Category: 3D Printing & CNC
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Colorfabb LW-PLA Light Filament
There are many 3D printing filaments to choose from. Each of them has its own specific features: PLA is simple and easy to use, PET-G has more temperature resistance, Polypropylene can be bent and TPU is indestructible. If you look for a filament that gives the lightest prints, there is only one option: foamed PLA…
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Prusa Smooth vs Powder Coated PEI Sheets
Prusa offers two types of steel sheet beds for their Prusa i3 MK3 series 3D printers: smooth PEI and powder coated PEI. The smooth PEI version is the default, but you can get the powder-coated PEI if you pay extra. It's not cheap but has one or two handy features: it works great for bigger…
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3D printing with a polypropylene (PP) filament
3D printing does not end on PLA, PET-G, and TPU filaments. Yes, they are great and work just fine for the majority of cases. However, there are more options than just the basic filament types. Polypropylene (PP filament) is one of them. Strong, but not stiff, can be used to make hinges, enclosures, and boxes.…
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A very cool, futuristic looking, 3D printed quadcopter frame
I love this part of me being a creator and an influencer, where I can show you some amazing things created by other people. And today, the joy is double, because it is an extremely cool frame designed by a guy from Spain that goes under the nickname of Micrathene FPV. What it is? Well,…
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DIY 3D Printing Filament Dryer / Dehumidifier / Dry Box
The wet filament is a bad filament. 3D printers hate them since during melting the filament water that it contains turns into steam, expands and creates holes, bulges and other distortions and problems in a print. So filaments are more sensitive to moisture: TPU or Nylon. But even PLA might absorb water if it is…
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3D printed FPV tricopter drone
Who could have imagined that tricopters can be so much fun? For sure they are interesting devices that lost a lot of "market" when quadcopters gained extra torque and plenty of reaction moment to do fast yaw turns. Almost no one flies them now. Too bad… And good luck if you want to buy a…
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3D Printed Tricopter, part 1
In the last two weeks, I had plenty of time to sit in front of Fusion 360 to design a few things, but no time to 3D print anything. As a result, I have a couple of almost ready projects. Yesterday I showed you 3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded. Today I will show you 3D printed…
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3D Printed Dualcopter Reloaded #1
The first generation of my 3D Printed Dualcopter was not the best. It was flying. Somehow. Poorly. Crashed. But for a moment it was flying alright. I'm slowly designing the second generation of Dualcopter. This time smaller in scale since instead of 10-inch propellers, it will be using 5-inch ones. And smaller 2205 motors. And…
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DIY Moxon antenna for TBS Crossfire and FrSky R9M
Moxon antenna in layman terms, it’s probably a simplest linearly polarized directional antenna. It’s like a bent halfwave dipole with a bent reflector in a back. Think about it as a very simplified Yagi antenna. It does not have much gain but has very good backward rejection. And thank’s to a simplicity, Moxon is super…