Black silver dynamite

Check out my new high-res 0.1mm black silver dynamite from thingiverse.
It cam out really nice expept from the top of the head which I am frantically trying to get some new settings to resolve it.

Sumpod Delta stepper motor problemo

Just getting to the stage in the assembly I hate most......electronics.
I rigged up what I thought was correct and then surprise surprise no movement in the stepper motors.
All I want is for them to move up so I can assemble it easier. But I guess it will need to work at some stage.

After rigging up the following:

I then opened up Pronterface, hit the connect button and got this:

Looks promising you might think, NO. When I pressed the 1mm button for all axis not a sausage of movement happened.
Going onto the reprap forum to see if any of the gurus of electronica knows.
Fingers crossed.

3D Printed Sculpture....vote now!!!

The reknowned Scottish sculptor John McKenna has entered his proposal into the portglasgowsculpture bid for a new roundabout art peice that will brighten the landscape.

Magicmodel has just completed the 3dprint of Johns wonderfully executed vision of Glasgow shipbuilders.

Please support Johns entry and vote here.

Orcabot is back in town!!!!!!!

My trusty Orcabot had an inrtermittent problem with the bed heater and resulted in stopped builds.
I've since discover what it was:
Explanation below:

Decided to turn Orcabot onto it's belly (which was tricky and I thought it might have bit me!)
only to discover that the thick yellow wire of the heater held in by the Nylon grommet thingy was a bit bent and dark. This could mean only one thing.

I split open the pvc uncovering the exposed broken wire.
How could it have broken such a thick wire?
I know.....wear and tear it's called!
Bed moving backwards and forwards millions of times did it.

Rapidbot extruding fillament with bubbles in.

My new Rapidbot 3.0 is not extruding well.
As you can see from the picture it is coming out the hotend with bubbles in it.

Now I have read somewhere that it might be something to do with moisture in the air and filament getting too humid, but I have tried the same reel in my Orcabot and it works fine.

Anyway, going to post on Reprap forum to see if any one else has experienced the same effect.

In the out of focus video you can still see the offending air bubbles. Can I get a fix please?

Sumpod Delta on it's way

Sumpod delta 3dprinter with bigger capacity.

20% off all 1st time orders

Summer is well and truly here. And with a new arrival of king george I am sure he will one day be getting a golden crown which has been made in a rapid prototyping machine.

Anyhow, this post was just a message to all newcomers to Magicmodel for a 20% reduction on 3d printed parts.

So if you need that cooker knob repaired or you have some nice sketchup designs that you want to bring into the real world then drop us an email mail@magicmodel.co.uk

3DPrinting for students

Engineering and design students can now have parts for their projects at an affordable cost.

Get that project finished to a high standard, on time and with money left in your pocket.

Magicmodel attending Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire

We are exited to announce that we will be part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival on Sunday 7th April 2013.

Magicmodel will be displaying a small range of musical instruments and accessories for the public to use and have fun with.

Low cost economy rapid prototyping

Magicmodel has just completed its first job for rapid prototyping models in ABS for www.kristoffair.co.uk

A hobby business that offers custom designed model glider launch systems.

More to come.......

Affordable rapid prototyping at last.

3DPrint Job

I Just started a 3DPrint job this morning that is going to take 56,623 hrs on the machine !!!!!
Might have to abort that one.

Calling all product designers

Magicmodel can help new product designers using google sketchup.

Gopro webcam brackets custom made can be 3DPrinted to a good accuracy for a reasonable price.

What makes these custom designed products even better is that they are 3D Printed using the actual strong industrial plastic that commercial products are injection moulded from.

Classic renaissance sculpture

A 3D Artist from California named David Foster is helping to reduce the cost of 3DPrinting. Magicmodel successfully managed to achieve a new layer resolution of 0.1mm with the new silver material.

I'm sure you will agree that the results were quite impressive, but most of that is due to the wonderfully proportioned sculpt of the classic female nude. Check out the pictures below.

The model stands at 8 inches tall from the base and is the tallest build achieved on the Orca with a hexagonal internal structure to make the part really strong.

I just wish I could get down to the 3DPrintshow2012 this weekend but I'm working....doh!

Todays 3dprint

Seen as I just got a load of new flowers come up in my garden I thought I'd make this vase.

3d Printing magicmodel on the move

Magicmodel is now available to travel to locations in Scotland mainly Edinburgh and Glasgow to 3dprint your rapid prototypes in the comfort of your home or office.

Just contact us at www.magicmodel.co.uk

Cutting the cost of rapid prototyping.

3dprintshow2012

Really looking forward to seeing all the amazing objects at the 3DPrint Show this year. As far as I can make out this is the first year for this event and it promises to be a popular even.

