Functional 3D Printing | VW Door Handle Mounts
Transcript: In my recent Jetta restoration project during the coronavirus lockdown, I found...
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Functional 3D Printing | VW Top Trim Clips
Transcript: When I renovated my older Volkswagon TDI, I found several incorrect or broken trim...
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Functional 3D Printing | Rain Barrel PVC Adapter [VIDEO]
Another episode in Functional SLS 3D Printing: Making an adapter for a PVC downspout into a...
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Managing Large Patch Sintering on a Sintratec Kit
While pumping out model after model after model in the last few weeks, we’ve noticed some...
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Understanding SLS Printing Issues and Using our Custom Temperature Calibration Grid for a Sintratec Printer
Over the last few weeks, I have been testing the limits of my Sintratec Kit. Some of my prints...
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Large Sintratec Print Jobs, High Heat Temps, and Other Observations
As we gain confidence in the power of this Sintratec Kit, we are attempting larger and larger...
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Excavating Sintratec SLS Prints
After a bunch of test prints, and a couple aborted prints (due to rough calibration or galvo...
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[Video] Figuring out an STL Export/Import Workflow from Maya to Sintratec Central
A brief recap on my recent progress with the Sintratec Kit. A few days ago, I tried to print a...
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Calculating the Distance Between Two XYZ 3D Points Using a Common Direction 3D Vector
The title sucks. More clearly, I have 2 points in 3D space. I have an orientation vector. If I put infinite planes normal to the vector thru the respective points, what is the distance between those 2 planes?
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[0001D] Automated Mega-Dots Tag and Leader Optimization
Some of the Mega-Dots Puzzles have small numbers and some have some massive numbers. In order to make the large numeral puzzles legible, I developed ways to optimize the tags and leaders in CATIA.
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Programming for Babylonian, Mayan, Inuit (Kaktovik Inupiaq), and Large Roman Numerals
Ancient or uncommon number systems can be a fun, but tricky to work with when coding. Maybe I can show you some of my tricks when I programmed the Mega-Dots connect-the-dots puzzles.
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[0001D] Mega-Dots Automated Name Distribution
The Mega-Dots puzzle automation started with hacking my CNC machine’s programming...
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