William SteeleThis is a quick video showing the Polar3D Flash FDM printer in action. It uses a conveyor tilted at an angle to produce a continuous stream of parts.
Polar3D Flash FDM Printer In ActionWilliam Steele2017-06-01 | This is a quick video showing the Polar3D Flash FDM printer in action. It uses a conveyor tilted at an angle to produce a continuous stream of parts.BambuLab Carbon X1 printing in Sport mode.William Steele2022-08-21 | BambuLab Carbon X1 printing some prototype parts out in Sport mode. 28 minutes for the whole print that used would take me over 2 hours on my Prusa Mk3 or Creality Ender 3.Resin BeltWilliam Steele2021-12-28 | This is just a quick little video showing the resin belt printer in action. Just focusing on the print itself, which is a cube on supports.Resin Belt Printer Prototype - March 2nd, 2016William Steele2021-11-28 | This is the first test print of the commercial version of my patented "Flash" Resin Belt prototype printer running. This machine was designed to continuously produce parts 5" x 5" x 5" in size. The idea is that the resin vat would allow the part to fall off into a waiting basket, which would then be lifted out and sent through additional steps (alcohol, water and UV) for post processing. The printer had a full system for maintaining the level of the resin in the vat a well. The part you see being printed is a sample compressor blade for a jet engine. (Note, for cost savings, we didn't fill up the vat all the way, but later on, we did to allow for the full build volume... the resin vat actually held 5 gallons of resin when full, and the fluid level was maintained by an additional 10 gallons stored under it.)BD-5J Engine Start and Warm Up TestWilliam Steele2021-07-31 | BD-5J Engine Start and Warm Up Test at Oshkosh 2021.Cura 4.8 Purge/Prime Tower Bug?William Steele2021-06-20 | Can someone help me understand this issue? It seems that Cura 4.8 doesn't purge the first color before moving to the second color, but correctly purges from two to three, and three to four.3D Chameleon Switch Location on the Prusa Mk3William Steele2021-05-11 | 3D Chameleon Switch Location on the Prusa Mk3.
The basic steps are:
1) Home the Printer 2) Move the Y axis until you hear the "click' from the switch, or see the red LED on the switch turn on. 3) The point at which the LED turns on is the value you enter into the GCode Generator.3D Chameleon on the Prusa Mk3 Z Height DemoWilliam Steele2021-05-06 | 3D Chameleon on the Prusa Mk3 Z Height Demo3D Chameleon Mk2 on a Prusa Mk3William Steele2021-05-02 | 3D Chameleon Mk2 on a Prusa Mk3
Parts for the installation are here:
Top Frame Mount: thingiverse.com/thing:4671357 Switch Mount and Trigger Extension: thingiverse.com/thing:4663605 MK3S Extruder PTFE Adapter: thingiverse.com/thing:3425397 MK3S+ Extruder PTFE Adapter: thingiverse.com/thing:4836155Creality CR-30 3DPrintMill Raft RemovalWilliam Steele2020-11-22 | Just a quick video showing the raft removal off of a part printed on the 3DPrintMill.Creality CR-30 3DPrintMill print quality comparisonWilliam Steele2020-11-21 | Creality CR-30 3DPrintMill print quality comparison.Flashforge Adventurer 3 - Enable the CameraWilliam Steele2020-08-02 | Just a quick video to show how to turn on the camera for remote viewing on the Flashforge Adventurer 3 printer.3D Chameleon on the Prusa MiniWilliam Steele2020-07-12 | This is a rough cell phone video of the installation of the 3D Chameleon installed on the Prusa Mini. Please forgive me for the quality... and the obvious head cold.3D Chameleon mounted on a Monoprice Mini DeltaWilliam Steele2020-06-07 | This is a quick little video showing the installation of the 3D Chameleon on the Monoprice Mini Delta.
You can download the STL for the mount here: thingiverse.com/thing:4432829Jupiter Ace Reproduction Board FixWilliam Steele2019-10-19 | I discovered three shorted traces on the Jupiter Ace Issue 2 board.3D Chameleon Four Color ChangerWilliam Steele2019-09-08 | ...3D Chameleon Dual Color on Creality Ender 3William Steele2019-09-07 | Just a quick video of the production 3D Chameleon dual color changer for the Creality Ender printer. We will be releasing these at the East Coast RepRap Fest in Maryland next month for $99. We will also have a four color version available for $199.Heathkit ET-3400 cpu trainerWilliam Steele2019-06-05 | ...3D Chameleon on the Creality Ender 3 MVP3William Steele2019-01-06 | Just a quick video showing a few layers of a print in PETG purple from Inland and white PETG from Amazon Basics. The slicer in this case was IdeaMaker sliced at a .28mm layer height. And with this, we are ready to ship!3D Chameleon 1.5 minute color change.William Steele2019-01-03 | ...3D Chameleon Dual Color on the Creality Ender 3William Steele2019-01-03 | 3D Chameleon Dual Color on the Creality Ender 3 printing a dual color FlexiRex in PETG. (Flexirex by airfish - thingiverse.com/thing:2189652)Merry Christmas 2018 - 1987 StyleWilliam Steele2018-12-25 | Merry Christmas 2018 - 1987 Style from a Cambridge (Sinclair) Z88 Computer3D Chameleon MVP2 Creality Ender 3 Color ChangeWilliam Steele2018-12-18 | ...3D Chameleon MVP2 color change on the Creality Ender 3William Steele2018-12-18 | ...3D Chameleon Creality Ender 3 MVP2William Steele2018-12-16 | This is just a little video showing the updated 3D Chameleon for the Creality Ender 3 printer. This is the upcoming beta 2 unit.3D Chameleon Creality Ender Installation 0William Steele2018-11-15 | ...3D Chameleon