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Ask Us Anything – MatterHackers Event Part 1

Today is hyper tech Tuesday as we cover the topics and questions that were asked at the live Ask Us Anything event with Lars Brubaker and Taylor Landry of MatterHackers.

3D Freelance Tips

By the year 2020, it’s expected that over 50% of the business world will be freelancers. If you think, “Oh I’ll just go out and freelance,” think again because it takes s

Update on What WTFFF?! Is All About

A huge “Thank you,” to all our loyal listeners who made this major milestone possible. Giving a little update for those new to the podcast to explain what the WTFFF?! is

Making 3D Printing More Accessible with Lars Brubaker of MatterHackers

Checking back in with MatterHackers since our last episode with them, we wanted to talk more generally this time and get a feel for the other things they are working on a

3D Design Theft or Fair Use

Are the file sites on the side of the little guy? Based off what’s happened to Loubie on Thingiverse, where another company took her (and many other designers) files, pri

Pausing 3D Prints – Tech Tips Revealed

Tracy’s back to try and “Out-tech Tom,” as listener Vicky Somma put it. How to manipulate your 3D printer settings and G-codes to pause a print. Not a beginner topic by a

Challenges of the 3D Print Market

Contemplating the many challenges of the 3D print design market, such as trying to appeal to a market that doesn’t even know 3D printing exists yet, or that they need or

Are We Really Worried About Our Designs Being Stolen?

In response to our episode with Hector from 3D Shook, Joseph, a long-time listener said he was really happy with Hector’s response to our question about being worried abo

Can You Capture Other Parts in Your 3D Prints?

It’s Tech Tuesday, and today’s question is, “Is it possible to make a 3D print where you print part of it and put some other object of a different material into the middl

Is Anyone Actually Selling Any 3D Printed Products?

Long-time listener Eduardo Martini of Brazil recently posed yet another challenging question to us, “Is anybody actually selling anything in 3D printing? Not just giving

Educational Project: Digital Sundial

In this WTFFF?! Episode, Tom and Tracy have found a great educational project for teachers and students. There is a lot of potential here for creating it into a larger le

Jurassic 3D Printers Built to Last Until the Next Ice Age with Clay Guillory of Titan 3D

In this WTFFF?! episode, Tom and Tracy have an interview with Clay Guillory of Titan 3D. And that is a big printer; there is a reason they call it Titan. It’s not even ju

Food 3D Printer Update

Tom & Tracy received many tweets and emails in response to their last episode on Countertop Food 3D Printers. In fact, the responses were so positive and informative that

Why Does My Recurring 3D Print Suddenly Change?

In this WTFFF?! episode Tom & Tracy answer a technical and practical question from a listener who prints the same type of objects over and over again. The question is: Wh

ThingMaker by Mattel, Is This a Game Changer?

In this WTFFF?! episode Tom and Tracy discuss some exciting news coming from the Toy Fair in New York. There will be a 3D print version of the ThingMaker, which is a Matt

Are There Countertop Food 3D Printers?

In this WTFFF?! episode, Tom & Tracy discuss if there are any desktop, less expensive food printers, in particular chocolate printers?” I can totally understand because t

A 3D Print Prototype for Business Success with Scott Brandonisio of Ring Cam

They have developed this specialized ring box that you put your engagement ring in when you are going to propose. It has a camera in it, and you hold it up as you’re down

How Harmful Are 3D Printing Fumes?

In This WTFFF?! episode Tom & Tracy discuss a research study by the University of Texas that conclusively determines if the fumes from 3D printing plastic materials are h

How Come You Never Make Me Anything?

Happy Mardi Gras! In this WTFFF?! episodes Tracy asks Tom “How come you never make me anything?” I always say how you never make me anything, but it’s really not true.

3D Print Your Way To A Super Bowl Ad

In This WTFFF?! episode Tom & Tracy discuss this guy on the Carolina Panthers team who is playing in the Super Bowl. We don’t actually know the outcome of the Super Bowl