Houston Maker Faire

Maker Faire is a interesting gathering of makers and creative people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do with the maker communnity. If you enjoy technology and the DIY approach to life you’ll fit right in.

• Engineers
• Artists
• Scientists
• Crafters

Re:3D Gigabot Large Scale 3D Printer

re:3D showcase their new 3d printer pellet extruder. Their printer the Gigabot X is a large scale 3d printer with a optional 3d printer pellet extruder for large scale 3d printing.

3D Printed Violins

Here’s some really cool 3d printed Violins designed and developed by Lune Yang.

PolyPrinter

We had a chance to check out PolyPrinter. They manufacture and sell fdm 3d printers that have amazing print quality.

Ponytrap

We got a chance to Ponytrap at the Houston Maker Faire 2018. They’re an interesting band of two who play along with robot drummers that they buildt theirselfs. Ponytrap played an awesome show and was a highlight of Houston Maker Faire 2018.

Modular 3D Printer

3D Printer Food & Chocolate Extruder

Here’s a prototype model of our chocolate extruder. Its more of a experimental paste extruder/injection tool that can be used for foods and other types soft solids or thick resins.

https://makezine.com/2018/10/11/10-projects-to-seek-out-at-maker-faire-houston-2018/

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Belt Frequency And Tensioning

Shane Hooper November 5, 2020 No Comments

Loose belts are a common problem for users and cause a variety of issues. It may or may not be obvious that your 3d printer…

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Best CoreXY 3D Printers 2020

Shane Hooper July 31, 2020 No Comments

Is CoreXY better? What is the best 3d printer to start with? We review the newest coreXY 3d printers of 2020.

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Best CoreXY Designs on Thingiverse

Shane Hooper May 17, 2019 No Comments

While there are many open source 3d printer designs to pick from on Thingiverse. And when it comes to corexy printer designs there are a…

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Prusa XL CoreXY

Shane Hooper November 7, 2020 No Comments

Unfortunately the picture above isn’t the new Prusa XL. It’s a clip from Joel Telling’s 3D Printing Nerd Youtube video. While there’s been much talk…

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Triple Independent Motors Z Axis

Shane Hooper November 1, 2020 No Comments

So we’re planning to use a 3 independent z-axis setup on the SolidCore 3D Printer. I’m not an engineer but I think that the belt…

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Fusion 360 CAM Tutorial-Mill

Shane Hooper October 7, 2020 No Comments

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Fusion 360 Tutorial-Circular Pattern-Rectangular Pattern

Shane Hooper October 1, 2020 No Comments

Create a new sketch Draw a eight inch circle in the center of your grid. Draw a one inch circle referenced from X0. On your…

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Store

Shane Hooper September 3, 2020 No Comments

The Parts Store is under construction. If you find any item on the website that isn’t in the Parts Store contact shane@conroemanufacturing.com for purchase details.…

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Large Scale 3D Printers

Shane Hooper August 3, 2020 No Comments

We had a chance to see BigRep’s large scale 3d printer at the Rapid Event + TCT additive manufacturing convention. They had two printers on…

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3D Printer Assembly Instructions

Shane Hooper May 11, 2019 No Comments

Dear User, Thank you for choosing the Workhorse 3D Printer and welcome the community! This Assembly Manual will guide you through the build process step…

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Large Scale 3D Printers

Shane Hooper August 3, 2020 No Comments

We had a chance to see BigRep’s large scale 3d printer at the Rapid Event + TCT additive manufacturing convention. They had two printers on…

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CoreXY 3D Printer

Shane Hooper May 13, 2019 No Comments

Modular Scalable Linear Rails Balanced Carriage Pull Enclosure BOM utilizes most available parts All Metal Parts or 3D Printed Z-Axis: Independent Driven or Shared Belt…

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WorkHorse XL

Shane Hooper May 22, 2019 No Comments

The Workhorse XL is a larger version of the Workhorse Printer. Although the original design is modular and made to be expanded upon the frame…

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Prusa XL CoreXY

Shane Hooper November 7, 2020 No Comments

Unfortunately the picture above isn’t the new Prusa XL. It’s a clip from Joel Telling’s 3D Printing Nerd Youtube video. While there’s been much talk…

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Checkout

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   Can you explain how you fixed the linear guide rails on the aluminium extrusions.

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   Great work people. I was also thinking to make similar printer. But I couldn’t figure out the length of Acme…

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   Shane, the latest files are from 2018, any new updates or learnings you would share?

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   Yeah I’ll check it out….. There should be a step file of the complete assembly. I always keep the WIP…

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   This printer is something I have been searching for a while, with my intention of building a printer for exotic…