I’d love to see more details about the laser safety device.

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Hi all, We run from dry shop air at UC, however in a past life I ran several machines from a tank compressor. Just make sure your compressor is rated for the total anticipated CFM consumption. In that

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I have a BCN3D W50 and I have not had much success with printing with soluble supports or with the printer in general. All the soluble supports we tried jam the heads every time we try to even load th

Leigh, the 280 canvas page looks really good! I liked the document outlining what to expect for faculty bringing their classes. I'm not sure about "well crafted," but I'll submit ours as a case study:

I talked to a few sales reps and didn’t get a good impression of the bcn3d d25. They recommended the raise3d e2 which has independent dual core. I’ve had problems with dual extrusion on the ultimaker

I haven’t found our compressor to be too loud, we have the default cheap one that came with the thunder nova 35. We do have a California air tools compressor in the sound dampening box for another pur

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I recommend checking out the BCN3D printers. We have 3 raise pro2 plus and have not had good luck with the dual extrusion and support from the manufacturer. We had consistent jams from the extruder ge

Hello, We have quite a few basic manuals for different techniques. The one for lasercutting is aimed at out Trotec and Epilog machine, and one is specific about how to prepare your file in Illustrator

We just got an Epilog Fusion Edge 24 laser and the air assist pump that the supplier wanted to give me was just too loud. I run a one room makerspace so loud noise for too long can get distracting whi

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Hi Tasker, I humbly submit our wood shop's canvas page in response to your question: www.saic.edu/280woodshop This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but we definitely strive to balance the t

We spent a long, long time deliberating the navigation/structure of thinkbox.case.edu. We're not just a makerspace/shop so it got complicated fast. Those top-level items (equipment, entrepreneurship,

Hi Friends, We are re-working the website for our lab (www.bu.edu/epic ), and looking for examples of other workshops / makerspaces / labs that are well crafted. The great challenge seems to be balanc

We have a Rasie3D Pro2. It has two extruders, a large build volume, and is really well built. I haven't looked at some of their newer offerings, but our Pro 2 has been churning out prints for the last

I have. Very good case of "You get what you pay for". Cheaper CF Filaments tend to use crushed fibers, which offer very little benefit beyond aesthetics. Higher-end filaments used sliced or shredded f

That’s one that I’ve looked at. I’d like to offer carbon filaments – have you tried those? From: main@myssmc.groups.io <main@myssmc.groups.io> On Behalf Of Drake Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, January 25,

I was going to recommend Bambu Lab. I recently got to try an X1 Carbon, and was really impressed. https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/x1-carbon-combo But it seems they're on backorder until Februar

Hi all, We currently have Ultimaker S5 3d printers for supporting advanced materials and more complex models that need soluble supports. However, they are very finicky and the quality has been going d

Hello All, I hope your semesters are off to a good start! We're looking to hire someone for a staff position (Wood and Metal Technician) at the Making Center part of The New School- Parson's School of

If I remember right from the printmaking class I took in undergrad, it depends on how heavy you want the lines to be. Deeper etch=more ink=darker print. Its been a minute since I've etched any intagli

As a side note, speeds and feeds really matter when you are trying to machine traces. Improper settings result in broken endmills, a .031" Ø endmill should run conservatively around 8000 rpm. Typicall