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: 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!
3DPPGH was fortunate enough to have this year’s RAPID+TCT conference in our backyard. Chris and Ryan explored the show throughout the week and observed some exciting releases both in the industrial and consumer additive manufacturing spaces. Consumer 3D printing manufacturers included folks like MakerGear, Ultimaker, Lulzbot, Affinia, and much more… Demonstrations of a variety of industrial processes rounded out the event.
The most interesting (and I use that word loosely) was the 3D-printed, accessory fashion show.
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We spent Tuesday evening at Heinz Field, and Chris and Ryan were able to grab a photo with Pittsburgh Steeler greats, Mean Joe Greene and Franco Harris!
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:
3DPPGH was a Bronze Sponsor of MRRF 2017, and Chris and Ryan spent the weekend Goshen, IN for another fun-filled, community-driven event. Goshen is the home of SeeMeCNC, a superb open-source 3D printer company and the host of the Midwest RepRap Festival.
After renting a vehicle large enough to transport any 3D printer home if necessary, the 3DPPGH team had a rather eventful trip this year. It is hard to get the complete story devoid of half-truths; however, from Ryan’s point of view the following may or may not have happened:
Here are a few noteworthy events for Ryan as a complete 3D Printing Fanboy:
Here are a few noteworthy events for Chris (from Ryan’s perspective):
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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:
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