Educators often ask us, “How do I bring 3D printing into my classroom?” Teachers know it’s an amazing learning tool, they know it’s effective in engaging students in learning a myriad of new skills, but students can only make so many keychains before they disengage. In response, MakerBot has...
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Silky Smooth Filament
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Biome3D filament was released by 3Dom USA on Tuesday and we’ve been testing it ourselves, as well as having other outside testing done. We’ve been printing on nearly every machine we can, LulzBot, Makerbot, Flashforge and SeeMeCNC. Numerous test prints later, we’ve got a few observations: Surface finish is...
3 cool Instructables projects: 1 fun, 2…scary
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Instructables.com has teamed up with 3D Hubs for a contest encouraging makers and hackers to submit their most innovative 3D printed projects. Entries have already started coming in and we took a look at a few that intrigued us. Our selection is one parts fun, two parts frightening. #1 – Custom Iron-On...