of colors and properties, and while the process isn’t complicated, it does require a certain …read more Continue reading Modular Box Design Eases Silicone Mold-Making
After watching [Uncle Jessy’s] video about soy-based 3D printing resin from Elegoo and their miniature air purifiers, we couldn’t decide if the resin doesn’t smell as bad as some other …read more Continue reading Less Stinky Resin Two Ways
Like the looks of stained glass, but not the amount of work, skill, and materials involved? Well, [Northern Geometry] shows how to sidestep all that nonsense and use a 3D …read more Continue reading Faux Stained Glass Effect, With 3D Printing and Epoxy
Press-forming is a versatile metal forming technique that can quickly and easily turn sheet metal into finished parts. But there’s a lot of time and money tied up in the …read more Continue reading 3D-Printed Press-Forming Tools Dos and Don’ts
Resin 3D printers have a significant advantage over filament printers in that they are able to print smaller parts with more fine detail. The main downside is that the resin parts aren’t typically as strong or durable as their filament …read more
Continue reading Electroplating 3D Printed Parts for Great Strength
[Jan Mrázek] is no stranger at all to home-grown improvements with his Elegoo Mars SLA 3D printer, and there is a lot going on in his experimental multi-LED upgrade which even involved casting his own lens array. In the end it did speed up his prints by a factor of …read more
Continue reading More LEDs Means Faster Print Times For 3D Printer, But There’s a Catch
The Elegoo Mars is an affordable SLA (resin-based) 3D printer, and there are probably few that have seen more mods and experimentation than [Jan Mrázek]’s machine. The final design of his DIY flexible build plate is a refinement of his original proof of concept, which proved a flexible build platform …read more
Continue reading Improved Flexible Build Plate for SLA is Ready to Rock