3D Printers and Printing

Welcome to Time Lapse Thursday! For today’s print we’ve chosen a sculpture of Recursive Spheres created by SteedMaker. This print was designed to be a stand-alone sculpture that is an abstract representation of a lighthouse. Although we didn’t add a light for our time lapse, we completely see the appeal of illuminating this sculpture. SteedMaker shows some really great pictures demonstrating how this print can brighten any room. We printed our file at: Z Layer Resolution : 0.20mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS Quality: Normal With Raft Size: 63.70 x 65.56 x 3.00 mm Give this print a try and let us know how it brightened your day! Until next week, [Read more…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! This week we’re highlighting the H-Series’s new capability for pausing the print and swapping out the filament. We chose to print a Knot Vortex designed by SteedMaker, and printed it on glass. This object was printed with a normal quality setting and the printer still turns out this amazingly detailed object. The whole print took about 9 hours to complete printing, and this is including the time for the 2 filament swaps. It turned out to be a nice piece that everyone here at the office comments on when they walk past. Our file was printed at: Z Layer Resolution : 0.20mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS [Read more…]