The first time we had to fix our newer printer
It had been working without problem for ten months
We had been using our new printer for ten months when the filament stuck in it.
2015. 09. 27
News
We bought yet another printer - an Anycubic Chiron this time
Because there's no such thing as too many printers
We bought a familiar yet different printer this time.
2021. 01. 17
Story of a stamp
Being eco-friendly needs some planning
Taking a small step to be more environmentally friendly.
2016. 08. 13
Our third printer is a Reprap Prusa i3
Building a 3D printer is almost a routine now
Building a 3D printer is always exciting.
2016. 07. 25
The gilding process
A little bit more detail about how the gilding works
Let's talk about how to do the gilding in a bit more detail.
2016. 05. 31
Aftershock of the fix
Was not a long term fix
A week. After a short week the new hotend broke. Literally.
2015. 10. 01
Trying out nylon
The third material we used for printing
After our usual PLA and ABS we tried a new material: nylon.
2015. 08. 07
The old printer works again
After replacing the hotend and the heated bed the old printer back in prime condition again
We had several problems with our old printer, but we solved all of them one by one.
2015. 03. 25
The happenings of the last few days
We had been busy recently
Cooling problems, new hotend and an unexpected accident. All within three days.
2015. 02. 09
Hotend problem again
We still have problems with the old printer
We rarely printed with the old printer recently, because we had problems with it.
2015. 01. 26
Printing in green
We have been printing in golden color for quite some time now - it was time to try something new
We received a roll of filament for our new printer. The color of it was random and we got a green one.
2014. 11. 30
Our second printer has been built
After only 20 days of building the printer is ready to go
We spent 5 months to build our first printer, but we managed to build our second one within 3 weeks.
2014. 10. 13
We are trying to fix our printer
We are suffering from the longest unsuccessful printing period of our almost two years of history
It has been almost two months since we had a successful print. We have been suffering from different problems since then.
2014. 09. 20
New filament holder
We had problems with the old holder at the end of the roll
We had problems with the old filament holder when the roll was almost empyt, because it wasn't heavy enough. When we found a simple filament holder solution on Thingiverse we decided to try it.
2014. 08. 31
Replacing the old pusher
It was time
We finally replaced the old pusher which was already pretty worn.
2014. 07. 03
We fixed the printer - before the replacement arrived
It might be a temporary solution, but at least we can print
Although the replacement hotend did not arrive yet we found a solution for our problem.
2014. 05. 06
We cannot print - again
This time the hotend's power resistor died
We didn't have any problem with the printer recently - now we have.
2014. 04. 29
Printing in white - again
We had lots of problems printing with white PLA
We tried white PLA again - some things are better printed in white.
2014. 04. 27
A bit of a problem again
The pusher needs to be replaced
Recently we saw several times that the pusher stuck. It turned out the problem was not the power of the motors this time.
2014. 04. 08
Consequences of a bad customer
We had to make some hard decisions
Just as we expected, Paypal decided in favour of the buyer.
2014. 03. 08
We ship worldwide
Our map of countries where we have already shipped starts to become impressive
As soon as we started to sell items on Ebay we started this map.
2014. 03. 03
We had our first bad selling experience
Selling is not always a fairy tale
We were printing whole week to restock our eBay store, and had the first really bad customer during that.
2014. 03. 01
We are still trying to figure out the secrets of the ABS printing
We didn't find the key so far
We continued learning the ABS printing this week.
2014. 02. 16
First printings from ABS
Fine tuning of the ABS printing
We spent the whole weekend trying to set up our printer for ABS printing.
2014. 02. 09
First print on the new glass
Finally the new glass has arrived
After almost a week of waiting, the new glass has finally arrived!
2014. 01. 28
Things happened recently
It's good news - bad news time
We started printing with SD support, tried the ABS printing and broke glass on the printer. All in less then a week!
2014. 01. 20
Problems again
Serious issues again
A not so short story where we started with a small problem which quickly turned into a big issue.
