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What should we do about "3D Printed Firearms"? (ERRF special) Oct 24, 2019

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In this week’s special episode from the East Coast RepRap Festival 2019, Tom talks to Keith (as a non-representative of Proto-Pasta) about their ERRF highlight, how the terrorist attack in Halle seems to have used 3D printing to fabricate firearm parts and what we should (or can) do about it. Also, Proto-Pasta’s experiences in shipping a filament extruder all the way across the US and whether 3D printer manufacturers should be providing a functional machine to buyers!

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Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

CNCs, a handy tool for makers (with Tom Stanton & Ivan Miranda) - The Meltzone Podcast Ep23 Oct 14, 2019

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On this special Podcast Episode Stefan visits a YouTube Creators Event in the UK and talk with his two fellow YouTube creator Tom Stanton and Ivan Miranda about cool gadgets they own and how they use their CNCs where 3D printing is not sufficient anymore.

Tom Stanton: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomstanton282
Ivan Miranda: https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote

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SHOW NOTES

PROXXON Lathe (aff): https://geni.us/18hTB7
Chronos High Speed Camera: https://www.krontech.ca/

E3D Hermes Extruder & How far 3D printers have come over the years Oct 09, 2019

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Stefan talks about his recent trip to the UK where he visited E3D and the XYZSummit, a YouTube creators even. YouTube did it’s “thing” again by removing the verified status from most of their creators but shortly changed their mind again after lots of complaints from the community. LEGO has taken down lot’s of community designs from MyMiniFactory and Thingiverse. Tom and Stefan discuss how far 3D printers have come from the Sells Mendel and at which point both got into the hobby. They both talk about if a belt printer would be something for them to consider and what the advantages of a combined additive and substractive process might be.

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MyMiniFactory “Beyond the Brick” //www.myminifactory.com/de/competition/beyond-the-brick-183
Sapphire Pro Linear Rail 3D printer (aff): //geni.us/CsER

Non-planar hype, the end of rigid.ink and the start of a new Smoothieboard Sep 17, 2019

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It’s been a while! Now that Stefan is back from Japan, he and Tom can finally get back together for a new episode of The Meltzone Podcast – and there’s lots to catch up on!
They about Stefan’s Japan experiences, andTom’s MPCNC experiences, as well as news on the
Smoothieboard v2 and the end (or new beginnings?) of rigid.ink.
You’ll also find tips on how to optimize your 3D Benchy for ERRF’s printing contest and an insight on how Makerbot’s Method printer may actually be a good choice for ABS – but possibly not as much as Makerbot would like to have you believe.
And for the big topic this week, is non-planar slicing and printing actually worth it? Tom has already tried it out and reports his findings.

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Stefan’s art museum recommendation
Stefan’s drying video
Smoothieboard v2 Kickstarter
SKR 1.3 Board
ILTMS’ / Bob’s book “Making Time”
MK3 stepper details (via printedsolid)

Silent Stepper Drivers & Topology Optimization Aug 13, 2019

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Stefan will soon be on a 3 week holiday trip to Japan and talks about his preparations in terms of camera equipment and Tom presents his latest 10-25mm f1.7 lens he recently bought. Both discuss if YouTube is a suitable platform for their podcast and if they should release their show as audio-only. Stefan made a discovery how STL files can become inaccurate if they are exported in the wrong coordinate system. Both talk in depth about the meaningfulness of topology optimization and lattice structure. Since Stefan recently received a Cetus3D Mk3 and is annoyed by it’s noise he asks Tom to explain if implementing silent stepper drivers is hard and expensive and why they didn’t become a standard in current-gen 3D printers.

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SHOW NOTES

Infill video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEaNAwFSfI
Tom’s new 10-25mm f1.7 lense (aff): geni.us/wRek2

Planned Obsolescence and Practical 3D Printing Jul 31, 2019

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Why are white goods getting more and more unreliable? What are the dangers of cloud software? How are these two successful YouTubers steering the YouTube algorithm?
We’ll answer that in this episode of the Meltzone podcast!
Also, news on non-planar slicing with a paper on “CurviSlicer”, questions on filament-based metal 3D printing, a free Solidworks version for makers and advances slicer tuning options for FDM.
Topic of the week: What are we actually using 3D printing for and are there even applications that make sense for “normal” people?

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TubeBuddy for optimizing a YouTube channel (aff)
CurviSlicer
BASF Ultrafuse 316L at Matterhackers (aff)
Pretty much the only reference we found to a “free” Solidworks Premium license (German)

3D printing professional gear at home actually viable? Jul 17, 2019

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After 5 weeks of no PodCast together, there are a lot of things to chat about. Tom and Stefan talk a bit about recent Prague Maker Fair and the awesome spirit of it. Tom gave topology optimization a try and Stefan talks about how he could use his new 3D scanner to measure the strains in it during testing. Stefan got back to some filament tests and talks about his experience with part cooling and layer adhesion. The guys show their admiration for David Shoreys current work on 3D printing on diffraction grading sheets. They discuss why resin printing seems to be becoming so “popular” at the moment and if 3D printing camera gear is a viable option as shown with the Edelkrone Head.

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David Shorey
MiniTab (DOE)
GOM Correlate (Strain from video)

Makerfaire Debrief (with 3D Printing Nerd and 3D Maker Noob) Jun 29, 2019

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After Maker Faire Prague, Prusa let Tom, 3D Printing Nerd and 3D Maker Noob have their studio for an hour to jam about recent 3D printing topics! In this episode, we talk about the demise of Maker Media, the creators of Make Magazine and licencors of Maker Faires – and what that means for the future of faires in general. In other news, a CR-10 caught fire and a Twitter user was caught advertising a 3D printer with photos stolen from several community members.
And for the “big” topic, we fantasize about the future of consumer / maker / “low end” 3D printers and what there even is left to improve. Which… gets a bit awkward.

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SHOW NOTES

3D Printing Nerd’s channel
3D Maker Noob’s channel
Maker Media ceases operation
CR-10 is lit
“Felanfeli” stealing photos

The Pitfalls of Kickstarter Projects Jun 05, 2019

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The big topic this week: Is Kickstarter still what it used to be? What are the risks involved in backing crowdfunding campaigns? Tom and Stefan discuss their experiences with past crowfunding projects and try to make sense of today’s landscape on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
In other quick topics: Stefan’s recap of hitting 100k subscribers on YouTube and his experiences of trying “Premieres”, Apple’s interesting new Pro lineup and a follow-up on keeping filament dry.

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Intro Jingle by Thomas Herrmann

SHOW NOTES

Stefan’s premiere’d video
Panasonic’s new lens
Snapmaker 2.0 Kickstarter Campaign
Printrbot Kickstarter (though not the one we were referring to)
Questionable FilaDry featured in Tom’s video

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