You searched for hands on « Page 3 of 13

We found 1146 results for your search.

Hands on with the da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix, Part 1

We obtained a da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix desktop 3D printer from XYZprinting and put it through some tests.

Hands on with Four Fiberlogy Filaments

Fiberlogy is a Polish company producing high quality 3D printer filaments, and we had the chance to test not one, but four of their materials.

Hands on with the Original Prusa i3 Desktop 3D Printer

We got our hands on with a pair of assembled Original Prusa i3’s and ran them through some basic tests.

Hands on with the Form 2 Desktop 3D Printer, Part 2

This is the second part of a two-part series on the Formlabs Form 2 desktop 3D printer.

Hands on with the Form 2 Desktop 3D Printer, Part 1

Our lab finally got our hands on the Formlabs Form 2 desktop 3D printer and I’d like to tell you about our experience.

ALMOST Hands on with the Stratasys F370 Prototyping 3D Printer

Ok, we did not get an F370 in the mail to test, but we did speak at length with someone who actually runs one. The machine is the largest model in a new line of professional 3D printers just announced by Stratasys.

Hands on with the Replicator+: Part Three, Operations

After a very long wait, MakerBot recently released a new 3D printer, the Replicator+. We had an opportunity to give it a good test. This is part 3, read part 1 and part 2 here.

Hands on with the Replicator+: Part Two, Software

After a very long wait, MakerBot recently released a new 3D printer, the Replicator+. We had an opportunity to give it a good test. This is part 2, read part 1 here.

Hands on with the Replicator+: Part One, Setup

After a very long wait, MakerBot recently released a new 3D printer, the Replicator+. We had an opportunity to give it a good test.

Carrie Motamedi – “3d Printing Is One of Those Technologies You Need to Get Your Hands on and Learn by Doing”

This article originates from Women In 3D Printing and is part of our effort to support the use of 3D printing technology by women. The article is re-published with permission. Carrie Motamedi is an evangelist for STEAM education and women in technology and business. She has a 15+ years experience in technology marketing and communication. She… Continue reading Carrie Motamedi – “3d Printing Is One of Those Technologies You Need to Get Your Hands on and Learn by Doing”

Hands on With Fiberlogy’s new FiberFlex 40D 3D Printer Filament

We obtained a small sample of Fiberlogy’s new FiberFlex 40D 3D printer filament and performed some basic testing.

Hands On With Afinia’s ES360 Desktop 3D Scanner

This week we had the chance to test out Afinia’s ES360 tabletop 3D scanning system.

Hands On With Autodesk’s Sculpt+

I’ve finally had a chance to check out Autodesk’s tablet-based Sculpt+ 3D creation app.

EXCLUSIVE: Hands On With 3Dwox’s Replaceable Filament Cartridge

We recently tested the amazing 3Dwox 3D DP200 desktop 3D printer from Sindoh, but now we’ve tested their less-expensive replaceable filament.

Hands On With 3D-Fuel’s Strong PLA and Algae Filaments. What?

We’re testing several new filaments in the lab lately, and one set comes from 3D-Fuel, who provide a very strange algae-based filament.

Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 2: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?

In part 1 of this series, we explained how to set up the 3Dwox, which turns out to be fantastically simple and takes only a few minutes. Today we’re looking at the printing capabilities of the machine.

Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 3: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?

Today we’re concluding our series on the 3Dwox, one of the most interesting 3D printers we’ve ever seen.

Hands On With The 3Dwox 3D Printer Part 1: The First Real 3DP For Consumers?

Our lab has been testing Sindoh’s new 3Dwox desktop 3D printer, and it seems to be a fundamentally different device that we think could be the first “real” 3D printer usable by consumers.

Hands On With The Morphi App

We’re testing Morphi on one of our lab iPads, and it seems to be a very good introductory 3D modeling tool.

Hands On With Feelcolor’s Fascinating 3D Printer Filaments

We managed to test some really amazing 3D printer filament from newcomer Feelcolor.

Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Materials and Conclusion

This is part 4 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about the materials used by this oversize 3D printer.

Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Operations

This is part 3 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about operating this huge 3D printer.

Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Software

This is part 2 of our short series on the Ultimaker 2 Extended. Today we’re talking about software.

Hands On With The Ultimaker 2 Extended: Unboxing and Setup

We’ve got our hands on a real-life Ultimaker 2 Extended and will take you through the experience of using one. In this multiple-part series, we will first investigate the machine setup.

Hands On With The Zebra Plate

We’ve been testing PRINTinZ’s essential accessory, the Zebra printing plate.

Hands On With 3Dconnexion’s SpaceMouse Pro Wireless – And a Special Offer For You!

We’ve been secretly testing 3DConnexion’s incredible SpaceMouse Pro Wireless for the past few weeks and it’s time to tell you how we fared. Short version: Excellent!

