Author: Timhotep

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] One night a few weeks back I was flipping around on the TV late at night and saw something that looked really familiar….it was only on the screen for a few seconds but there it was..and there was no mistake….one of 3 Degrees Askew’s…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Never a Dull moment… Here at 3Degrees its never the same day twice, but even we were surprised to be asked to recreate some 1959 DeSoto Automotive Lenses. 58 year old DeSoto parts are hard to come by these days so our client had…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Going Jurassic? Feast your eyes on this sweet 3-D Printed T-Rex Skeleton that Taylor made as part of our ongoing “Cool Print of the Month” feature. Printed entirely “in -house” at our Kyle, Texas build lab facility this model measures almost 5 feet fully…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Here at 3 Degrees one of the things we like to do for fun to take iconic weapons and objects from video games, pop culture and other sources and render them “in real life”…pretty much everyone on staff is a current or former gamer and…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] 3 Degrees at the Anime Matsuri Cosplay Show in Houston…   Hey there makers! At the end of February we teamed up with some of our buddies from Pelican 3D, and exhibited at the Anime Matsuri Cosplay Show in Houston. We took a large…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] A big model with a “zero deadline” Earlier this year a client contacted us with an urgent request for a 3D Printed Pump House model.  This model was to be very large scale  and would illustrate the interior workings of a pump house  and…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Thunderlord Machine Gun from the game Destiny…. We wanted to share this recent “Cool Project of the Month”…it’s the Thunderlord heavy machine gun from the game Destiny developed by Halo progenitors Bungie/Activision, 3-D printed in multiple pieces, (everything on the model is 3d printed…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Large scale models! A major Mining and Ore Extraction client needed some engineering models of their equipment for the big World of Concrete convention in Vegas this year. So our design department worked closely with the client to develop these 3-D models of the…

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] New Castable Resin Capabilities! At 3Degrees we are always looking into new materials and capabilities, so we are proud to announce that we can now offer our clients ultra high resolution 3D printed objects suitable for investment casting. This tech utilizes our SLA style…

Hi Makers! I’ve been modeling up some original prop gun designs lately, so without further ado…meet the “Tackhammer”, the first in a series. Inspired by old school break-action revolvers the Tackhammer was modeled with 3DStudioMax, SpaceClaim, and Solid Works over several weeks and has about 14 hours in it to this point, at least one…

Tay has been busy in the build lab tweaking his home-grown laser scanner…calibrating these things can be tricky, but we’re getting some really nice color point clouds now! Check out the pics!