Object[printing]Lesson 2: Be careful when feeding filament for Mr. Jaws.

Duuun dun duuun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun BOM BOM dun dun dun dun dun dun doo dedoo doo dedoo dede doo dede doo dededoo Yes, that's the theme song to Jaws (thanks to Textual Songs for helping me with the lyrics).  Wait, this is supposed to be about object printing, right? Why would I open with that?  Well, for some reason, once I received my printer, that song started going through my head.  I think it's the pressure of expectations - those made to myself and my family about just how awesome...

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Object [printing] Lesson 1: Simple. Do your homework.

The decision has been made, we will be printing objects at my house (see my last post, entitled Why I chose to print objects at my house).  I now have to select and buy a printer.  How hard could it be?  It's a new space, right?  Can't be too many options, right?  Wrong.  Boy, was I in for a surprise.  It's clearly a craze; everybody wants to make a 3D printer!  I guess, in this way, things are different from 1984 when, to my recollection, it was pretty much Mac or nothing if...

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Why I chose to print objects at my house.

Noise of 3D printing has been buzzing around quite some time.  This 30 year old technology is much like those pesky flies around the picnic table.  I say pesky, because, even in our busy lives with so much churn in technology, 3D printing has become difficult to ignore.  I never really saw it as a bad thing, just another thing.  Maybe just another fad, but it's becoming difficult to ignore.  At least for me.   So, I've been asking myself, is 3D printing going to stick?  Is it just...

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