Newsletter #19: Blender tutorial, Kosstock printer, filament run-out sensor and more

In this newsletter:

• Our new Sales colleague introduces himself
• Ben Kemp talks about his Kosstock printer
• The filament run-out sensor by Henk Diepeveen
• Blender workshop: Splitting models for 3D printing by Bart Meijer

New colleague

Just started in April 2017 is Jaap van Wietmarschen. Jaap will be joining the sales team at RepRapWorld.

As some of you might have seen on the Facebook page, RepRapWorld was looking for a new account manager and they found that person in me. My name is Jaap (a typical Dutch name) and I have been involved in 3D printing for a few years. My background is in computer IT products, as a sales executive and in product development. Using that technical view I got invited to join XYZprinting and join the 3D printing community. Without any experience in 3D printing and a small 2 day introduction on how to disassemble and assemble the 3D printers XYZ sold, I just started like so many people; Sitting a few hours in front of a 3D printer watching the machine move and objects appear out of thin air.

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