Interactive Back to the Future Train 3D Print: Tips for Building Your Own Jules Verne’s Time Travel Masterpiece
What do you do when your 3D printed DeLorean gets destroyed? Hopefully, this will never happen, but you can always become Dr. Emmett Brown and build a fantastic Back to the Future train from resin and filament. You can also add interactive elements and light up your 3D print to make it a valuable collectible, a jewel in your collection.
Helpful Tips for Cleaning Your 3D Printer Bed: PEI, Glass, Magnetic
After diving into 3D printing and getting your first desktop machine, the next step is to learn how to clean the 3D printer bed, ensuring every project turns out fantastic. Residue from dried materials, smudges, dust, fingerprints, and other contaminants on the build platform can easily cause failed 3D prints, ruined parts, and other problems. So, it’s best to avoid them from the start.
Impressive 3D Printed Star Wars Droids: Life-Size Collection by Michael Shaw
Who doesn’t dream of having one of the iconic Star Wars droids at home? The future, when a robot can serve you in the kitchen or assist you with everyday tasks in other ways, is nearly here. Michael Shaw built a whole collection of D-O, R2-D2, C-3PO, and BB-8 droids using his 3D printer and Gambody’s droid STL files. While his creations don’t serve him and can’t communicate, they are life-sized and look extremely genuine!
Fastest and Strongest Infill Pattern in Cura for the Best 3D Printing Results
Every enthusiast who enjoys making iconic models and figures from resin and filament uses 3D printing slicer software. UltiMaker Cura is one of the most popular slicers, offering numerous great features for both newbies and advanced hobbyists. While every project you create may look similar to the original files on the outside, it’s what’s inside that matters for its stability and long-lasting quality. Let’s discuss the best infill pattern in Cura that can help you create the strongest models or achieve the fastest printing speeds.
How to Split a Model in Half: Secrets of Large-Scale 3D Printing
When you want to make large 3D prints because STL files are of the highest quality, like the ones you can find on Gambody marketplace, and allow you to upsize your project to life-size or even more, you should discover the main secrets of large-scale 3D printing. Do you want to install a giant Millennium Falcon in your living room? Do you dream of hanging a life-size Tyrannosaur Rex bust in your child’s bedroom?
7 Working Solutions: How to Remove a 3D Print from Bed
Hobbyists who are new to 3D printing and have just started working on their first projects might encounter the problem of a model stuck to their build plate. Follow our instructions on how to remove a 3D print from the bed as easily and quickly as possible, be it PLA, PETG, resin, or other material. You’ll be a pro in no time!
Walking Terminator Endoskeleton: How a Humanoid Robot Became a Nightmare Animatronic
Imagine a 3D printed Terminator Endoskeleton walking around your neighborhood and peering through your evening windows! Robotics engineer and 3D printing enthusiast Dave Niewinski from Dave’s Armoury YouTube channel created the most impressive nightmare animatronic using his humanoid robot Unitree H1 and T-800 Endoskeleton STL files from Gambody marketplace.
The Best Ender-3 Upgrades to Create Fantastic 3D Prints (V2, Pro, Neo, V3 KE, S1, MAX)
What Ender-3 upgrades can change your life once and forever? One of the world’s most popular desktop 3D printers offers plenty of modifications you can try, and many of these adjustments are super-easy, affordable, and fast to apply. Learn how to improve your printing results on Creality Ender-3, V2, Pro, Neo, V3 KE, S1, and MAX, and focus on enhancing your collection with fantastic new 3D prints this year.
Impressive Sunlu FilaDryer S4 Review: The Best 4 Spool Filament Dryer You’ll Ever Need!
Thorough filament drying is extremely important in 3D printing with plastic when you desire to create professionally looking miniatures, figures, and life-size models on a desktop 3D printer. If you work with more than one printer or 3D print with several colors at once, you might need a good filament dehydrator, such as Sunlu FilaDryer S4, in your workshop to eliminate strings and other issues caused by wet plastic.
