A new beginning

I have certainly not posted enough on this blog.  A lot of changes happened between June last year and now; I changed job locations and have just now gotten the swing back to normal.  It's time to pick it back up again.3D Scanner - I've been working up a new design that uses angles instead …

Filabottery

This weekend I had a chance to sit down for a few minutes and consider that pelleted plastic would be way cheaper than filamented plastic - meaning I could buy 7.5 pounds of ABS pellets for a little more than 1 pound of filamented (extruded) ABS in 3mm or 1.75mm.That means I will have to …

Filabot

I like the idea of Filabot (and their kickstarter page) a lot. I generally go through a lot of plastic bottles and other materials during the week. While not ABS nor PLA, there is an aspect of being able to grind my existing plastic (matching materials of course) to make filament to print with... or …