Scanning BaliBoy was good fun and easy enough. Just make sure to take time setting up your scanning equipment and make sure there’s enough room to walk around the object while scanning. Once the BaliBoy was scanned I was eager to get it printing on the Makerbot. Using our woodFill profiles for Makerbot Makerware our first copy of BaliBoy (10cm tall) was done in about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Generating 3d models is quite time consuming and requires in some cases expert knowledge of specific 3d modeling software. It’s definitely fun to learn about the various types of 3d modeling software, but you could also get into 3d scanning.
Last week colorFabb was present at the RapidPro 2014 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We had a great time talking to lots of 3d print enthusiast. Even though woodFill is around for a while now we still got many surprised reactions from people seeing a Makerbot Replicator create actual wooden parts.
Our woodFill material is available in our webshop and consists of about 70% colorFabb PLA and 30% woodfibre. This means that in general you’ll need to print this material at PLA temperatures. To help you along with fine tuning your machine for woodFill here is our process of calibrating the Ultimaker Original, Ultimaker 2 and Makerbot Replicator 2. Continue reading
In november colorfabb participated in one of the biggest 3d printshows, the London 3d printshow! Located in the amazing Business Design Centre we knew this was going to be a very inspiring gathering of exhibitors and visitors.
A short visit video at our Colorfabb production facility
A 3D printed Thunderbird 3 by Van Alles Wat Ontwerp in ColorFabb’s Traffic Red filament.
Design by Van Alles Wat Ontwerp
Get the files here.
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We presented colorfabb at the launching event of the brand new Innofabriek in Reuver the Netherlands. Located in one of the old Jalema factories the Innofabriek still shows some of it’s industrial history. The main workplace looks great and is no doubt one of the most inspiring workplaces you could wish for. We wish Joan Westendorff the best of luck with his new start-up the Innofabriek.