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What were the best tools you bought or used in 2018?
I review a lot of stuff (to the point where I stopped listing everything), but a few things stood out above the rest. Let’s see how many match what you are thinking of …
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Occasionally I get stuff to review, but I also buy stuff to review. Fact is, however, most of the stuff I get either sent or I buy I don’t review.
Why?
I try not to publicly criticize. Plus, I don’t think it is a good idea to publicize things that are bad.
Praise in public, criticize in private.
When I get sent things that don’t work in some way I will let the manufacturer or retailer know. They don’t always appreciate that even.
The Ender 3, as the name suggests, is the improved successor of the Creality Ender 2 3D printer kit, with a larger build area (~220mm+ x 220mm+ x 250), but still with the aluminium extrusion based semi-built-kit construction of the rest of their 3D printer kit line.
Back in June I gave my first impressions and since then it has become one of my favourite printers. While it is smaller than my other Creality printers, the CR-10 and CR-10 S5 (that I love), being smaller actually helps.
A Discord bot that only SENDS messages is all well and good, but really we want our bots to interact. We need to make them listen and respond. Let’s do that now. [Read more…]
Making includes making websites! Many people do not know this, but my day job is working for the company behind StudioPress and Genesis for WordPress. To celebrate our latest theme release, Academy Pro, I thought I would give one lucky winner a coupon for a year of our premium WordPress hosting. [Read more…]
It’s discount season! We all know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but did you know about the equivelant with Chinese companies? It’s 11/11 – a fantastic time for deals on 3D printers and drones. Check out the deals I was sent by Gearbest below [Read more…]
Get the amazing value Anet A8 for only $155.99Act fast – There are just 10 printers of each plug available (if one runs out just get the other and use any spare plug you have around). [Read more…]
Beginners to 3D printing often find their enthusiasm flames out when they realize that the rainbows and unicorns they have been sold are imaginary, so I wanted to put some of those mythical creatures to rest, and offer some hope for the fresh-newbies who want to avoid all the unicorn poop, and 3d print with fewer stresses and hassles.
Sound good? Let’s begin! [Read more…]
Biggest news around Maker Hacks is the 3D Printing Workshop pre-order customers got the first beta of the 100 page Module 1 ebook yesterday. So far feedback has been extremely positive, but please keep it coming because as I build out the rest of the workshop emails and videos I want to create the content YOU need 🙂
While I am building the course you can still pay whatever you want, whatever you think is fair – even in bitcoin now! – and when it is all done the price future customers pay will go up substantially 🙂
Doctor Who, Raspberry Pi AND 3D printing fans will love this 3D Printed Tardis, powered by Raspberry Pi, that can play all the sounds effects from the show!
Nylon 3d printing filament is not as popular as PLA or ABS, but after giving it some serious use recently I wanted to implore you to at least try it.
Finishing is an important part of 3d printing, but how do you combine, glue, and bond your 3d printed parts to get a 3d printing result you can be proud of?
A scale model of the solar system, 3d printed in white Inksmith HIPS filament – how well does HIPS work and why would you consider it for your 3d printing?
The Anet A8 is a $200 (or less!) 3d printer kit. In this review we answer the question how good could a sub-$200 prusa i3 clone 3d printer kit actually be?
How to Use Tinkercad to Make a Custom Gift – a Personalized 3D Printed Maze Puzzle
In this beginner-friendly 3d cad tutorial, we are going to create a personalized maze puzzle in Tinkercad, ready for 3d printing! The post How to Use Tinkercad to Make a Custom Gift – a Personalized 3D Printed Maze Puzzle appeared first on Maker Hacks.
Raspberry Pi Remote Access – 3 Ways to Make Your Raspberry Pi Accessible Outside Your Network
Raspberry Pi remote access can be tricky. What can you do? How can you make it easy for you to remote access, but difficult for the bad guys? The post Raspberry Pi Remote Access – 3 Ways to Make Your Raspberry Pi Accessible Outside Your Network appeared first on Maker Hacks. (See previous article about installing Octoprint on your Raspberry Pi here)
Meshmixer Tutorial – Using Meshmixer to Delete and Edit Parts of an Existing .STL
Using Meshmixer takes your 3D printing superpowers to the next level. Find an existing STL file, modify it, delete parts, and then export for 3D printing – See how easy it can be in this tutorial and video! The post Meshmixer Tutorial – Using Meshmixer to Delete and Edit Parts of an Existing .STL appeared first on Maker Hacks.
The ESP32 is the newest* super powered IoT/Arduino board you are going to want in your arsenal. I have long been a fan of the ESP8266, especially the cheap Chinese NodeMCU boards, so when I saw the faster, more capable ESP32 had Arduino compatibility, I had to give it a try! * Yeah, it’s been […] The post ESP32 Arduino – First Look appeared first on Maker Hacks.