Tag : studioFAB

examples about my ideas on 3D printmaking; idiosyncratic “failures” of the 3D printing process producing unexpected results. I’m not sure how I feel about all of them, but as drawings they’re one way to start thinking about the materiality of this strange filament thing… I’m particularly interested in the neon yellow “xox” – that was […]

3D printing demonstration for my Design II students at UNCG; november 2012. (photo credits: Angelina Diasparra.  thanks!)

after a few months of calibrating and tweaking [beta_01], it was clear things weren’t as stable or precise as I’d like. I think much of the instability was because of some necessary kludges (ugh, zip ties…) and that I used printed parts for a lot of the assembly. I knew [beta_01] was always just a […]

  I’m getting closer to a working beta prototype of studio.FAB.  today I finished up about 95% of the wiring and mounted the extruder and hot end, so  I thought I’d share images of my extruder/hot end setup.  many 3D printers have an extruder design that couples a geared motor that pushes the plastic filament […]