Tom’s Hardware: Newly Resurrected Shapeways Acquires Thangs in Surprising Announcement. “Once upon a time, there was a company called Shapeways, where you could buy and sell physical 3D prints. This doesn’t sound very noteworthy in an age where 8-year-olds are getting ToyBox 3D printers for Christmas. But Shapeways started in 2007, five years before Josef Prusa sold his first 3D printer in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/22/toms-hardware-newly-resurrected-shapeways-acquires-thangs-in-surprising-announcement/

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Model link: https://thangs.com/designer/rusty_curry/3d-model/Edge%20Banding%20Raised-1179568

If interested, let me know if that link isn't functional, I think it is, but may be wrong.

I needed a small assembly table for working on my A1 Mini as I work to extract the excess plastic from the hot end space of the extruder. Handy for me was a 2 foot square "Handy Panel" I picked up a few years back however this does not provide for a way of reducing the chance something will roll off. A set of these will help. Have fun.

TPU Origami Flapping Crane

I modified my PLA crane design for TPU so I could actually make it flap! This is folded exactly like a normal origami paper crane. I had to engineer the fold lines and thicker parts for the material to do this. 🦄🏴‍☠️👸 #cults3d #thangs #pla #holigraphic #octogram #3dprinted #3dCAD #engineer #novalight #novalightangel #smallbusiness #womanownedbusiness #fyp #origami #3dprintedorigami

With so many 3D models on Printables&co. I do wonder: Have the creators ever printed it themselves? Round edges at the bottom, giant surfaces hanging in the air, crazy overhangs all over the place... Stuff that just *can't* be printed nicely, except through crazy parameter massaging.

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