Category: 3D Printing

  • FreeCAD Import STL

    FreeCAD Import STL

    I’m not a FreeCAD expert. I bought a 3D printer and am constantly coming up with new ideas for 3D prints to solve issues around my house and office. That required me to begin learning how to use CAD software and, as an open-source advocate, FreeCAD was the obvious choice for CAD. I design most…

  • Bambu A1 Mini – 0.2 extruder doesn’t work!

    I bought a Bambu A1 Mini with the AMS in December 2023. It was supposed to be a present for my son so he could print some things. Well, he never really printed much on it, but I’ve been using it a lot. After nearly 8 months of printing dozens of projects on it, I…

  • 3D Printing Flexible PLA or TPU on Bambu A1 Mini

    I had an idea for a print that required flexible filament. The go-to flexible filament is TPU, but I was going to use the print with food, so I looked around for something that I thought would be safer with food and found Flashforge’s flexible PLA. I was excited to try out this print. Once…