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  • The 2016 3D Printer Guide is Out!
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    Aug 7, '18

    We’ve all been there: you want to buy a 3D printer, but there’s a plethora of options out there, with different variations in price, build volume, printing time and so on. Most of you here on Talk must’ve noticed by now the frequency of posts coming from people who try to decide among various printe…
  • Old Street 3D Printing Show
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    We are hosting a free design show in Old Street on the 19th of November. The show will start at 12:00 and finish at around 20:00 with the opportunity to come and go as you please throughout the day. There will be various talks by leading design professionals from architecture to product design and…
  • New Guide Makes It Easy for Anyone to Improve Their 3D Print Quality
    Software
    Aug 7, '18

    Any 3D printing enthusiast will tell you that creating a high quality 3D printed object is part art and part science. Even the most accomplished 3D printing expert has had their share of failed prints because there are many factors to juggle. The design of the object itself may pose challenges. In a…
  • FlexSolid, MadeSolid thanks for coming London!
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    Aug 7, '18

    [IMG_2368.JPG] (@Willem_3 rectifying all Marvin issues, doing a great bit of community support) Thanks again to everyone that attended the MadeSolid, FlexSolid event last week. As usual it was a pleasure to see you all there. I also promised to upload and share the presentation so that you can u…
  • FREE MatterControl Touch and TCT Badge
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    Hey Birmingham, London and Scotland communities! MatterHackers will be exhibiting at TCT for the first time this year, and we need your help! We are looking for a local hub or two that would be willing and able to lend us their printers to use in our booth at the show (shipping from the US is expens…
  • Big 3D Prints now available on 3DHubs @ 3D Seed slight_smile
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    Aug 7, '18

    We can now print as large as 700x700x700mm if you need, in all FFF materials. [IMG_3276.JPG] [IMG_3272.JPG] [IMG_3280.JPG]
  • Kickstarter project: print+
    Show and tell
    Aug 7, '18

    Hi all, We just help launch print+, a very cool Kickstarter campaign that allows anyone to create their own 3D Printed Headphone. [BLUE-FRONTAL.jpg] The concept is dead simple: print+ sends you a kit with all the essential electronics and non-printable parts, all the customer has to do is print …
  • The Time for Recycling Is Now! What’s Your Biggest Printing Fail?
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    Aug 7, '18

    3D printing has been branded as a way to reduce the impact we have on our environment. However, most of the time we’re all too much familiar with a pile of failed prints, that negatively affect the environment surrounding us. Here at 3D Hubs we want to stop this waste and change the way we produce …
  • Together we are now 20,000 hubs strong
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    Aug 7, '18

    It was only this past January that we reached the incredible milestone of 10,000 3D printers connected on our platform. Just 6 months later, our Community has doubled and we are now 20,000 printers strong! It’s hard for me to imagine that in the last 6 months more 3D printers have joined than the en…
  • Design and print yourself an awesome robot!
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    Aug 7, '18

    When you were a kid, you probably wished you could design the character that you could not find in the store. Well, you’re about to get that chance :slight_smile: We’re teaming up again with Autodesk, this time with their Tinkerplay app, allowing you to design and customize awesome characters and creatures. With…
  • New Hub Perks live!
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    Aug 7, '18

    Hello fellow Hubs, Cool news coming your way :slight_smile: Today we announce no less than 5 new, highly discounted, exclusive Hub perks on 3D Hubs! Next to the existing Colorfabb offer, the new deals will include filament from Proto-Pasta and Madesolid, buildplate sheets from Buildtak, the Astrobox for cloud …
  • From Concept-art to 3D Print
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    Aug 7, '18

    Hello everyone! I’m on a printing-spree here :stuck_out_tongue: I was browsing through some older personal projects of mine. Though this one would be cool for some model-builders amongst us. While getting some inspiration on Pinterest I came across this concept sketch of a Steampunk-looking submarine. I always like …
  • Filament follow up from London
    Materials
    Aug 7, '18

    Cinter and global 3D printing platform 3D Hubs hosted the much anticipated Filament Workshop. The community asked for printing best practices and the network delivered. The team made a stop-off in London as part of the world tour of focused community events. The London community nested in for an in…
  • ProtoPasta Magnetic Iron
    Materials
    Aug 7, '18

    Had a chance this last week to print some filament from ProtoPasta. I’m still working on the best settings, but was able to get this print out. This was a print of a hand carved figure my son picked up in Ecuador. It worked great but seems a lot more brittle than I’m used to. printed @10% fill .1…
  • Who is joining us? Filament, fun and friends
    Materials
    Aug 7, '18

