Using 3D Printed Jigs & Fixtures For Manufacturing
Often when we hear about 3D printing, we hear about recent headlines such as; Defence Distributed or the amazing advances in medical design. Such as the National Health Service (NHS) incorporating rapid prototyping into their routines for carrying our complex surgical procedures and planning the operation using accurate parts produced from CT scans: https://www.med-technews.com/features/london-nhs-trust-uses-3d-printing-to-transplant/ However there’s a bigger, […]
Blog Post – 3D Printed Car Part
At our 3D printing service we get quite a few quirky and wonderful printing requests. This week we completed a custom 3D print for a customer who was a vintage Alfa Romeo vehicle owner. Unfortunately due to the dishonesty of someone, this part was stolen from their car. The owner spent countless hours trying to source […]
Fulfilled by 3D Hubs Closing To Outside Hubs
This afternoon I received this email from 3D Hubs announcing that 3D Hubs will no longer be allowing outside manufacturing out of their ‘fulfilled by 3D Hubs’ system. Luckily we managed to get out of the system early and build a good steady revenue, without paying the 15% commision that 3D Hubs demanded. I feel […]
Blog Post: Always Check Second Hand 3D Printers on eBay
Purchased a “new, never opened” Wanhao D4S on eBay earlier this week. Apart from the fact the printer arrived with the Y Axis gantry completely snapped. Plugged in the printer to test other functions and the entire hot end set on fire! Always important when buying second hand to check all the cables thoroughly before […]
Lego Changes To Environmentally Friendly Sugar Cane Plastic.
Lego is now moving into the future, announcing its plans to substitute its raw material to be made from Sugar Cane!
Blog Post: Infinite Y-Axis 3D Printing
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign by Blackbelt 3D, their fully funded project has caught the 3D printing market by storm. At present, the market has stalled in terms of new innovation. The only advances seem to be Chinese manufacturers making advances on expired patents and pushing on the SLA / DLP (Stereolithography / Digital Layer […]