HydrianA sad day at #cthackerspace. Everyone savanging the equipment that has to find a new home because we lost the space.
On a positive note, I scored a long needed band saw and an #makerbot 3D printer. Finally dipping my toes into #resin3dprinting.
Fabbaloo(This post is being modified)
Richard "RichiH" HartmannI didn't buy a #makerbot way back in the day because:
1. Their demo at #FOSDEM was absolute dogshit
2. Speaking as someone who has been in anti-abuse on the public Internet for roughly 2.5 decades by now, their CEO and founder gave me "run away, keep running" vibes after the first passing encounter
3. Some of the politics that seeped through
Also, it would have been an almost impossible stretch to afford back then
But if I needed more reasons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgwFTv9J7ik has a bunch
The Worst Best 3D Printer (that I paid $270,000 for)
Adrian McEwenHappened upon this #ThrowbackThursday picture, from one of the first #MakerNight sessions, back in February 2011!
It shows @DoESLiverpool's first 3D printer, although it's hard to spot as it's still just a collection of laser-cut wooden panels and other parts at that point 😀
Mr Intergalactic KeyboardPSA: if you are excited about 3d printing and thinking of diving in, go for the Bambulab X1C.
12 years ago I purchased my first 3d printer, the Makerbot Replicator 1 dual extruder. Aligning the 2 nozzles was near impossible. I upgraded the extruder with whosawhatits influential upgrade. I switched to using Sailfish open source firmware. I printed a rig to tram the print bed using a micrometer. I laser cut an enclosure to improve printing ABS. In spite of all these things the printer was unreliable and constantly a challenge. I had hundreds of ideas but spent most of the time trying to get a decent print. Eventually gave up on 3d printing. This past Dec, a decade later, I dove back in with the Bambu X1C. So much better, so much easier. I’m exploding with ideas, I’m printing things I conceived 12 years ago. It’s not perfect, but if you want to make things vs making a printer work, go for the x1c. #3dprinting #makerbot #bambulab #x1c
12 years ago I purchased my first 3d printer, the Makerbot Replicator 1 dual extruder. Aligning the 2 nozzles was near impossible. I upgraded the extruder with whosawhatits influential upgrade. I switched to using Sailfish open source firmware. I printed a rig to tram the print bed using a micrometer. I laser cut an enclosure to improve printing ABS. In spite of all these things the printer was unreliable and constantly a challenge. I had hundreds of ideas but spent most of the time trying to get a decent print. Eventually gave up on 3d printing. This past Dec, a decade later, I dove back in with the Bambu X1C. So much better, so much easier. I’m exploding with ideas, I’m printing things I conceived 12 years ago. It’s not perfect, but if you want to make things vs making a printer work, go for the x1c. #3dprinting #makerbot #bambulab #x1c
ai 🌈 🌺Scene from this weekend. We had an event on campus to promote connections between current faculty, staff, and students, and alumni…and it was fun! This is from one of the makerspaces #3DPrinting. Too bad I forgot to take a photo of the AR Tilt 5 tabletop game I was helping folks with. 🤷🏻♀️ #MakerBot
ckohtalale Mag/Lab display on micro-production at Camp Pixelache, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, March 2011.
#MakerMonday #maker #fablab #3dprinter #Makerbot
#MakerMonday #maker #fablab #3dprinter #Makerbot
ckohtala_pixelfedle Mag/Lab display on micro-production at Camp Pixelache, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, March 2011. #MakerMonday #maker #fablab #3dprinter #MakerBot
Andreas
Jan Wildeboer 😷
#Stratasys uses 10 patents, two of them orginally from #Makerbot (anyone remember?) to sue #Bambulab in two separate US court cases. Patent infringement claimed on using a heated bed, using a purge tower, force detection etc. Seems to me that Stratasys is patent trolling really hard ATM. https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-faces-patent-infringement-lawsuits-that-could-threaten-hobbyist-3d-printing-in-general
