Make by France, Anna Kaziunas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Make: 3D Printing Preface

Personal Fabrication Who This Book Is For Contents of This Book Conventions Used in This Book Using Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us

I. Hardware

1. Getting Started with a 3D Printer

Choosing a Printer Buying Options: Turnkey, Kit, or DIY Software

Generating STL files Slice Fixup

Your First Print Job 3D Printer Anatomy

3D Positioning System 3D Printer Parts Choosing a Filament

Next Steps: What to Make

2. 3D Printer Guide

The Challenge Prints

Snake Owl Statue Nautilus Gears Dimension Torture Test

Afinia H-Series Bukobot 8 Cube Felix 1.0 MakerGear M2 Printrbot Jr. (v1) Replicator 2 Solidoodle 2 Type A Series Ultimaker

II. Software

3. Software for 3D Printing

3D Modeling/CAD Software Slicing/CAM Software Printer Control/Client Software What Next?

4. 3D Design for the Complete Beginner

1. Create a Tinkercad Account 2. Make a Hole 3. Make the Robot Head 4. Align the Head and the Hole 5. Combine the Head and Hole into a Single Object 6. Make the Head Hollow 7. Make Your Robot’s Mouth 8. Make Your Robot’s Eyes

5. Getting Started with Slic3r

Step 1: Name Your Profile Step 2: Print Settings

Perimeters and Solid Layers Infill Speed The Skirt Support Material Notes and Miscellaneous Settings Advanced Settings

Step 3: Filament Settings

Cooling

Step 4: Printer Settings

Custom G-Code Extruder Settings Retraction

Step 5: Return to the Plater

Working with Multiple STLs Have Fun!

III. 3D Scanning

6. Creating and Repairing 3D Scans

What Is 3D Scanning?

Limitations

123D Catch

123D Catch Tips Taking Photos with 123D Catch Uploading Your Photos to the Cloud Downloading Your Mesh

ReconstructMe

Installing ReconstructMe Tips for Reconstructing Yourself (or Someone Else)

Cleaning and Repairing Scans for 3D Printing

netfabb Autodesk MeshMixer MeshLab Pleasant3D

Repairing Most Scans

Repair and Clean Up in netfabb Smoothing Out the Surface of Meshes Removing Bumps and Blobs with MeshMixer Final Cleanup/Repair in netfabb Print Your Model

Repairing Relief Scans by Capping

Fixing Holes, Non-Manifold Areas, and Disconnected Components Closing Large Areas of Missing Mesh

Scan Your World

7. Print Your Head in 3D!

1. Register with Autodesk 123D 2. Take Digital Photos of Your Head 3. Create a New Capture 4. Open Your 3D Model 5. Edit Your 3D Model 6. Make It “Watertight” 7. Embellish It (Optional) 8. Share Your Model (Optional) 9. Save Your Final Model as a Printable File (Optional) 10. 3D Print Your Head!

IV. Materials

8. Plastics for 3D Printing

Polylactic Acid (PLA) Polylactic Acid (Soft/Flexible PLA) LAYWOO-D3 LAYBRICK Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) Nylon Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Polycarbonate (PC) High-density Polyethylene (HDPE) Polycaprolactone PCL Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)

9. Industrial Materials and Methods

Composites and Ceramics Plastics

Stereolithography (SLA) Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Photopolymer Jetting

Metals

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) Direct Metal Printing Indirect Printing Methods

V. Services

10. 3D Printing Without a Printer 11. Service Providers

Upload Files and Order Prints

Shapeways Ponoko Sculpteo i.materialise Kraftwurx Staples (partnering with Mcor)

Makers Producing Parts Locally

makexyz 3D Hubs

Find Me a Printer

Print Chomp

Professional-Grade Services

ZoomRP.com RedEye 3D Factory

Boutique 3DP Design and Printing

3dPhacktory Solid-Ideas

VI. Finishing Techniques

12. How to Dye Your 3D Prints

1. Gather Your Materials 2. Soak Your Pieces 3. Add Color 4. Rinse 5. Dry 6. Show It Off!

13. Post-Processing Your Prints

Tools and Materials Tricks of the Trade Friction Welding Friction Welding Mismatched Surfaces

1. Prepare the Rotary Tool 2. Prepare Two Parts for Welding 3. Tack-Weld the Parts in Position 4. Plug Gaps with Filament 5. Friction Weld the Seam

Friction Welding to Repair a PLA Model Riveting: Friction Welding Blind Rivets Using Filament to Make Solid Rivets and Hinges Gluing and Filling: Creating ABS Slurry for Filler and Glue Sanding 3D-Printed Plastic Parts

14. Weathering Your Prints

1. Pick a BaseCoat 2. Pick a Metallic Paint for Worn Edges 3. Start Drybrushing over the Piece 4. Add Bigger Scrapes and Chipped Areas 5: Add Dirt and Grunge 6. That’s It!

VII. Applications

15. The Promise of 3D Printing 16. 3D Printed Gallery

Practical Objects 3D Products Now on the Market 3D Printing in Medicine Novel and Artistic Prints

17. Dream Machine 18. Desert Manufacturer 19. How I Printed a Humanoid

Lessons Learned DIY vs. Commercial What’s Next

VIII. Other Ways to Make 3D Objects

20. Milling 3D Objects

The Subtractive Equivalent of 3DP What Do You Want to Make? DIY CNC

Plans Avaliable from Buildyourcnc.com

Even More Mills

Othermill Shapeoko 2

Linear Motion Systems

MakerSlide OpenBeam OpenBuilds

21. White Chocolate Skulls in PLA Trays

Bill of Materials 1. Print the Mold Maker on a 3D Printer 2. Mix and Pour the Smooth-Sil 940 3. Demold 4. Add Slits to the Mold 5. Extract the Soy Lecithin from the Softgels 6. Melt The Chocolate

Bamboo Steamer + Glass Bowl Bamboo Steamer + Squeeze Bottle (Best Way)

7. Let the Chocolate Cool 8. Pour the Chocolate into the Mold 9. Put the Mold in the Refrigerator 10. While Waiting, Start Printing the Candy Trays 11. Carefully Demold the Chocolate

22. Printcrime A. 3D Printing Resources

Software for Makers

3D CAD Mesh Repair and Manipulation 3D Printer Frontends

Slicing Software 3D Model Repositories

Free 3D Model Downloads Paid 3D Model Downloads

3D Printer History Learn to Dial in Your Printer Books

Design and Modeling for 3DP 3D Printing and the Maker Movement

Whitepapers 3DP News Physical Destinations

Machine Access and Education Brick and Mortar Stores

Printers, Filament, and Parts Conferences

Index Colophon Copyright

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