About me
II’m an amature that have fun designing 3D models for myself and my friends.
I started 3 years ago and now I see an opportunity to earn some money with my ideas.
I will post most of my models for free, but I will put some special effort in the one I will post for sale.
Anyway I will always try to post a demo version for free for all of my models.
Finally I want to stress how strongly I stand against the later isolated trend of 3D printed guns.
Artwork by Ardoric-Art
My equipment
Here is a list and description of the hardware and software environment that I daily use for my projects, besides the design softwares.
These are the essential needed tools to print my models, do not take what follows as the suggested equipment rather as a baseline.
The 3D Printer
Anet A8 equipped with TL smoothers and glass bed running Marlin Firmware
The filament
Low cost PLA, no expensive filaments or other thermoplastic that usually requires special cares.
The Slicer
Cura, developed by Ultimaker, a free to download slicing software.
The 3d printer
I work with an Anet A8, a really cheap 3D printer that I first bought as a joke and that now allows me to design models easily printable with a basic and widely diffused hardware:
The Anet A8 is a clone of the famous Prusa i3, the one that started the trend of the FDM 3D Printer; the opensource firmware Marlin supports the Anet_V1.0; it can be easily interfaced with Octoprint using a RaspberryPi or an old PC; it’s one of the most diffused cheap 3D printer on Thingiverse, where lot’s of upgrades can be found.
All of this makes the Anet A8 the perfect playground for a newcomer.
A personal suggestion:
If you decide to buy an Anet A8, be sure to install 2 TL smoothers on the X and Y steppers and a glass bed, the smoothers will improve the quality of the surfaces of your prints, reducing the noise and increasing the life of the steppers, while the glass bed will provide a flat non-deformable surface since the original one tends to bend after a while.
The Filament
To provide an high quality level for every thermoplastic you will decide to use, I test every model with cheap PLA filament, the same applies to the photo and video previews of my prints.
In my opinion PLA is great for newcomers since it is extremely easy to use: it has a low printing temperature, it doesn’t need an eated bed and it’s cheap with a vaste choice of colors on the market.
Furthermore it’s important to always take into account the environment and PLA provides a low impact since it’s derived from renewable biomass, typically from fermented plant starch, thus biodegradable and easy to recycle.
A personal suggestion:
If you decide to use PLA you won’t need to eat the bed of your printer, usually some masking tape or PVA glue is enough to make PLA stick on the printing surface, then to remove larger parts gently slide a spatula or the tip of a cutter under the prints.
The Slicer
I make sure that all of my models can be easily sliced with Cura, a free to download software developed by Ultimaker.
It’s an OpenSource project with a large userbase and a growing number of plugins and addons, it’s user friendly with a simple interface and lot’s of tooning options.
against weapons
This is a stand against the isolated trend of 3D printed weapons and I strongly dissuade anyone from supporting this misuse of 3D printers.
Anyone willing to build harmfull items with his 3D printer is asked to leave this website.
If you think that any of my model can be misused to hurt someone do not esitate to contact me and I will make sure to correct them.