Steve Builds a 3D Printer

People often ask me where I get all the cool gadgets like my Android watch or my VR headset, and when I tell them I got the item free for re...

The awesome folks at eSUN hooked me up with a couple of rolls of their new PLA+ filament. What is PLA+?  Its like PLA, only better.  In th...

I got a really sweet deal on this floor model end table at Kittles, and its exactly the right size and height for the Godzilla printer...

I worked some more on the design of the trucks this week.  I've added mounting points for the magnets and fine tuned the various dimens...

Some years ago, I saw a jaw dropping TED talk where artist Theo Jansen showed off his Strandbeests, and I've wanted one ever since. ...

I thought this would be a good time to collect all the parts I've acquired so far and lay them out and sort of take an inventory of w...

A five pack of 10*30*30mm fans came in the mail this week from Anycubic on eBay.  I'm going to use these for cooling fans on the e...

I printed out some test parts for the set of trucks I designed last week , and there were a number of things I didn't like about them. ...

I finished the OpenSCAD design for the push rods last week, and ended up adding "rocket fins" to provide stability during the pri...