Today MakerBot released the Smart Extruder+, the upgraded version of its predecessor. And you know we love upgrades. The new improvements center on both the component systems and the sensor systems. MakerBot cites better internal hardware for less clogging and a longer life of the product. Smart Extruder+ Is Better 3D...
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Buy Two, Give One – MakerBot Replicator Deal
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Beer and Other Cool Stuff: Inside 3D Printing Expo 2015
This week John is on train in the middle of Montana, so Eric steps in front of the camera for a change. In the end of October, Jake and John attended the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, CA. There as 3Dom USA, we released Buzzed...
How To Test 3D Printing Filament
A filament can be measured far beyond the very qualitative observations of how easy a material is to print with and the general look and feel of a finished product. For some, this may be all they need to know, and we certainly carry filaments where interesting finishes are...
Biome3D – An Engineer’s Filament Review
As an engineer, when I use a 3D printer, I use it to print functional parts. Most of the time these parts have to withstand some sort of force or impact in order to function properly. PLA is normally good enough and gets the job done but if I...
Education Week: Deals, Tips & Resources
It’s Education Week here at Fargo 3D. It’s a time to learn, explore and celebrate 3D printing in education, and the educators, teachers, and instructors who support it. As former students of great teachers, we value all that they do. Our motto is Get Printing. Stay Printing. Change the...
Review – MakerBot in the Classroom
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...
Silky Smooth Filament
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
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...
MakerBot Slicer Update + Bug – F3DPS: Ep 36
MakerBot’s slicing interface has been given an overhall so Jake and John explain what’s new and why some options are included. Get it here! We’ve also experienced a strange bug with the MakerBot Replicator 2 where the print will stop at 99% (or in the final layers) but stay heated....