Www.3dprintshow.com

Driving down the cost of rapid prototyping

Until recently rapid prototyping machines were reserved (some still are) solely for the high end engineering business. Gradually the term of rapid protptying is now becoming more familiar as 3DPrinting.

Magicmodel aims to help reduce the cost of 3DPrinting in order to give more people the chance to make their virtual design become a reality.

With the help of the first Orca 0.42 in Scotland Magicmodel can now offer a 3DPrinting service with real engineering experience at a reasonable cost.

3D Print of Simon V7 Fighting

This is one of my first test prints from my very own marvelous magicmodel machine. Its a digital model of Simon from Poser7.........many more to come.

At the moment the resolution is not as sharp as industrial (expensive) 3dprinters but it's getting better all the time. Figure is 72mm tall. The beauty is any character is 100% pose-able.

Web site www.poserprint.com

3D Printing poser files from smith micro

Attached is a photo of one of the first test builds in Polylactic acid. It is a model which was intended to cater for the needs of architects and modelmakers of dioramas. Lots more poses and sizes available.

Please be aware that most of the images on this blog were taken with the iphone 3G, so quality is not the best!

Orca 0.42 mendel now in operation

Let the 3d printing begin. Abs and pla materials available. High resolution and low resolution.

3D Printing Scotland

Scotland is proud to present the first ever Orca 0.42 reprap 3d printer from Mendelparts.
We have yet to find out if it was well worth the wait as the ordering time was delayed greatly because of a backlog, and one can only guess it is because there was so much demand for such a cool looking design (with some very impressive demo prints)

More to come.........

Porridge

Have porridge for breakfast with a cup of hot tea.....its a great start to your working day.

Makerbot Thingiverse and Rapman Home 3d Printers

An exiting revolution is happening in the wonderful world of 3D Printing. Replicators are popping up all over the online community and hobbyists and 3d printing enthusiasts are now beginning to print useful things.

This is an extremely important step in the world of consumerism, where no longer will we need to go to the local hardware shop to purchase a crevice tool for our Dyson because the dog accidentally thought it was a bone!

Yes, now we can 3d print our own and use it straight away.

Think of the endless possibilities of products that these rapid prototyping machines could make. No more products on shelves gathering dust. Just 3D Printing on demand.

Who is going to store all the raw materials?
Where is China going to fit in to all this?

All will be revealed in the next 10 years!
Watch this space.

Games workshop warhammer

Just passed the Games Workshop in town and popped in for a look. Got into a cool painting demo from the nice and kind shop owner Stuart. Saw how cool some of the models were and decided to get my a*** in gear to offer custom bespoke characters to any scale:

This new service would also be useful for those making dioramas but especially cool for RPG role playing gamers to have a piece that is special to them rather that an 'off-the-shelf' orc or elf designed by A.N.Other.

Will be posting a price plan soon using the Mecha Warrior Space Pirate as a case study.

The Dentist Is Alive........

Big thank you to Scott Andrews of www.lightbeam3d.com
He 3d printed Wayne Robson's The Dentist for a really cool price.

It was made on his Perfactory machine with the mini-multi lens with an resin called Nanocure.
I'm sure you will agree that the resolution is the highest that can be achieved on any 3d printer in todays market.

I intend to use this as a master model to make a mould from so anyone wishing to purchase a casting then please get in touch magicmodel@hotmail.co.uk

What Camera?

Just went to look for a camera to take some nice new photos of figures for magicmodel website and low and behold the wife has thrown it in the bin!@!@£$:-(

It was a nice Nicon coolpix passed down from my father-in-law. The battery cover was knackered but I could still get a crackin photo using mains power.

The next step was to try and find the secondary camera, the panasonic lumix.......guess what it has mysteriously dissapeared.

That left my iphone or the sony camcorder.

Any way decided to try some test shots with the iphone to see if the macro was good enough......what macro indeed.

On another note I heard some bad electric cracklin noise where my 4 way adapter for the pc plugs into the wall. Decided to swap the old for the new, see photos below (taken with iphone)

No fizzy crackilin now yippe, no danger of pc accidental power failure caused by some old nineteen fifties electric socket. I'm off to listen to the Craig Charles funk and soul show.

Darth Wayne on board

This is the first opportunity for the public to have their very own Wayne Robson 3D Print.

Check out his web site at www.dashdotslash.net

It is a collectors piece and should be handled with care.

Please stay posted for more details.

Web site update

Hi there all, just getting some new ideas for a new website called Poserprint.

First we must get magicmodel to get more customers.

Also moving into google sketchup with a website called sketchup3dprint

All new ventures are aimed at helping students and professionals achieve a real 3d model from a cad file.

Scoobydoobydoo

Farmer

ZBrush model of a portugeese farmer of the 1900's.

Sculpted in India, Prepared in Scotland, Printed in Holland, Sent to Spain.

Magicmodel is not only UK based, it has gone global now!!!!