3D Printers and Printing

We’re rounding out the year for Time Lapse Thursday, with only one more left. For this week, we decided to toss in a bit of a complex structure by printing a Castle created by ramenspork. This design is just as detailed and impressive small as it is when printed on larger scale. We printed our file at: Z Layer Resolution: 0.20mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS Quality: Normal With Raft Size: 82.51 x 68.38 x 99.12 mm What we really enjoyed about this print is that it’s what everyone needs to complete their very own fantasy world! Go ahead, STORM THE CASTLE! Until next week, Happy Printing! [Read more…]

Welcome Back to Time Lapse Thursday! This week’s Time Lapse Thursday is the second half of our two-part series. We will be finishing up with the second video showing the GoPro Case we 3D printed. The case is attached to the GoPro Drone Mount on the bottom of an AR Parrot Drone. This model is designed by Gimungus. We printed our file at:Z Layer Resolution: 0.15mmFill: SolidMaterial: ABSQuality: NormalWith RaftSize: 75.18 x 97.66 x 23.28 mm Thanks for tuning in to see the conclusion of our two-part time lapse. Visit our Instagram page to take a peek at the final assembled GoPro Drone Mount model.Until next week, Happy Printing! [Read more…]

This week’s Time Lapse Thursday is half of a two-part series. To start, we’re showing you the time lapse for the mount pieces that can be attached to the bottom of an AR Parrot Drone. This model is designed by Gimungus. We printed our file at:Z Layer Resolution: 0.15mmFill: SolidMaterial: ABSQuality: NormalWith RaftSize: 101.70 x 114.64 x 110.72 mm Tune in next week to see the second half of this time lapse and the final assembled GoPro Drone Mount model. Until next week, Happy Printing! [Read more…]

It’s happened to everyone, you’re working on a project and SNAP! – a piece breaks. Then you have to make that inevitable trip to the store and buy just one item to complete your project. But the store sells your ONE item in packs of 4… What do you do? Instead of enduring all that, why not just 3D Print your replacement piece? Which is precisely what we’re showing you today! Today we printed a Church Bracket created by Steve Carlson. Steve reached out to us and sent us this file to print. It turned out great, and saved him (and us) a trip to the store! We printed our [Read more…]

Welcome back to Time Lapse Thursday! This Time Lapse Thursday post highlights the ability of the H-Series to print a model that has moving parts and hinges. We printed a Hinge Box created by profhankd. This nifty little box can lie flat or fold up to hide a little treasure inside, the choice is up to you! We printed our file at: Z Layer Resolution: 0.15mm Fill: Solid Material: ABS Quality: fine No Raft Size: 86.18 x 122.09 x 8.08 mm Did you know that we’re looking for models to display at our CES booth? If you use your Afinia 3D Printer to prototype or manufacture, we want to hear [Read more…]

This Time Lapse Thursday print came in as a request from our friends over at PrintedSolid. They knew of an Afiniac who was printing some amazing models, and wanted us to get in on it. Well to that we say… Challenge Accepted! We downloaded the Angry Tentacle Guy, originally created by chaitanyak and reproduced by Afiniac, JuliaDee. Knowing that this model had successfully been printed on an Afinia H-Series, we weren’t the least bit concerned. We ran the model at a standard setting, lo and behold it turned out great! There are still a few adjustments that could be made to produce a finer resolution, but we wanted to try [Read more…]

Welcome to Time Lapse Thursday and Happy Halloween! We’re getting in the Halloween spirit this Thursday by printing a very seasonal model.We’ve printed a Boo! ghost, created by infinityplusplus. We really like the style of this model, and have decided to kick it up a notch by printing it in one of our glow-in-the-dark filaments. This is printed in our Glow-Green filament! Take a look at how it turned out. Printer Settings: Z Layer Resolution : 0.20mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS Quality: Normal With Raft Size: 81.98 x 81.93 x 69.95 mm We hope that you, and all our Afiniacs, will join us with this spirit-themed print. Hey, what have [Read more…]

Welcome to Time Lapse Thursday! For today’s print, we chose a design that was created and is used by one of our fellow 3D Printing enthusiasts. This print is called “Cute Octopus Says Hello.” We wanted to print this octopus for any of you that are still on the fence about purchasing a 3D Printer. If you are looking to purchase these are some things to consider: initial investment, filament type & cost, warranty options and, most importantly, customer service and support. Another consideration is the print resolution. We printed this octopus using the ‘fine’ setting, which created a very smooth look and feel. Awww… Go ahead, you can say [Read more…]

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…]

