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Perils of 3D Printing (moderately graphic)

In honor of the great month of October and the coming of Halloween, I thought I would share this little 3D Printing injury with you all.   From my perspective,...

Getting Ready for World Makerfaire 2015

Fall is an awesome time for 3D Printing.  There are many great events.  One of the biggest for makers and 3D Printing is the World Maker Faire in NYC.   The 2015...

3D Printing Design Tips - Part 1: Stress Conce...

This will be the first in what I hope to be a series of tips for optimizing your 3D printed part design for mechanical performance.  An apology in advance: I...

Midwest Reprap Fest 2015

  Better late than never, right? This year, I'm proud to report that Printed Solid will be a supporting vendor at the 2015 Midwest RepRap Festival.  This is an annual event...

How to Polish Bronzefill

This blog post has been on the to-do list for a few months now and I just have not had a chance to do it.  Fortunately, my favorite you tuber, Barnacules...

XTC-3D

A few weeks ago, I read the announcement that Smooth-On had launched a product for post processing 3D printed objects to help smooth the layers called XTC-3D. From their product page,...