Category: 3d Printing

  • Leveling (Tramming) the Monoprice Maker Select Plus

    Leveling (Tramming) the Monoprice Maker Select Plus

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    Halfling13

    As anyone who has used a 3d printer knows, leveling your print bed (aka Tramming – aligning the flat print surface so it is equidistant from the print head at all times and locations) is one of the most critical steps to setup and to insure a well produced part.  In my experience, it has…

  • Printing Tiles

    Printing Tiles

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    Halfling13

    After a bit of downtime on the printer last week, I have it running well again, so I have started working on expanding my terrain pieces.  First up was a couple more large format tiles for the True-Tiles set, specifically a pair of 4×4 flagstones.  With our Rise of the Runelords campaign, the rooms have…

  • MtG Trophy update

    MtG Trophy update

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    Halfling13

    Another trip to Toledo, another round of updates to my work on our trophy for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering tournament.  Last time, I applied a base coat of black to the overall model, making it appear to be a large lump of tar.  This time, it was drybrushing the stone base with different shades…

  • ADVi3++ upgrades

    ADVi3++ upgrades

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    Halfling13

    The title is a bit of gibberish to those unaware, but this past weekend, before my trip, I managed to make time to try to upgrade my 3d printer to use the ADVi3++ firmware.  Basically, this means upgrading and re-flashing the firmware of the built-in controller board and LCD panel with the ADVi3++ software –…

  • Printer gaps

    Printer gaps

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    Halfling13

    I have tried numerous possibilities, and I still can’t seem to resolve what appears to be the final quality issue with the 3d printer.  As you can see in the picture, I am getting gaps in the print at the start of the layer on the outer wall.  It isn’t consistent by layer, but of…

  • A (mostly) successful print

    A (mostly) successful print

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    Halfling13

    My continuing efforts to 3d print and craft a set of dice boxes for our gaming group managed a bit more success yesterday, with a successful print in copper of the customized box top.  I have been having quite a bit of challenge with the cutout on the lid, which is printed first – the…

  • Revisiting the Trophy

    Revisiting the Trophy

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    Halfling13

    Several months ago, I posted about my project to craft and create a trophy for our annual Magic the Gathering tournament.  I managed to revisit this project this week, while I was spending time for work in Toledo.  Didn’t end up having as much time as I had hoped (we had a big outage to…

  • The Dice Box

    The Dice Box

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    Halfling13

    As I continue to experiment and attempt resin molding, and fiddle and tune the 3d printer, I managed to finish a single full usable dice box, in my preferred copper PLA filament.  Its not the ideal design (I have a version with a Runelord’s Sihedron Rune in the top), but the lid and base are…