Happy Groundhog Day!

 Happy Groundhog Day!

Learn more about 3D printed lithophanes here:
https://www.nerdyviews.com/2019/01/lithophanes.html

3D Print Timelapses for July 2020

Here's a compilation of the 3D print timelapses I did for July.



All 4 were printed on my Prusa I3 MK2.5 with the following filaments.

Rainbow Silk PLA
ProtoPasta Galactic Empire Metallic Purple HTPLA

N64 Logo Display Stand

Beer/Soda Cozy
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3440555

Wine Holder
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4550344

Weird Twisty Vase
Designed by GeekyFayeArt
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4544012

Happy Printing! 

3D Print Timelapses for May 2020

Here's a compilation of the 3D print timelapses I did for May.



All 3 busts were designed by David Östman and can be found on MyMiniFactory.

All 3 were printed on my Prusa I3MK2.5 with various PLA filaments.

Deadpool
Printed with Rainbow Silk PLA

Darth Vader
Printed with Empire Strikes Metallic Black HTPLA from Proto-pasta.

Thanos
Printed with purple silk PLA.

Happy Printing!

3D Printing Timelapse Rose & Vase

Happy Mother's Day! My mother generally thinks flowers are a waste of money since they die so soon. Totally an Asian thing isn't it? So my solution was to 3D print her a rose and vase that will last much much longer. 

Printed on my Prusa I3 MK2.5

Rose Stl:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:316812

Spiral Vase Stl:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:550604

Proto-Pasta Candy Apple Metallic Red HTPLA (Rose)

https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/sparkly-htpla/products/glitter-flake-htpla-v2-candy-apple-red

Silk Rose Red PLA (Vase)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CBN28K9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Silk Multicolored Rainbow PLA (Stem)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VH441CX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rainbow Vases!

I recently bought some rainbow filament to try out, mainly because I wanted to print some vases and get a cool color gradient effect. And it totally works, as long as you're using over 10 meters of filament. My first print came out in one solid color as it only used almost 9 meters of filament. But the three print above all used somewhere between 12 & 15 meters of filament which provided some nice color changes.

I used Silk Multcolored PLA filament from Amazon and printed these at .20mm layer height at 215 C for the first layer, 210 C the rest, bed temp at 60 C on my Prusa I3 MK2.5. And if you're interested in these vases, you can check them out on Thingiverse:

Curved Honeycomb Vase

Spiral Vase

Spiral Vase

This is definitely the shiniest filament I've used and I have some silk gold PLA as well that I'm going to try out next so stay tuned!

Infinity Gauntlet Keychain!

Oh Snap! I made an Infinity Gauntlet keychain based on the popular GIF! And here's the GIF in case you're somehow not familiar with it?!?

I modeled it in Fusion 360, and designed it to have a color layer change at 3.2mm.

Each individual Infinity Stone is also printed separately. But make sure you print at 90% scale so they fit in the Gauntlet. 

And this is a template for the Stone placement as all the Stones are different shapes. 

For me, builds like this are always good to help learn Fusion 360. 

I printed the Gauntlet with MatterHackers gold PLA with a color layer change at 3.2mm to MatterHackers black PLA.

Stones 1-5 were printed with various Proto-Pasta HTPLA filaments. The Mind Stone was printed with Solutech yellow PLA.

The keychain itself is about 4 inches (100mm) long.

Now go print your own!

Link to files on Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3716506

Flexible 3D Prints!

I'm always amazed by 3D printers! Here's a collection of things I've 3D printed with flexible/movable parts.



Printed on my Prusa I3 MK2S with various PLA filaments from Matterhackers, Proto-Pasta, and Solutech.

Gear Bearing
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53451

Articulated Butterfly
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2810756

Cute Mini Octopus
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3495390

Predator Action Pliers
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2949649

Kobayashi Fidget Cube
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1790624

Flexi-Dragon
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3505423

Skeletor 3D Print Timelapse!

Here's a quick 3D print timelapse of Skeletor!



I initially saw this print on WildRose Build's channel and wanted one for myself because I was totally impressed at how this prints without supports!

This is printed on my Prusa I3 MK2.5 with Proto-Pasta Galactic Empire Metallic purple HTPLA at .15mm layer height.

Here's a link to the model on MyMiniFactory.

Lithophanes!

Lithophanes basically look like topographical maps but when they are backlit, a picture appears.  They have been around for hundreds of years, but I've only recently discovered them and that they can be 3D printed. So I took a couple of photos, one of the Ghostbusters, and one of myself with Michael J Fox and converted them to lithophanes.



I learned how to do these from YouTube channel RCLifeOn.

The basic process is picking a photo and going to http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/ to have a printable lithophane file created. Make sure your Model Settings Thinnest Layer is set to 0.4mm.

