This is a design for a 3D printer filament merging Y for multiple-material RepRaps. The design is based on a wonderfully simple idea from Martin Zeman. It is easy to print, to construct, and to put together. In operation it works very
Filament Y
Bendy Bed
Inspired by Jo Prusa’s flexible printing bed that attached to his machines magnetically, we decided to do the same for our RepRap Fishers. We got some 10mm x 10mm x 5mm neodymium magnets from eBay, and a 200mm square sheet of
We can 3D print that for you!
Did you know that we can 3D print your models for you? As you may have heard 3D Hubs is no longer offering the services of small businesses, like us, to its customers. However we are still accepting orders directly.
3D Printed Angle Gauge
A conventional angle gauge (such as the one above) can’t measure the angle of an object with a sharp corner, because the hub of the gauge is the pin about which it rotates. New 3D printed angle gauge – This
RepRap is 10!
Adrian Bowyer (left) and Vik Olliver (right) with a parent RepRap machine, made on a conventional rapid prototyper, and the first complete working child RepRap machine, made by the RepRap on the left. The child machine made its first successful
PLA Filament Back in Stock
We have recently taken delivery of 750g reels of Elefilament Tangy Orange and Dove Grey 1.75mm PLA. Following on from our request back at the beginning of the year (slight delay caused by a broken ankle…) we are now stocking Elefilament
Fire and Fury
Investment casting, or the lost-wax process, is one of humanity’s oldest technologies. A wax master model is made, and repeatedly dunked in liquid clay slip then dried. Each dunk adds a few millimetres of clay until the wax master is
Looking for Suppliers of PLA Filament
3D Printing Filament Suppliers – we are looking for a new supplier of PLA that we can sell via our webshop. We’re based in the UK. If you are interested in supplying us wholesale – please get in touch
Lasercutter Coolant Corrosion
If you just use water in a lasercutter’s cooling system, eventually bugs will grow in it and it will go green and clog the valves, pump, and – worst – the laser tube. Manufacturers recommend changing the water regularly,
Printed Extrusion
This is a brief blog post to get an idea into the public domain to prevent its being patented. I’ll probably work up more detail later. Plastic extrusions are widespread: guttering, pipes, curtain rails and so on are all examples.