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Printed Solid 3D Printing Store GRAND OPENING and Open House Maker Festival!

April 14, 2016

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We’ve been spending the last several months working hard to get our new warehouse and showroom ready to open.

On May 15^th, 2016 from 10-4 we will be celebrating with an Open House and Maker Festival and YOU are invited. Our showroom and the entire warehouse at 2850 Ogletown Rd, Newark, DE will be open to the public for this event!

If you want to help us know how many people are coming, please RSVP at event brite. It is free.

Getting Ready for World Makerfaire 2015

September 20, 2015

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Fall is an awesome time for 3D Printing. There are many great events. One of the biggest for makers and 3D Printing is the World Maker Faire in NYC.

The 2015 event will be held at the New York Hall of Science on September 26th and 27th. There will be a ton of amazing Makers showing off their work and lots of hands on activities. More info about the Faire can be found here.

Printed Solid will be there in the 3D Printing Village with some cool things to show off and some cool things to buy.

Get your prints to stick - Check your skirt!

June 21, 2014

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One of the most simple, yet frustratingly difficult things to get figured out when you are learning about 3D Printing is how to get and keep your prints stuck to the bed. People have all kinds of tricks. Bare clean glass, borosilicate glass, plate glass, PEI, buildTak, aluminum plate, circuit board perf material, Painters Tape, Kapton Tape, Glue stick, hair spray, PVC film, higher temperature, lower temperature, etc. The list goes on. Read More

Unboxing the Deltamaker 3D Printer

March 29, 2014

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A few weeks ago, we happily accepted delivery on one of our Kickstarter rewards! We pledged for this at the end of January 2013 and were hoping for delivery around July 2013. Of course like most (all?) Kickstarter projects it was delayed 'a little'. In this case, I think it was delayed because the team really put some engineering effort into the design to ensure future success. Read More

Vapor Smoothing 3D Printed Parts - PLA, colorFabb, XT, T-Glase, PET+

March 21, 2014

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As you've seen in some of my previous posts, I've spent a fair amount of time experimenting with using an acetone vapor bath to smooth 3D Printed parts. Recently, I saw this cool make of a Moai head posted by thingiverse member Shapespeare. He used acrylic cement to manually smooth the PLA printed part with a really great result. Read More

3D Printed Decorative Letter Bowls

December 04, 2013

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Here’s another application for 3D printing. Custom party decorations. My wife and I decided we wanted to have bowls in the shape of the letters of our daughter’s name to hold snacks for her birthday. So, I designed some in CAD and printed them on my Ultimaker 3D printer. Read More

Testing New 3D Printing Filament - Carbon Fiber, Wood Filled, XT, and more!

November 21, 2013

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A few months ago, I received some samples of colorFabb PLA/PHA filament. I liked it so much that I decided to become a reseller in the USA. Here is my initial evaluation showing off some of the great properties of the PLA/PHA. This material is awesome. Read More

Halloween Ideas for 3D Printing

October 27, 2013

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I've been 3D printing Halloween themed parts throughout the year, both for fun and as props for The Haunted Barn in Camden, DE.

Now that Halloween is almost here, I thought it would be cool to put up some of the things I've printed. I'd love to supplement this with other people's prints as well. Please leave a comment with your print. You can link it, or send it to me and I will add it to the post!

More 3D Printed Metal! Lost PLA

October 04, 2013

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Between Makerfaire NY, shipping and ordering filament, I haven't had a lot of time to update the blog lately, but we've been doing some really cool work. So, I'm taking a quick break just to toss up some pics of castings. Here is a customer job we worked on a while back. Read More

Vapor Polishing colorFabb XT!

September 05, 2013

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A few nights ago, I printed a thin walled part with colorFabb _XT. It was very tall and unstable. Essentially a 4 inch disk standing on end. I used a brim, but that wasn't really enough. As the part built up higher and higher, it became less and less stable. As such, I ended up with a pretty low quality print and had a few layer delaminations. Read More