by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CADCAM, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, Tools and Techniques, Workshop and Storage
We’ve all seen photos of unbelievably spectacular garages filled with exotic cars. Some of them are more like museums or theme parks than garages. Jay Leno and Ralph Lauren both have amazing facilities of this kind. But let’s say that in addition to having the time...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog
Just when we thought the hype was fading on 3D Printing a new development comes along. That’s what technology is all about–don’t get complacent with the way things are at any point in time! In Switzerland, at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Router, DIY CNC
Today I am pleased to profile Brandon Satterfield and his company Hobby-Fab in our Customer Spotlight series. They also have a website at SMW3D, which they’re in the process of migrating to Hobby-Fab. As they say on their About page, Hobby-Fab is...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics
3D Printers are cool–they’re very fun to play with. But they have some drawbacks too. They’re slow, the quality of the surface finish on parts you print often requires a lot of extra work to smooth out, they can be finicky unless tuned...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects, DIY CNC, Tools and Techniques
I’ve been spending time over on Reddit lately. It’s a great resource that uses the Wisdom of Crowds to curate content. What I mean by that is they not only vote content up and down, but they’re very strict about posting. Nothing too...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects, CNC Router, DIY CNC
3D Printer in a Case? Perfect decor for your Man Cave… When I saw this 3D Printer cabinet posted by lsloth over on Reddit I just had to share it here. Not only is it extremely cool, but it houses a Rostock 3D Printer just like the one CNCCookbook owns. The...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Projects, DIY CNC
One of the problems with getting started with a DIY CNC Conversion is not having a CNC to help you make the parts. You can find kits, which are very helpful. You can try to manually machine the parts, which is entirely doable. I did some of both for...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Basics, CNC Router, DIY CNC
I launched a survey a few days ago and we’ve already had over 300 responses as I write this–clearly there’s a lot of passion amongst the Hobby CNC crowd. I can’t blame them–I love CNC and every aspect of it. Here’s what we...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog
Hard to believe a price point so low, but they’ve delivered a few to early Kickstarter backers and this thing is amazing! Pancakebot in action… Look, I’ll watch a CNC machine all day long doing almost anything. I have to force myself to...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, CNC Projects, CNC Router
An acquaintance of mine recently got in touch. Our conversation went something like this: Acquaintance: “Bob, you’re involved with CNC, aren’t you?” Bob: “Yes, I run a business that offers Software and Information to...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, Tools and Techniques
Have you ever heard or been apart of one of those arguments about whether straight CNC or 3D Printing is easier? Usually when those arguments break out, the two sides are coming at the problem from radically different perspectives that are guaranteed to lead to...
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by Bob Warfield | 3D Printing, Blog, Guest-Post, Tools and Techniques
Please give a warm welcome to our newest guest contributor, Mitch Pricer. Mitch is an industrial designer specializing in 3D design, concept work, 3D modeling/art, and 3D printing. With over 5,000 hours spent 3D printing, he knows a thing or two about it,...
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