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Location: HackPGH
With the World Maker Faire nearly upon us in New York, Chris spoke to the group about the Moat Boat Paddle Battle started by HackPGH founder, Matt Stultz. You design and 3D print a boat that can be propelled by a rubber band. Then you race it in the troughs! There is actually a substantial list of rules.
Check out this cool teaser video by Matt Griffin from World Maker Faire 2015:
Location: HackPGH
Ryan tackled the topic of accessing and controlling your 3D printer remotely using OctoPrint. Jeff Bearer surprised us with his ultra-mega-OctoPrint-controlled MonoPrice Maker Select. It was absolutely awesome!
Location: BoXZY
Happy Birthday to 3DPPGH- we just turned 1! Joel Johnson was too kind and invited us to tour his company’s factory. BoXZY was a successful multi-platform digifab tool Kickstarter turned business. Even cooler, they started it all from TechShop Pittsburgh.
Click here for the Google Photo album.
We got more than the nickel tour. We saw the entire BoXZY build process, played with cool 3D printed items, and cut our birthday cake with a sword (seriously, we did) which was fabricated on the BoXZY system.
Location: HackPGH
Wow… Just, wow…
Rapid + TCT took place in Pittsburgh this year, and our humble little 3D Printing group brought together MatterHackers, Ultimaker, Make:, Lulzbot, 3Dprint.com, and Makers for a fantastic night of 3D printing tech talk and a little southwest food flair.
I would write more in this post; however, Sarah Goehrke, Editor-in-Chief of 3DPrint.com, already did! Check out her coverage of our event here.
Chris and Ryan had press credentials, and they got to hang out at the conference as well. You can see more about that here!
Location: TechShop Pittsburgh
This month we compared and contrasted the differences between cartesian and delta style 3D printers. We were hosted by Justin Harvilla at TechShop, and Billy Zelsnack shared some of his expertise with both designing a delta printer for sale and the Kickstarter experience! Ryan presented some slides:
Location: HackPGH
This month covers the Make: Magazine 3D printer review process and how you can determine the performance of your own 3D printer. Armed with this information, you can make focused modifications in both hardware and software to tweak your printer’s performance.
Ryan and Chris were finally able to share the exciting results from this past year’s 3D printer and digifab shootout. Ryan’s review of the Prusa Research MK2 made the cover. Want to test the performance of your 3D printer? You can download the same test probes used during the 3D Printer Shootout here.
Location: HackPGH
We decided to start a tradition for our December meeting:
Ryan designed up a 3DPPGH logo Christmas ornament, and the group tried their hand at filament swapping to achieve a 2-color print.
Want to print one of your own? You can find the .stl file here on Thingiverse.
Location: HackPGH
This month was all about 3D printer kits and what to expect from your first kit experience. Chris led the group through: Hints, Tips, and Tricks for Those That Don’t Listen…
In addition to our usual presentation materials, check out Chris’s time-lapse of a Tronxy 3D printer build.
Location: Steam Studio
Our friends at Steam Studio hosted our monthly meeting with an open house. We hosted 3D printer demonstrations for the public. Some of our printers on display included:
Click here to go to the Google Photos Album.
Location: HackPGH
Chris walked us through a variety of freely available slicing software options for 3D printing.