Hands On With The XTC-3D Smoothing System

We got dirty with XTC-3D, a 3D print smoothing resin. The results are very shiny.

Hands On With MakePrintable

MakePrintable is a new, freemium cloud service for repairing 3D models. We gave it a good test.

Hands On With Verbatim’s 3D Printer Filaments

We tested samples of several filaments from Verbatim, who have recently entered the market for 3D printer supplies, and were very impressed with the results.

Hands On With FoxSmart’s New Filaments

We’ve been testing some new 3D printer filament from FoxSmart, and it’s pretty interesting.

Hands On With Smoothie-3D

To truly exploit 3D printing technology you need to be able to make your own models.

Hands on With Spectrom’s Color System

We managed to get a close look at Spectrom’s intriguing filament-coloring system.

Hands On With uformit’s Personalized 3D Print Service

We spent some time testing the new uformit generative 3D model service and found some amazing results.

Hands On With FoxSmart’s 3D Printer Filament

Does FoxSmart’s ultra-inexpensive 3D printer filament make the grade? Apparently, it does!

Hands On With Amphora 3D Printer Filament

We managed to get our hands on some new Amphora filament from colorFabb and performed a few tests.

Hands On with the Honeycomb 3D Modeler

A new web-based 3D modeler is emerging: HoneyComb3D.

Hands on With Simplify3D

We’ve been testing the latest release of Simplify3D, version 2.1.1, a third-party 3D printer slicing system. We’re impressed.

Hands on with Trnio, the Smartphone 3D Scanner

We took Trnio for a test drive; it’s a new 3D scanning app for your iPhone.

Hands on with the PRINTinZ Flexible Printer Plate

We managed to acquire a test flexible printer plate from PRINTinZ and performed many test prints with it.

Hands On With the MakiBOX

At the Fabbaloo Lab we managed to get our hands on a MakiBOX LT and checked out the USD$200 3D printer.

Hands On With Authentise’s Streaming Prints

Authentise now has public implementations of their 3D print streaming service. We tried it out.

Hands on with the Geomagic Touch

We managed to get our hands on a Geomagic Touch Haptic Device and found it provides a surprising experience.

Hands on with ColorFabb’s PLA Filament

We happened to score some ColorFabb filament and gave it a test in our lab. This material, as we’ve written before, is not actually pure PLA plastic. It’s a hybrid mix of PLA and PHA, intended to provide a bit better flex and durability. We found the filament to have a rather different unboxing… Continue reading Hands on with ColorFabb’s PLA Filament

Hands On With: High Impact Polystyrene

Our friends at Filaco sent us a spool of their new High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) filament for testing. Accordingly, we spent many hours at our lab checking it out. The HIPS filament comes in only a pure white color, which actually isn’t much of a problem; the objects printed in this spectacularly white material… Continue reading Hands On With: High Impact Polystyrene

Hands On With The FinishingTouch Smoothing Station

If you’re 3D printing with plastic filament, you’ll be familiar with the layered effect, where progressive extrusions accumulate into an object. The object has the correct shape, but has unsightly ridges. What to do? You can eliminate ridges with the Acetone technique, but it’s relatively dangerous, as acetone is flammable and generally not very… Continue reading Hands On With The FinishingTouch Smoothing Station

Hands On With Skanect

There’s quite a few free tools to make good use of your XBox Kinect 3D sensor. We’ve already tested ReconstructMe, a wonderful tool for scanning 3D objects. Today we’re taking a look at Skanect, another 3D scanning tool. Skanect, by Manctl, is available for OSX and Windows XP+ (32 or 64 bit versions). If… Continue reading Hands On With Skanect

Hands On With ReconstructMe

If you’ve ever been shopping for a 3D scanner, watch out for the price tag. Many commercial units providing high quality results and convenient features are well beyond the pocketbook of almost every hobbyist, upwards of USD$50K in some cases. Are there less expensive methods of 3D scanning? Several 3D Scanning kits or hobby… Continue reading Hands On With ReconstructMe

Hands On With The BFB 3000: Software

We’re continuing to evaluate the BFB 3000 3D printer, this time we’re focusing on the software experience. Previously we’ve looked at the unboxing and setup as well as its operation. Why focus on the software? Isn’t this all about the printer itself? We believe the entire experience is important, from end to end. And… Continue reading Hands On With The BFB 3000: Software

Hands On With The BFB 3000: Operation

In last week’s post we described the unboxing and set up of the BFB 3000 printer, which turned out to be a pretty good experience. Today we’re discussing the operation of the 3000. If you’re like us and have a dose of shiny object syndrome, you’ll definitely like the 3000. It’s a beauty to… Continue reading Hands On With The BFB 3000: Operation