    As part of the 3D Hubs filament workshop tour, a stop is being made in our very own metropolis. Join us all, the London community on the 24th March 7pm as we get our hands on the latest in 3D printing materials. Held in the fantastic co-working space come bar come café, The Hatch - Homerton, a perf…
  • Printing a Star Wars Lightsaber
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    Hi fellow makers, One of the prints I wanted to share on /MakerTale was one of my first prints. I normally use my PrintrBot for prototyping enclosures and functional parts, but once in a while I cannot help to print (movie) props just because they are too nice to neglect! Once I saw the Star Wars L…
  • 3D Printed LED Lamp by CreaLab
    Show and tell
    Aug 7, '18

    I would like to share with you guys my last project. It is a minimal design LED Lamp 20x20x2.5 Cm. I used Extrudr Black ABS and ColorFabb Transparent XT filaments, a 60 Cm LED Strip and an On/Off Switch. It was printed in an Ultimaker2 at 150 Microns. Every piece was designed so it doesn’t need supp…
  • Make is now MADE, it's all happening in Britain!
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    Aug 7, '18

    It was not your average British tech event… [3DHubs_MakeInBritain_Pres.004.jpg] …well close but minus the fancy dress! ‘Make In Britain’ was the opportunity to discuss the future of 3D printing, we saw how innovative British companies are already pushing and generating new trends using the techn…
  • The Ockham Razor
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    Aug 7, '18

    Nearly a year ago I was having a rant about how I felt that some categories of product are almost universally ugly. The more I thought about it, the more I thought I should do something and I decided that designing my own razor would be a good place to start. [DesignEvolution_3.JPG] My experiment…
  • How many prints to hubs get on average?
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    Aug 7, '18

    How many prints to hubs get on average per day or hour?
  • Bronzefill Marvin
    Materials
    Aug 7, '18

    A Challenge! [M Test post 5 Min process_0.jpg] Marvin in colorfabb Bronzefill. The issue with this filament is that it has “tighter” envelopes with regards to speed, temperature. I had to print it 3 times to make it nice: After first print I had to reduce resolution from 0.06 to 0.1mm layer h…
  • School Project - PLanets to Scale
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    Just wanted to share this with the community. It’s my 10 year old son Jaydon’s school homework. Inspired by another model on Thingiverse, but he worked out the scales, modelled it from scratch on Tinkercad and we printed on my Ultimaker before he painted it. The model is public and available on Tin…
  • Bigbox vs MakerFarm Pegasus 12
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    Aug 7, '18

    Hello all! ​I have been thinking about purchasing one for home for a while now. I have toyed around with everything from a Makergear to Fusion3 F400 (even briefly thought about the Hot Rod Henry Supercharged). Lately I’ve been thinking that I really should focus on the DIY kits, both for cost savin…
  • Metal filled filaments are pure fun slight_smile
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    Aug 7, '18

    This is Mjolnir (mjolnir by januszeko - Thingiverse) printed on my UMO+ in ProtoPasta stainless steel and Colorfabb Copperfill, Brassfil and Bronzefill. Polished in self designed rock tumbler (Affordable Rock Tumbler by J_T_3_D - Thingiverse) for 48 hours and finished with buff wheel. [IMG_8254.jp…
  • Best support material for use with ColorFabb's Ngen?
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    Hi, I need to print a part with Ngen that will require extensive support. I have a CEL Robox with the dual material head so I can use a different support material. Can anybody suggest which support material works best for this material? I have acces to HIPS, PVA and Polysupport. Any info will be ver…
  • Colorfabb Co-polyester Workshop at Machines Room on 25th May
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    Aug 7, '18

    Hi Hubs & 3D printing enthusiasts! We’d like to invite you to 3D Hubs co-polyester workshop, organized in collaboration with Colorfabb. We’ll be showcasing the various co-polyester filaments developed by Eastman and colorFabb. This is the ultimate opportunity to learn more about how nGen and _XT a…
  • We're giving away 15 (!) 3D printers
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    [3D-Printing-1240x600-nologo copy.jpg] It’s time to unleash your 3D powers, we’ve teamed up with Instructables for the biggest 3D printing contest of 2016! The challenge: write an Instructable about your 3D printed creations sharing how you did it, and submit your project to the contest to win som…
  • Flexible Filament Fiasco
    3D Printers
    Aug 7, '18

    3D Printing has come a long way since the first days of additive manufacturing. So much so that alternative materials are the norm however they are so difficult to print with. One such material is Flexible filament. The brand that I have been experimenting with is called GP3D and is readily availabl…
  • Show me what you've gooooot !
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    Aug 7, '18

    Since I begin my internship at 3D Hubs I always wanted to learn how to use sculpting software like Z-Brush. Lucky I was to have a great sculptor working just next to me. After spending a few bucks in a Wacom tablet and being teached the Basics, I decided to give it a try on a simple model. I thin…
  • Desktop 3D Printing Show
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    Aug 7, '18

    I would like to invite you all to an event taking place at iMakr on Clerkenwell Street in London on 3 March 2016. The event will feature innovations and presentations from leading brands in the 3D industry from around the world. You can find out more about the event and sign up for free on our event…