After I made my first 3D Curve of Pursuit I had a go at making a ‘skeleton’ version. The shape is good. This was my first time at using supports. The yellow bits you can see are the remains of the supports and it will take a lot more attention to get rid of them …
Category: 3D Printing
Curve of Pursuit
Curve of Pursuit has always been one of our most popular knitting patterns so it seemed ideal for turning into a 3D model. This was Steve’s first attempt and it was very successful. Our original knitted Curve of Pursuit was made over twenty years ago. It was never my favourite because I used yarns I …
Spacers
Feeding the filament over the top of the printer meant that the lid could never be put back on. We made spacers from a file we found on Thingiverse. Problem solved. These spacers seem to be used mainly by people who want to prevent a build-up of heat inside the printer.
Improvisations
The helpful man at Box said it was never a good idea to remove a model from the printing surface while it was still inside the printer because the model could get damaged. He had various suggestions for surfaces that could be removed but none were immediately available, or were expensive, so we decided to …
First things first
The printer we bought is a FlashForge Dreamer. We originally intended to buy a less expensive printer but didn’t know enough to make a sensible choice until we stumbled across a company called Box. There are very few places where you can actually see printers in action and ask questions so we took a trip …
New Year, New Printer, New Blog
At the end of 2018 we bought a 3D printer. The things we want to make don’t fit well with our Woolly Thoughts or Illusion Knitting websites though they are closely related to things you will find there. A new blog seems a good place to draw all these ideas together. This blog is hosted …