Storage Adventures & 3DP Flashbacks!

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

OK - I'm going to make this initial part of the posting SHORT and SWEET! But, I WILL be following up with more shortly...

Short version of story - I did a quick one week trip to NY from OH this holiday week - took 3 days off from work - combined with Gobble Gobble Day off - and them giving co. Fri. off from work as well - I had a WHOLE Week off! IT was my 1st REAL Break since I started at this new job. But, it was NOT a Relaxing time off!!! As I was on a Serious Mission - in regards to my Storage unit back in NY! Anyway...

While going thru my stuff - I found some FUN 3DP related items. 

I came across this box - which I had re-used and labeled it:

And, I found fun stuff inside:

Now that was TRULY a Flashback - to the original MakerBot CupCake days!!! And, I didn't know I would come across something like that - did NOT Remember it was in Storage. 

But, the next pic - it's stuff I Of Course KNEW was in there. So - here's a fun pic. This is AFTER I Re-orged and moved ALL my stuff into a New Storage unit - from my old one (dropping monthly price from $460 to $97/mo. - which was the WHOLE Point of my Adventure). In this pic you will see my SuperCupCake (and, yeah - that was a reference/nickname that other folks - like JetGuy - gave a name to the machine - as it WAS JetGuy who did it - reworking a Type-A Series machine - I think that is the name - into it being a SuperCupCake - cause he used the Electronics from my original CupCake machine - and implemented it into the NEW Machine - and literally Doubled my print volume from 100mm cubed to essentially 200mm cubed) - sitting on top of my StrataSys Mojo machine (and, yeah - that Bungie cord wrapped around it - I implemented that years ago when I was using it - cause I broke the front door part of the hinge - the door to the build chamber). Also - the Wash System for my Mojo - That is in the pic - and pointed to by the Red Arrow and in the Red box:

So, yeah - I WILL be following up with MORE on this thread - with more pics - soon...

-K

[markni...@gmail.com]

Hey Kurt,

Cool blast from the past.

I remember the laser cut Type A machines, maybe from 2013.

[3D Printing Tips and Tricks]

IIRC….

That’s not a TypeA officially. It’s laser cut by Jetguy using the open sourced files.

The rest is from parts he had lying around.

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Thanks for that feedback Andy and the clarifications. IT was SO Long ago - I just didn't remember all the details. AFAIK - he had this unit - and it was already a functioning unit - but, then he replaced the electronics from my CupCake into this unit. But, this again is from my bad memory modules - which tend not to always produce valid thought values...

-K

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Yeah Mark - I'm glad you enjoyed the Blast from the Past!!!

OF course - I'm NOT Done yet! 

Will be posting more soon...

-K

[Kurt Gluck]

I guess lucky for me my Son just gave away his Makerbot Replicator 2 as well as I think a Lutzbot, and I only have as a backup printer his maker gear M2.   

Well... I still have that Monoprice iiiip which I have used as a spool holder when I had an oversized spool I needed something to hang on for my XL.

Sounds like you were paying the price of a PRUSA XL a year for storage.

Kurt-A

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

Yes - storage prices are INSANE -- and the whole industry is run like a SCAM! Just think - that 2 equivalent units (like 10x10') - side by side - and one person is paying like $95/mo - while the 2nd person is paying $500/mo. - that is a TOTAL Ripoff! Someone should do a Class action suit against the Entire industry!!!

:-(

-K

[Kurt The 3D Printer GUY!!]

OK Folks - time for more of a Blast from the past!!!!

1 Pic - Two Parts - 2nd lower part I posted an old pic in another thread - on cloth printing. But, yeah - I was super happy to find that print and be able to post the original print again. 

The 2nd part - the upper one - it's my rocket design. IT was printed with the original FilaBlend filament - I think that was the name - I got some at MRRF 2018. So - it's 3 colors - like AIM Toothpaste. As such depending on  which side of the object you look at - it's a different color. And, on the in between angles - it's a color mix.

So here's the pic:

I got some more items - that I need to take pics of - and share them soon.

I hope Everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving (although - yeah - that's a tad over 1.5 weeks now...).

-K 
P.S. Yeah - sometimes I HATE GOOD Pics of print jobs - as a Good pic reveals TOO Many of the bad parts of a print...

On Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 9:15:02 PM UTC-5 markni...@gmail.com wrote:

[Kurt]

OK - time for another quickie update!

The following pic is another item I found in my storage unit. It was probably printed around 2016 or 2017. I did NOT design the part. But, the interesting part is that it's Bronze filled filament. And, supposedly (although I NEVER Tried doing it) - one can supposedly Burnish a part printed with this filament - to make it shiny and actually LOOK like Metal! So - here you have it...

-K