Kali Bites

By Kerry Stevenson on July 1st, 2009 in blog

Those guys at MakerBot weren’t kidding when they said the MakerBot was hackable. We thought they meant tweaking the build sequence or experimenting with unusual print media.

No, they meant teeth. And lots of them.

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By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!

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