And make sure your Image Settings are set to Positive Image.

I then upload my picture, choose Outer Curve as my model, run the program and download my STL file which I then send to my Slicer program.

I printed these at 0.1mm layer height with no support, 100% rectilinear infill, 1 top, 1 bottom and 1 perimeter layer, and a 5mm brim to help it stay attached to the build plate. Obviously, you can play around with these settings, but that's a good place to start. These prints took about 4-5 hours at those settings.

2018 nerdy views in Review

2018 was another fun year of going to conventions and making stuff! Here's a look at some of the things I did this past year!

My second year at Emerald City Comic Con was so much fun! I got to see so many amazing cosplayers and makers there!

Chibi Grim Reaper Time Lapse

I 3D printed a Chibi Grim Reaper, just in time to judge me for Halloween...



Printed on my Prusa I3 MK2S with Proto Pasta Empire Strikes Metallic Black HTPLA filament.
https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/
https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/metallic-finish/products/empire-strikes-metallic-black-htpla

3D Model from MyMiniFactory:
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-chibi-grim-24430

World Maker Faire NY 2018

Maker Faire is billed as the greatest show & tell on Earth and it certainly lives up to that billing! Here's a quick video recap of all the cool things I saw and a little write up of my experiences with all the amazing makers I met at World Maker Faire NY 2018!



My first stop at Maker Faire was the Prusa 3D Printer booth because I wanted to see the SLA printer they had just announced. I found out about that printer through Joel Telling, the 3D Printing Nerd, and of course I saw him at the 3D printing village! Joel is a big reason I have a 3D printer and if you're looking into investing in one, his YouTube channel is a great resource to learn all about it!

Makonde Dagger Build

The Makonde Dagger was designed by artist Jonah Lobe to commemorate 250K YouTube subscribers for Punished Props.

Bill Doran built an absolutely beautiful one in a video you can check out here, and then issued the challenge to the PropTarts to build their own. Here's what I did.

Due to work, a few conventions I was preparing new coplays for, and a vacation, I had to wait until Labor Day weekend to start work on this project. A very generous PropTart with Fusion 360 skills far beyond mine uploaded a model for the dagger onto Thingiverse. It's an excellent model and I tried slicing it but could not for the life of me get the blade to fit on my 3D printing bed. So seeing as how I probably wouldn't be able to complete a full size build anyway, I decided to make a 50% scale version because you know, it would be adorable. So I printed out the sliced parts on my Prusa I3 MK2S using MatterHackers Pro PLA filament in gold.

Ecto-1 License Plate Keychain

Here's an Ecto-1 license plate keychain I modeled in Fusion 360. I took a picture of the license plate, imported it into Fusion 360, and built the layers on top of it drawing out each individual letter. 

Deadpool Emoji Coin

Happy Deadpool Day! I didn't see this design on Thingiverse so I drew it up in Fusion 360 and printed it with different color layers using Prusa ColorPrint.

Basically all I did in Fusion 360 was build up layers, one for the base, then one for the eye thingees, then one for the pupils. And then I printed each layer with a different color.

And here's the emoji coin in my hand. It's about 2 inches in diameter but you could scale it up or down.

So if you'd like to print it, I've uploaded the 3D model to Thingiverse. Happy printing!

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2917869

3D Printed Vase Time Lapse

I 3D printed a vase as a Mother's Day gift for my Mom. Here's a quick time lapse!



This was printed in spiral vase mode on my Prusa I3 MK2S with Proto-Pasta Candy Apple Red Metallic HTPLA filament.

Here's a link to the 3D Model:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2376777

Filament Clip

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2850586

I made a thing! And it's functional 3D printing! Most of the filament clips on Thingiverse attach to the spool. I have a lot of different filaments with different spool sizes so I wanted a clip that was universal. I liked the design of one clip that came with some filament I ordered so I whipped it up in Fusion 360. I like this design because it will apply to ALL my filaments. 

Here's what they look like printed.

And on the spool.

If you need a really simple 1.75mm filament clip, you can check it out on Thingiverse. I'm sure you could scale this to fit 3mm filament as well. Happy 3D printing!

Doctor Who Mini TARDIS 3D Print

I bought myself a little knockoff GoPro camera to take time lapse video of my 3D prints, and this is the last one I was able to do before the camera died on me and I had to return it. Enjoy!



Model from Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:51320

2017 nerdy views in Review

As I look back on 2017, I went to a bunch of conventions, met some wonderful people and made some really cool stuff. To showcase all of that, I started to teach myself video editing and began uploading videos to YouTube. Here's some of what I did in 2017.

It was my first time at Emerald City Comic Con and my first time putting a video like this together and I think it turned out pretty good!

Baby Groot Project

Baby Groot was the scene stealer in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, and I decided to make one for a Secret Santa gift exchange!