Even a Cubify Fan Has to Eat & Coastal Flats Fills That Role!

 Or, should that be ROLL.. as in "Ozzie Roll"!OK.  This post is seriously off topic.  But, life IS more than 3D printing even for the most avid 3D printing fans.All of us have to eat to live.  And, I have to warn you that this post is about eating, and eating extraordinarily well having nothing to do with 3D printing.But, if you are in the DC area... or ever visit this area, you will be grateful for this little excursion.Today,...

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Want to Explain 3D Printing to Anybody??? A Great Place to Start.

If you have even a moderately successful blog or video channel, you hear from a lot of people.  Many are spammers.  But, sometimes these contacts present rare gems of information that are highly creative and well worth sharing.The email I received this morning from Naomi Paton of BestComputerScienceSchools.net aleerted me to a definite keeper!Naomi has created a wonderful infographic called “3D Printing: One Step Closer to a Star Trek Future?” that I found very, very well done.It covers a LOT of ground in a short, well organized presentation.The...

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Special Promotional deals on Cube2 and CubeX

The Cubify site has announced promotional offers on both the Cube2 and the CubeX.Special Cube2 & CubeX Promotional OffersEach offer includes 2 free bonus cartridges with each printer. The offer is good while printer supplies last.  I wish I could tell you how long that might be.  But, I have no clue.To take advantage of the offers enter the code CubeBonus or CubeXBonus when you check out.  Be sure that you select your two bonus cartridges before checking out. While I've never had a CubeX, I own several Cube2 3D...

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3Doodler: Be Your Own 3D Printer

No, I have definitely NOT abandoned my Cube 3D Printers.But, I have ordered a 3Doodler 3D pen.  And, I had good reasons to do so.The 3Doodler as WelderFirst, it can act as a plastic glue gun, welding PLA or ABS pieces together.  For example, I have already written about creating a face relief of a child in one color and creating a frame to hold it in another.  With the Cube 2, limited to single color printing, this had to printed as two separate jobs and then I used glue to put the pieces together.Using the 3Doodler to weld the pieces...

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A Suggested Methodology for Learning a 3D Application

I've been silent for a while because I've been creating a curriculum for teaching 3D printing for YouthQuest's 3DThinkLink Initiative.  Creating tutorials is moderately time consuming.  Creating a full curriculum is MASSIVELY time consuming.While the new curriculum is focused on Moment of Inspiration, the methodology that came from creating it is useful when it comes to learning any new 3D application.The technique is to treat 3D design...

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