I love my Solidoodle 3 3D printer for a number of reasons one of the biggest is that I love the fact that Sam Cervantes went his own way when the Makerbot printer was bought out by Stratasys and made closed source. From that desision came the Solidoodle printer, my...
On the 19th of April 2015, Melbourne Library Services held a gathering of the local Melbourne Maker groups at their flagship library, Library at The Dock. This venue was the perfect place for Mini Make Day as it houses City of Melbourne first Makerspace, a place where...
Almost a year ago, I was lucky enough to purchase a vinyl cutter that was not operational at the time. While the machine had seen better days, it took a little bit of time to get it back up and running. The first problem I had to tackle was to get it powered up, and...
I really like the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer we have at the Library at the Dock as it’s really easy to use. At the Makerspace, when we introduce 3D printing to our digital skills classes, it’s great to see a participant go through the introduction...
A few months ago, I start a large 3D printing project using ABS. One of the side effects of this project is that the spare room I use as my printing area now smells of heated ABS. The fumes attached themselves to everything! The curtains, the carpet, the bedding,...
