In FAB

Zortrax M200: the New Plug & Print 3D Printer to Make 3D Printing 'Awesome'.

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The season of “Yet Another 3D Printer” has arrived (to the point we have considered doing a ‘3D printer of the week’ segment). 3D Print manufacturers are a dime-a-dozen it seems and are having to differentiate themselves big time. Not only to compete with the established players, but to compete among the variety of kit projects, half-baked and fully-assembled 3D desktop printers that are coming out each month. More and more that means providing a better experience. A nice trend, one we’re seeing inclusive of words like ‘professional’ and high-quality’ along with internally developed software for managing, slicing and setting up you prints. With that, the Zortrax printer is one of the latest 3D printers, with a Kickstarter project that has passed the $100,000 goal. Not too shabby, eh? What makes this printer in particular so awesome?

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Inferno Link Char

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The brief pause caused him to pause. Two people pausing like that just wasn’t right. It was uncomfortable. Everyone felt it. You could see it on there faces as well as on the face of the frightened rabbit being tossed through the air amidst the fire brigade rushing toward the inferno. Eventually they would reach…

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In FAB

More for Makers. CustomMade Snags $18 Million to Expand Hand-made Marketplace.

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There’s nothing quite like curling up in a one-of-a-kind leather safari chair, made to look distinctly like the one you remember from your childhood trip through the Serengeti. A pack of lions got that one, but this one… this one is just like it, but even better, because this one is custom made. I bet you’ve looked for a specific product–searched online, inquired on Craigslist–never to find exactly what you were looking for. For me it was a Picnic table–common product, but incredibly difficult to find a high-quality picnic table! Well, there’s a site for such frustrations. CustomMade.com is a marketplace for Makers and Buyers. They’ve been around since 1996, online since 2009 and this week CustomMade announced big news with $18 Million in funding and a new dedication to quality and improving the maker/buyer experience.

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In RADIO

SolidSmack Radio | Made in NYC

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This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week we’ll rehash some of the best music to come out of NYC in the past 40 years including everything from CBGB classics to Brooklyn hip hop and modern day Indie. We’ll start with some Talking Heads and work our way through everything from Galaxie 500 to the Beastie Boys before finishing up with a Velvet Underground classic.

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