{"id":9154,"date":"2013-11-09T17:32:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T01:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9154"},"modified":"2013-12-31T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T19:29:29","slug":"my-first-3d-print-a-stand-for-my-pebble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/my-first-3d-print-a-stand-for-my-pebble\/","title":{"rendered":"My First 3D print. A stand for my Pebble"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have written about his before, but have not got around to printing it.\u00a0 So this weekend I’m at the AEC Hackathon<\/a> hosted by Facebook.\u00a0 There are lots of toys here including a few 3D printers.\u00a0 Now is my chance to try 3D printing for the first time.<\/p>\n

I grabbed the .stl 3d digital file from\u00a0 makerbot thingverse.<\/a> Credit C Perlman<\/a> for this.\u00a0 You can also buy one from his site.\u00a0 So first step, downloading this .stl file.\u00a0 Done.<\/p>\n

One thing I could have done is opened this file in a 3D editor and made some modifications, however,<\/p>\n

Next, I need to get this file to the printer.\u00a0 The good people from Cubify<\/a> brought 3 3D printers.\u00a0 I put the .stl file on a usb stick and walked it over there.\u00a0 They then opened their custom application and converted from .stl to .cube format used for their printers.\u00a0 This file is the conversion from 3D to 2D layers building up into the 3D object.\u00a0 Save.<\/p>\n

Next we take the USB to the printer and the magic happens.\u00a0\u00a0 In this case it is a simple PLA plastic material coloured grey.\u00a0 Perfect for the grey Pebble.<\/p>\n

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The total printing time was around 2 hours.\u00a0 Not too bad.<\/p>\n

And here is the final result!\u00a0 I can take some soft sandpaper and smooth it out, or I could paint it which would do that same thing.\u00a0 However, I like the raw layered look.\u00a0 The whole process was extremely easy.\u00a0 Not that I ever thought 3D printing was hard, but now that I have gone from file to finish, I want to print something else!<\/p>\n

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