Make sure to follow this storyline from the beginning, then perhaps it makes a bit more sense.
Disclaimer: I have not tried printed bushings myself, and I hear they can hold up for quite a while if printed strong and used properly. Still, I prefer LM8UU's. ;)
They're back! This is the beginning of a small story arch I have planned for a while. There is no schedule for release, but I'll post them as soon as I finish a new one.
Mineways.com has been getting a lot of well deserved attention lately. In short it's an excellent Minecraft export tool, tailored towards Shapeways printing. While us DIY enthusiasts can't do full colour prints (yet), Mineways is still an excellent tool for exporting models for home 3D printing, and it's quite user friendly compared to certain other attempts.
Here's a few videos where I show my first attempt to do a large print of a landscape, and then a smaller print. If you have some experience with WorldEdit and 3D printing, it should be pretty straight forward to follow.
This post is a detailed tutorial on how to use Mineways to export printable stl files for a RepRap or derivative machines. The details are from a large-ish landscape model, but the principle is the same for all types of exports.
My Prusa Mendel is really proving itself, and have worked reliable for quite some time now. Having a reliable printer means it eats filament like a hungry hippo, and it was time to stock up. Since I have previous good experience with Supply3DPLA, I wanted to try the colours in the new PLA batch they got in this autumn (was it october/november?).
This post is rather long, so I'll try a jump-cut...
The joke came to life during a discussion in #reprap at freenode IRC, with a special thanks to digiFAB.
<digiFAB> Nudel: Sounds like it could be a good comic strip
A "I was thinking of making a printable makerbot, but I see you guys beat me to it"-line, has been heard from a google engineer. True story! [Who cares about citations?]