Creality Ender Installation 2William Steele2018-11-15 | ...3D Chameleon Creality Ender Installation 3William Steele2018-11-15 | ...3D Chameleon Creality Ender Installation 1William Steele2018-11-15 | ...Creality Ender 3 first layer print.William Steele2018-10-19 | Just a quick video showing the first layer of the first print on my newly assembled Ender 3 by Creality. Their instructions were flawless and the printer went together with absolutely no issues in about one hour.3D Chameleon Creality UpdateWilliam Steele2018-10-14 | Just a quick video showing the changes made this week to the design to support flexible filament.3DChameleon 2 Color Changer on Creality CR-10 MiniWilliam Steele2018-10-09 | 3DChameleon 2 Color Changer on Creality CR-10 Mini3D Chameleon color changeWilliam Steele2018-09-27 | This is a quick demonstration of how the 3D Chameleon color changer works. It is installed on a Flashforge Inventor IIs.3D Chameleon Switching FilamentWilliam Steele2018-09-27 | This is just a short video demonstrating the 3D Chameleon switching filament while printing a test part. In it, you will see it load the blue filament, print two blue layers and then switch to the green filament and print two more layers.3DChameleon 2 Color Beta on a Flashforge Inventor IIWilliam Steele2018-09-25 | This is a short video (2:11 minutes) of the beta 3DChameleon 2 color mechanical color changer installed on a Flashforge Inventor II changing between two colors. The video starts off with the printer completing the raft of a sample gecko print. It then removes the raft color (red) from the extruder and loads in the secondary color (gray). The version of the 3DChameleon installed here is a beta of the two color unit. 4 and 8 color units are available as well. The 2 color beta is available now for $49 for those interested in helping us test it out. Currently, we support the Flashforge Inventor II, Flashforge Finder and the Creality CR (10, 20 & X) series and the Creality Ender 3.
For more information on participating in the beta, contact me via email directly at bill {at} 3dchameleon {dot} com.Reality Printers R50 Flexible Magnetic Build PlateWilliam Steele2018-05-30 | Just a quick video demonstrating the removable flexible magnetic build plate of the Reality Printers R50. The statue is 19.5 inches tall (~500mm) and took 2.5 days to print.My Altairduino BuildWilliam Steele2018-04-25 | Just showing off another clone computer I built... the #Altairduino... clone of the Altair 8800 computer.PiDP-8William Steele2018-04-20 | Just a quick video showing off my PiDP-8 computer, based on the SimH Emulator running on a Raspberry Pi 3.My homemade Kenbak-1 cloneWilliam Steele2017-09-18 | This is just a quick tour of my homemade Kenbak-1 computer. The Kenbak-1 was designed in 1971 by John Blankenbaker and is considered to be the first commercially available personal computer (that wasn't a kit.) It contains a TTL based serial processor (no microprocessor) that processes instructions one bit at a time. It's memory consists of two 128 byte shift registers, giving it a total of 256 bytes of memory. No rom, permanent storage or even digital I/O was available.
My machine is still a work in progress but is now fully functional... I'll be making a new case for it next.School Bus Race at Lawrenceburg SpeedwayWilliam Steele2017-08-03 | School Bus Race at Lawrenceburg Speedway, July 15, 2017. Includes footage of one bus bouncing off the wall and almost flipping after contact with another bus in the corner.Polar3D and Printrbot PrintrbeltWilliam Steele2017-07-22 | This is a demonstration of the client software and the Polar Cloud software used to drive the Printrbot Printrbelt continuous 3D printer.Printrbelt Timelapse of a glider print.William Steele2017-07-20 | This video shows the timelapse print recorded from the Polar3D Cloud of a Speed804 Glider from Thingiverse. (thingiverse.com/thing:2255999)Printrbot Printrbelt printing gliders.William Steele2017-07-20 | This is a quick little video of the Printrbot Printrbelt printing a series of Speed804's gliders from Thingiverse. (thingiverse.com/thing:2255999) It's using the Polar3D Cloud platform to drive the printer continuously.School Bus Race at Lawrenceburg SpeedwayWilliam Steele2017-07-16 | School Bus Race at Lawrenceburg Speedway, July 15, 2017. These two guys, "Shark Bus" and "Shark Hunter" have been going at it like this for years now.Monoprice Mini converted to polar coordinate systemWilliam Steele2017-06-30 | Just a quick demonstration of converting the Monoprice Mini printer to polar coordinates. Gives a 3.14 times increase in build volume.Printrbot Printrbelt printing the Low Poly OwlWilliam Steele2017-06-30 | ...Printrbot Printrbelt printing the NASA RatchetWilliam Steele2017-06-30 | ...Printrbot Printrbelt Automatic Part EjectionWilliam Steele2017-06-28 | This is a quick time-lapse of the last few motions of a part falling off the Printrbot Printrbelt. (This was actually the first part ever to be dispensed by the printer.) Notice the last few frames where the belt moves under the part without it moving. Parts behind it will automatically push it further off the printer and into a bin.Printrbot Printrbelt First PrintWilliam Steele2017-06-26 | Well, here it is... the first sneak peek of the Printrbot Printrbelt printing a test print. More to come as I get it dialed in.Polar 3D Continuous PrinterWilliam Steele2017-06-12 | This shows the Continuous printer using a stainless steel belt.