2013. 12. 24
The first prints on heated bed
It seems we have to learn 3D printing again
Now we have the first few prints on heated bed and of course the first few mistakes, too. We expected a few hiccups on the first few try, but we didn't expect to learn printing again.
2013. 12. 10
Finally printing on heated bed!
After weeks of waiting and building our heated bed is ready
After more then a month of waiting the kapton tape has arrived. And now we have everything to fully use our printer with the heated bed. Hurray!
2013. 12. 07
Upgrading our printer
Heated bed and other improvements
We are upgrading our printer right now by setting up a heated bed. This will help to print without the double sided tape and finally being able to print from ABS.
2013. 11. 17
We started to build our second printer
Yes, we print our next printer
We suspected for quite some time that one printer is not enough. Now, we know.
2013. 10. 03
We solved the problem!
We panicked a little, but fortunately we could solve the problem
With lots of constructive help from our friends we finally found and solve the problem of the electric board.
2013. 08. 05
The main board stopped working
After we finally fixed the problem with the always sticking filament something else has broken
Unfortunately after a few days of trying to figure out how can we print with the white filament, the central electronic has stopped working suddenly.
2013. 08. 04
Printing in white
We tried the cursed white filament again - with a half success
After we had figured out the reason of our struggling with the filament, we tried again the white filament.
2013. 08. 02
Yet another maintenance - with a twist
Cleaning the hobbed bar and replacing the pusher motor
After some debate we decided there could be only two reasons of the regular stuck of the filament: the hobbed bar and the weak pusher motor. It turned out we were wrong...
2013. 07. 30
Yet another maintenance
The new heater block has arrived
When the new heater block has arrived we could start to install it and of course made some other necessary maintenance.
2013. 07. 14
Recent problems
We have some serious problems with the printer, that's why there is the silence from us in the last few weeks
We have a few ongoing serious problems which prevent from printing right now.
2013. 07. 06
Sun burn experiment
An experiment regarding the UV stability of the print
We started an experiment regarding the UV stability of the PLA print about a month ago.
2013. 06. 17
Harry Potter style door number
Yes, we live in the door number thirteen
Of course as we are a 3D printing couple we need a 3D printed door number. And what would fit to us more than a Harry Potter style door number?
2013. 05. 20
Softwares in 3D printing
What softwares you will need to print with a 3D printer?
Everyone knows the hardware is necessary for 3D printing, but the software part is just as important! The software setup is just as much trouble as building the hardware.
2013. 04. 16
Lizard and other news
Recent news and the lizard
We still have some difficulties with the printer: we tried the printing with the white filament again, fast printing and other recent news.
2013. 04. 11
A planned, but not planned maintenance
How we spent the afternoon on Easter Sunday
A little problem turned into huge because we always postponed a long needed maintenance.
2013. 04. 01
Pygmy puff instruction
Pygmy puff assembly instruction
Step-by-step instrutions for making pygmy puffs.
2022. 01. 21
Upgrade
Even a firmware upgrade doesn't go without problems
We upgraded our printers firmware to the latest of available - but it didn't went smoothly.
2013. 03. 27
Giant cauldron
Our heaviest and longest print so far
A big cauldron goes well with our other wizard world things, so we decided to print a cauldron.
2013. 03. 25
Hogwarts castle as a pet-house
Introducing our big-big 3D printing project
This was one of the reasons for building the printer: we wanted to build a really good looking pet-house to our turtles. Lots of parts, lots of printing, lots of painting.
2013. 03. 24
Is it printable?
How to check if a model is printable
Creating a 3D model which looks good is hard. Creating a 3D model which is printable is even harder. This article helps you how you can tell if a model is printable or not.
2013. 03. 10
Recent failures
Not everything is perfect
If you think everything works smoothly for all the time for us - you are wrong.
2013. 03. 07
Christmas trees
The way we celebrated the holiday
Two trees printed for Christmas - just before Christmas.
2013. 03. 07
Starting the page
Finally, the day has come when we launched the PrintingIn3D page!
We had been building our printer for half a year; we have been printing things for months; and now after designing and programming for weeks, we finally launched the page.
2013. 03. 02
Useful links
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