3D Printing and Modeling!

Well now I'd love to show you my printers. And my prints. But the internet is down right now and it makes that rather difficult. Not like I can upload this anyway without the internet, but I do what I can.

Okay so maybe internet pages aren't served real-time, and when I wrote this the internet was down. But when I uploaded it, the internet was up again. When you're reading this, it's probably down again. It's like Schroedinger's internet connection. It's both online and offline at all times until you need to use it, and then you realize that you forgot to pay the internet bill.

I don't know how to format images so they are all the same size. I'd love to do that in html instead of firing up an image editor.

THIS IS A PIC OF A WANHAO I3
My first 3D printer, got it for a little more than $200. I've added the threaded supports to stabilize it. It doesn't have auto bed leveling, and the build plates are very easily damaged. I use this for prototyping, but only if the Prusa is printing something else. It's commonly duplicated and sold under a number of names. I got mine marked as a Monoprice i3.

THIS IS A PIC OF A PRUSA MK3S
When I sold my book business, I purchased this bad boy. It's gorgeous. It prints like a charm. it's got auto bed leveling, a spring steel bed (for dead simple print removal), and it's built for excellent performance. I always wonder if it could out perform a Lulzbot. On a good day I'm sure it can.

THIS IS A PIC OF AN ELEGOO MARS
Well the Elegoo Mars is kinda the Wanhao of the Resin market. Except it's cheaper. And better. It's still finicky- I average only 3-4 prints in a row before I have a failure. And unfortunately cleaning up a failure takes a LOT OF TIME. But the prints are incredible.

THIS IS A PIC OF AN ELEGOO MERCURY
So the worst part of a resin printer is the cleanup. Uncured resin is toxic, so you gotta wear gloves. And maybe a face mask. But when you remove your print, it's covered in the stuff. Oh, and it's not completely cured yet. Enter the Elegoo mercury. It's got a tub filled with Isopropyl Alcohol (with a cool magnetic agitator), and doubles as a U/V curing station.

Just a few of my prints.

Assorted medieval builds from Thingiverse, printed on the Prusa

Army of the Earthenkind from Thingiverse, printed on the Elegoo Mars

Asuran Golems from Thingiverse (But really ripped from Guild Wars 2, printed on the Elegoo Mars. Hand painted!