Improving my Gigante 3D printer using … 3D printing
Artist Kevin Caron shares how he enhanced his Gigante 3D printer using 3D printing to improve the cooling fan ….
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Helping with COVID-19 in a small way
COVID-19 has thrown the entire world into a whirlwind of change. I’ve tried to find ways to make a difference. In the beginning, when Personal Protection Equipment was at a premium, I found 3D-printing patterns for N95...
Read MoreMask man: using 3D printing against the pandemic
Sculptor Kevin Caron 3D prints medical masks to try to help with the fight against the coronavirus in his free 3D printing blog post Mask man: using 3D printing against the pandemic.
Read MoreBack to the future: up and running
Busy holiday season provides ample opportunity for people to check out artist Kevin Caron’s new deconstructed “cubist” 3D-printed sculpture ….
Read MoreMad scientist performs 3D printer brain transplant
Wouldn’t you like to see that headline in your newspaper or favorite news Website? It’d be at the top of mine, because that’s just what happened recently with my 8-foot-tall Cerberus 3D Gigante 3D printer. The Gigante is 5 years old now, which is like 50 in 3D printing years, especially with the rapid changes in […]
Read MoreAll that is old is new again: Updating 3D printers
If you buy a 3D printer “off the shelf,” say a MakerBot or Lulzbot, you get what you got. Of course, based on the number of units sold of these machines, you can assume they are of some quality. You also know the capabilities of the printer, the kind of filament it can handle, its […]
Read MoreCerberus 3D 400 3D printer opens a world of filament
When my first 3D printer, a 3D Systems CubeX, apparently died (more on that in a moment), I lost the ability to work in anything but PLA filament. That mattered to me, because I have one design in particular that seems to prefer ABS. I had tried repeatedly to fix the CubeX, ordering and […]
Read MoreMetal filler works wonders with ABS filament
Since I moved my 3D Systems CubeX 3D printer down to the studio, I’ve been able to play with it while I’m in the office cooling down – Arizona summers are really brutal when you work with fire and wear heavy protective gear. The CubeX gives me another way to play that keeps me under […]
Read MoreThe greatest weapon in the 3D-printed gun debate is FEAR
Any time I show my 3D-printed sculptures or jewelry or have a 3D printer running at an event, I inevitably get asked about 3D-printed guns. It’s exasperating, because the fear of these guns – which is currently unfounded – taints 3D printing. This topic has come up before, but it’s back in the news as […]
Read More3D-printed sculpture storms Tucson
OK, maybe I went a little overboard in the headline, but I’m still really jazzed at the reception of my 3D-printed sculpture at the recent Sculpture Tucson show in, yes, Tucson, Arizona (is there another Tucson? Hmmm, I’ll have to look that up ….) The turnout at the show was incredible. Preliminary estimates say that […]
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