Exceptional Paul the Alien 3D Print: Interview with Michael Shaw on Making a Collectible Piece
Can you imagine coming across Paul the Alien without visiting the iconic UFO sites across the U.S., as it happened in the 2011 sci-fi comedy movie? Michael Shaw made friends with this creature by breathing life into a fantastic 3D printed figure. The incredible details, thin body, giant head, unique skin color, and realistic eyes that pierce right through you – such a display can surely decorate any home that is friendly to legendary comics and movie characters.
Fantastic USS Defiant Star Trek 3D Print: Tips & Tricks by Anthony Sforza
The “tough little ship” every Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan knows, USS Defiant, can be your next beautiful 3D print. Talented 3D printing enthusiast Anthony Sforza worked on his stunning starship for about two years. He did a fantastic job preparing all the parts, painting, and assembling the ship; and he now shares his tips and tricks with all hobbyists who think of adding The Defiant to their 3D printed collection.
Best 3D Printer Ventilation System for Resin and Filaments
Is a 3D printer ventilation something you must worry about? Whether you are a newbie who has just discovered 3D printing with resin and filaments or an advanced user, you should avoid possible emissions using a fume hood, exhaust fan, or ventilation enclosure. See different air vent ideas and choose the best filament or resin printer ventilation methods in 2024.
Tips for Making Clear 3D Prints in Transparent Filament and Resin
When working on the most impressive spaceships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, and other galaxies, learning more about clear 3D printing is essential. Ships and cars must have windows, so follow Gambody’s instructions on creating transparent parts using clear 3D printer filament and resin.
How to Put Up LED Lights in a 3D Printed Model
You can make your 3D printed models look even more professional once you learn how to install LED strip lights in 3D prints. Lighting up dragon fire breath, spaceship panels, car parts, robots, and other projects is not that difficult once you master LED light installation and setup. Many talented Gambody hobbyists create outstanding masterpieces using highly-detailed 3D printing models, their 3D printer, and LED strip lights, and they are willing to share their secrets and tips with you.
Best Resin Printing Tips for Orienting Models on SLA/DLP/LCD 3D Printers
Resin printing differs from FDM 3D printing, and some rules that apply to using 3D printing supports are also different. Gambody wants to discuss the essential practices of orienting model parts on your SLA/DLP/LCD 3D printer to achieve the best possible results.
Free STL Editor 2023: How to Edit and Repair STL Files (3D Models)
Anyone working with 3D models, printing figurines and collectibles, or useful things for a home could take full advantage of a free STL editor. Such software helps you to edit and repair STL files and improve (customize, scale up/down) your favorite projects.
Best 3D Printing String Fix Solutions
Many users of FDM 3D printers come across unpleasant issues while working with PLA, ABS, and other materials. The finished parts are covered with thin hair-like threads of plastic. Learn what causes stringing in 3D prints and how to reduce and prevent 3D printing string problems.
Can You 3D Print Faster by 10 Times? Tips for Increasing Your 3D Printer Speed
Once in a while, every hobbyist wants to 3D print faster and make long-wanted figurines and models in a matter of hours, not days, weeks, or months. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if you could speed up 3D prints by 10 times? Today Gambody wants to share tips on upgrading your 3D printer speed for faster printing without losing the quality of the prints.
Two Main Types of 3D Printing Supports and Tips for Beginners
You don’t always need to 3D print with supports to craft incredible 3D prints. Still, many fantastic projects require these additional structures. Thus, Gambody wants you to look at the main types of 3D printing supports you can use, especially if you are a beginner and wish your figurine or statue to look professional.
Free Beginner’s Guide to 3D Printing
Gambody has compiled this 3D printing guide to help all beginners learn the fundamental theories, essential tools, concepts of how to 3D print. Uncover the history of 3D printing, popular hardware, software and the supplies needed for successful results.