Welcome back to Time Lapse Thursday! For today’s time lapse we wanted to show a print that will highlight the Afinia H-series’ ability to couple fine detail with chaos. We found this Block Tower file created by MichaelD33. It was straightforward, but anything but simple. We had a bit of a rough start to this file. We documented our first attempt on our Instagram page. Needless to say, that the first attempt didn’t go as planned. So, the file was sent off to our techs. They ran it through a fix program for us, and did some of their techie magic. Our second attempt for this print went much smoother [Read more…]

Welcome back to Time Lapse Thursday! We’re working hard to bring you some of the coolest, most intricate prints that we can find, but sometimes we get a little side tracked. Such is the case for this week. While we were searching for some interesting prints, we happened across some Despicable Me Minions. This minion was created to be part of a minion army and was designed by Doodle_Monkey. We didn’t stop with just one minion, oh no, we decided to see how many there are out there that we can print. Well we found three, and this little guy is created after the minion in the movie that is [Read more…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! Today for our Time Lapse Thursday video, we wanted to showcase a file that one of our Afiniacs sent us. This file was supplied by Wri3d.com. It was created and inspired by the work of Peter Reynolds. We printed this file twice. First, we wanted to see what its full dimensions could be on the Afinia H-Series 3D Printer. We used that information to create the second print. The second time we printed, we decided to have a bit of fun with the “pause and print” feature to get the layers. We like how it turned out the second time, but we still really enjoy the [Read more…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! We thought an educational video would be timely and appropriate for today’s Time Lapse Thursday. This was the second time we printed the Continental United States by anewsome, and it seemed to work out better the second time. The first file we printed pretty much the way the file loaded on our platform, and we had a hard time separating it from the platform due to it’s fine detail, and shallow build area. The second time we printed it, we bumped up the Z resolution to make it a bit taller. This alteration added more stability, and mass to the print; resulting in a better looking [Read more…]

Welcome to another edition of Time Lapse Thursday! This week we decided to have a little fun with what we printed. We chose to print some things that all ages would smile at, and yet are still functional. We printed some Zookins – Animal Napkin Rings created by gwygonik. Feel free to use these for your every day dinner setting, or a cute little surprise for your kids at dinner. They also double real nice as distractions on your desk during those long conference calls. Any way you choose to use them, they are cute, durable, and certainly a conversation piece! We printed our files at Z Layer Resolution : [Read more…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! This week, we’re going a little throwback – to a time when Geeks ruled the social atmosphere (and world). A long time ago, in a galaxy far away… This week, we printed something that all Star Wars fans should be able to recognize, a TIE Interceptor. This fictional spacecraft first made its appearance on the silver screen in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. We thought it was only fitting to post this print during Geek Week on Youtube. Our print was printed in sections and assembled to make it whole. The body was designed by DavidHanwell and the stand by henriksson19. It’s important to [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…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! This week we wanted to show off the fine detail capability of the Afinia H-Series printer. To do this we chose to print a Customized Artistic Bowl designed by rhuff. This object was printed with a normal quality setting and the printer still turns out this amazingly detailed, fragile looking, decretive vase that would be a unique centerpiece for any desk or coffee table in your home or office. Our file was printed at: Z Layer Resolution : 0.20mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS Quality: Normal With Raft Final Print Size: 89.92 x 125.75 x 85.31mm Printed on Glass Printing this on glass made it very easy [Read more…]

Welcome to Time Lapse Thursday! This week we wanted to print something that would showcase the H-series ability to print finer detail. This video is one of five designs by pmoews that are not only beautiful objects that can sit on your desk, but they can function to organize your work area. Go ahead and spruce up your office with these interesting pencil holders… Happy Printing! [Read more…]

Happy Time Lapse Thursday! This week we wanted to print something that would be a little difficult to print, but still interesting and has that WOW factor. You may have seen this before, but we chose to print a Ball in a Cage the Twists the design is created by stevemedwin. We decided to shake things up a bit and print it on a glass piece. The glass was prepped with a solution that helps the filament stick to the plate, and set to dry for a few minutes. Then off we went… Our file was printed at: Z Layer Resolution: 0.15mm Fill: Loose Material: ABS Quality: Fine With Raft [Read more…]

Welcome to our new weekly video series – Time Lapse Thursday! For our first video we thought we’d start out with something quick and fun to print. we found a Jigsaw Cube design created by TheSeend, and we realized it was a great place to start. The set up was quite easy, and It only took a few hours to print. I recommend this print for anyone that might be new to 3D printing, it’s a great file to try different printing techniques. Check out the video here: Time Lapse Thursday – JigSawCube Print Details Z Layer Resolution: 0.15mm Fill: Big Hole Material: ABS Quality: Fast No Raft Final Print [Read more…]