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Guest post: How to spray paint your Ultimaker
For all German readers: This post is available in German too / Dieser Beitrag ist auch in Deutsch verfügbar: Plasmasolutions-Blog Hi there, my name is Thomas Beck and I am the owner of a small …
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Ultimaker in Space!
Our collaboration with ‘Made in Space’, which started in 2011, has resulted in our electronics being used as part of the 3D printer which will be sent in space to the International Space Station (ISS). …
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Tagged International Space Agency, made in space, NASA
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Aluminium Casting of 3D printed parts
A while back we posted a blog about aluminum casting involving 3D printed PLA by Jeshua (3DTOPO). He has used this technique for several of his parts now and decided to post a longer tutorial …
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Colorfabb’s ‘Soft Touch PLA’.
At Ultimaker we want to make brilliant 3D printers but also push 3D printing to the heights it deserves. This is why we were thrilled that Colorfabb sent our regular guest blogger and community member, …
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What do you think about this print?
The details on this design by Artec3d sets it apart from other skulls, so we are glad that they came out so well on our print! The printing facts: Layer height: 0.07 MM Infill: 20 …
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Ulti-evening March 2013
Once again our Ultimaker evening of late March 2013 was a success. It’s great to see so many new faces among the regulars! The first speaker is Richard Hulskes, co-founder of Ground3d. We are partnering …
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What do you think about this print?
Here at Ultimaker HQ we are pushing the 3D printer envelop as you might expect, so a while back we printed this work by Dizingof to see how it would perform. Needless to say we …
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XYZ exposition opens today!!
This week Ground3d has been busy getting everything ready for today’s official opening at CNCPT13 (Amsterdam). Here are some pictures of yesterday and this morning, just before the press took over! If you are in …
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Tagged 'xyz' pop-up store, CNCPT13, ground3d, XYZ exposition
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PLA is the new wood
Mateusz Makosiewicz, also a blogger at prosumerism, makes an interesting point concerning old expectation influencing new processes, here he is in his own words. Alexander Baloche There’s an aesthetic common sense attitude towards wood and …
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Posted in applications 3d printing, Inspirational
Tagged 3d printing, aesthetics, FDM, PLA
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