One of the hard parts of 3D printing is getting a nice smooth surface. Typically an print has tiny lines where the layers and layers of plastic have been build on top of each other while printing. These are commonly called “Step Lines”. Until recently I’ve been printing with PLA while you have to sand
One of my more ambitious projects I’m starting this year is a full size R2-D2. After I got my 3D printer I started looking at all the Star Wars props I could make. It’s amazing the things people 3d model and share for free. At the top of that list were files for a full
In January of 2016 I bought a 3D printer to start my journey into that maker space. I went with a Monoprice Maker Select V2. After doing some research it seemed like a solid machine at a good price with a large online community I could learn from. One of the things I thought was
