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Yea, I was gonna say. Stopping light would be an easy solution. Here's a great vid exploring the effect, it's cause, and preventing it using some blue tack:...

I had similar issues getting a pi on wifi and found that I needed to unplug and reconnect the wifi usb stick after the pi boots. I tend to use ethernet on mine to avoid that annoyance. Of course my...

As far as I can tell so far (the print I am attempting takes 29 hours), that was exactly the problem. At the slowest speed and the longest distance the printer travels, it takes 51 seconds to...

I have a large printer (410 x 362 x 240 mm build volume) running Marlin on an Arduino + RAMPS 1.4. I have been trying to print something near the size of the build volume (the print is 398.7 x 300 x...

Slic3r and Kisslicer (and probably others too) put the volume of the filament that will be used into comments in the gcode file. I usually take that value (specified in cm3) and multiply it by the...

Here is what I do:...

I won some filament from them and Eddie contacted them for me, but I haven't heard anything after that. I sent Eddie a message this morning to ask if he has heard from them.

Thank you to the contest sponsors!

I didn't buy the gCreate kit for the gMax (I couldn't spend that much at once). Instead I downloaded their build manual and walked through the steps creating a bill of materials (hence my mention...

The gMax started as a kit and only recently (with the 1.5 version) gained the option to ship pre-assembled. It is a very well designed, high quality, and large version of a RepRap, but its origin...

Do you ship your printer assembled or as a kit? I imagine shipping as a kit is considerably cheaper. It looks like gCreate is charging $200 more for the pre-assembled gMax 1.5.

gCreate's wording...

If anyone is interested, I built this printer from scratch and have a BOM for it I could share. The total came to around $1k for me. I was going for as authentic a build as possible. It could...

I was actually thinking of something like this: http://www.bareconductive.com/shop/electric-paint-50ml/

It wouldn't be cost effective for a single heated bed, but multiple or for a large bed it...

I've heard talk of heated beds being constructed using conductive paint on glass. That would actually be similar to how vehicle rear window defrosters work. Has anyone built / attempted anything...

I would want to see a couple of pieces that require support for printing and are intended to fit together. I would want the pieces shipped with the support still attached so I could experience the...

I love the historical stuff -- I think it would be an excellent resource for schools. History class would never be boring again.

A Gradius Vic Viper (from any of the Gradius games). I would display it on my desk at work -- it's pretty bare right now.

I have not yet done anything terribly practical, but I do have a few car parts I need to model and print up. There have been a few instances lately where something broke and I realized I could model...

I have mostly used 1.75mm Blue PLA. PLA would be my goto for most prints, but I do have a few projects in mind that could use specialty filament.

Maybe disc golf discs if done with a dual extruder combining a stiffer plastic.

Anything where strength in a small or light part is desired. Automotive, aviation, many hobbies, sports equipment, etc

The commercial 3D printing industry will surely outpace the at home 3D printing industry. Advanced tech costs. Home printers will always be around and they will improve. Makers will have the ability...

Large build platform, wide range of materials, Sturdy frame, DIY is also a plus for me.

https://pinshape.com/items/851-3d-printed-wwii-logan-wolverine

As a side note, browsing on a mobile device is really frustrating. The site kept scrolling back up a long way from my spot, loosing...

I am currently printing on a Mendel tricolor (only one extruder on it right now) from RepRapPro that is actually my boss's. I am working on sourcing and building a gMax (gCreate.com) which should be...