Shawn Fitzpatrick

One of my long-term beefs with Simplify3D is its insistance on NOT printing anything if it detects that a segment is less than the nozzle size. Cura reportedly doesn't do this but instead simply gi...

Anyone testing the E3D Volcano Hot Ends on a Gigabot of any kind, OBG, or otherwise?

The latest Repetier-Server version which includes a Raspberry PI image, which makes deploying it quite simple.Here is what I have come up with for settings for the OGB thus far. Any input or correc...

About two months ago, the cold end extruders on my OGB failed, causing them to drop the hot ends, which then crashed with my prints and caused the belts to skip, etc. I'm wondering is perhaps eithe...

I've been doing some testing with PLA and .8 mm nozzles to see how the quality compares, as it seems like we could have some pretty significant speed increases on models that don't require high pre...

I'm really glad to so that re:3D has moved the pivot point for the tensioner up so that the fulcrum is closer to the load. This also reduces the distance between the fulcrum and the springs which s...

https://www.simplify3d.com/software/release-notes/Sounds like they have added a lot of improvements.It will be interesting to see if the "Continued improvements to the slicing engine for automatica...

Calibrating XYZ Correct calibration is important for accurately sized prints. This is not that important if you are just going to be printing artistic or fun things. It is important if your prints ...

We all know OGB is pretty cool, but mine seems to be learning!!!When we first got the bed heating issue fixed it was taking 47 minutes to heat from 21C to 95C to print ABS. Its now only taking 25 m...