Hands On With The BFB 3000: Unboxing and Setup

Fabbaloo Labs has obtained a brand-new, two-headed BFB 3000 3D printer for detailed experimentation and evaluation. We’ll talk about our unboxing and setup experience in this post, while upcoming posts will focus on the 3000’s operation and software. The BFB 3000 ships in a rather large 38kg box. It’s large for one obvious reason:… Continue reading Hands On With The BFB 3000: Unboxing and Setup

Hands on With Cheetah3D

Many 3D modeling tools exist for Windows, but what about OS/X? We’ve been testing a very useful 3D modeling tool for OS/X: Cheetah3D. This software isn’t a Maya, SolidWorks or Cinema 4D, but it actually includes a great many functions that you’d find in those much more highly priced tools. Cheetah3D includes all the… Continue reading Hands on With Cheetah3D

Hands On With the PP3DP Up! 3D Printer

Meet Phil Letourneau, an Up! 3D Printer Operator. This week Phil dropped by the Fabbaloo office to demonstrate the rarely seen Up! 3D Printer. We put this elusive device put through some basic tests to see how it works. The result? Overall, we’re pretty impressed – but there are some caveats. Here’s what we found:… Continue reading Hands On With the PP3DP Up! 3D Printer

The Future of Grocery Shopping: Hands-Free, Human-Free Checkout Experience

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss supermarkets embracing automation technologies, such as contactless pickup.

Hands-On With Apple’s New Object Capture

We managed to do an initial test of Apple’s new Object Capture feature.

THEFUTUREOFJEWELRY: Hands-On With Custom Jewelry

I recently customized a signet ring brought to life via web app and 3D printing.

Going Hands-On With 3D Printing To Go Hands-Off During Pandemic

A hands-free door opener highlights efforts in 3D printing to spread design, not disease.

Elizabeth C. Engele: “The Process Of Going From A CAD Model To An Item In One’s Hands Teaches Patience And Resilience”

Elizabeth C. Engele (Lizzy) is a designer for social good, and a founder of MakerGirl.

Girls 3D Print Club Encourages Hands-On 3D Printing

A Girls 3D Print Club in Cincinnati, Ohio helps highlight STEM opportunities for students.

3D Printing Puts History Back in Our Hands

Google Arts and Culture is using Stratasys’ 3D printing technology to accurately recreate ancient history.

Design of the Week: Exoskeleton Hands

This week’s selection is the fun Exoskeleton Hands by Melbourne-based 3D designer Alex Czech.

Greta D’Angelo – “It was really fun and inspiring spending whole days in the lab, getting our hands dirty and discovering new things every day”

Greta is a multidisciplinary engineer born and raised in Italy.

Book of the Week: A Hands-On Introduction to Topology Optimization

This week’s selection is the detailed work, “A Hands-On Introduction to Topology Optimization” by Amir M. Mirzendehdel.

3D Print Community: Handsmith

This month’s community support selection is the Handsmith project by Lyman Connor.

Cecile Van Der Waal – “I Want to Put 3d Printing in the Hands of as Many People as Possible and See What They Will Do With It”

Cecile is the co-founder of Printr, a Netherlands-based startup that is willing to disrupt the 3D printing industry by making the technology easy and accessible for everyone.

Caitlin Oswald – ” I Was Amazed at How Fun It Was to Have Such a Quick Turnaround Between the Build Designs to Having Parts in Our Hands in a Number of Days”

Caitlin Oswald is an Additive Manufacturing Specialist at LAI International – Leading Advanced Innovations.

3D Printing Community To Print Many Hands

e-NABLE has launched a new project to produce as many 3D printed hand kits for amputees as possible during the next month.

Toyze Puts Game Characters in Your Hands

Want a game character? You probably don’t have the 3D model to print one with, but Toyze can help you out.

3D Collaboration Puts 700 Year Old Monolith In Your Hands

We’ve all seen the enigmatic Easter Island monoliths called Moai, erected for mysterious purposes by long departed pacific islanders some 700ish years ago, and we find them quite intriguing. They were also very interesting to Mark Ganter of Open3DP, who wanted to 3D print one. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a readily available dataset containing a 3D… Continue reading 3D Collaboration Puts 700 Year Old Monolith In Your Hands

From Hands to Model

ZCorp, one of the leading 3D Printer manufacturers, also makes and markets 3D Scanners, such as the ZScanner 800 shown above. In a recent article posted by The Engineer Online and republished by ZCorp, they describe the case of Portuguese product development firm Protosys. Protosys recently assisted a boat manufacturer who had difficulties with hull… Continue reading From Hands to Model

Hands-On Design. For Real!

Josh at SolidSmack posts on a just-discovered video of a truly amazing development: using touch-screen multi-touch gestures to design a 3D model! The software is from SpaceClaim Corp, makers of SpaceClaim Style, Engineer and Viewer. If you look closely in the HD version of the YouTube video, you’ll see they are demonstrating with SpaceClaim… Continue reading Hands-On Design. For Real!