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LOOKING TO PRINT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD DESIGNED.  A QUICK GOOGLE
SEARCH PROVIDED A FEW DIFFERENT WEBSITES FOR FINDING 3D PRINT FILES,
INCLUDING THE MOST POPULAR AND EASIEST TO NAVIGATE WWW.  THINGIVERSE. COM.
FIGURES 1, 2, 3, AND 4 ARE EXAMPLES OF OBJECTS IVE FOUND ON THE THINGIVERSE
WEBSITE.  DOWNLOADING FILES FOR PRINT IS TYPICALLY NOT AS EASY AS
DOWNLOADING A FILE AND PLACING IT ON AN SD CARD, WHICH THEN GOES INTO THE
PRINTER.  TYPICALLY, YOU NEED A SLICER PROGRAM, SO YOU MAY CONFIGURE THE
FILE TO PRINT PER YOUR PRINTERS SETTINGS AND LIMITATIONS.  CURA IS A COMMON
FREE SLICER PROGRAM THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS, LINUX, AND MACOS.  IT IS
SIMPLE TO USE AFTER WATCHING A FEW ONLINE TUTORIALS.  PRINTING FILAMENTS IN
MY OPINION, PLA IS THE EASIEST TYPE OF FILAMENT WITH WHICH TO PRINT.  THERE
WAS A TIME WHEN PLA NO LONGER FIT THE TYPE OF PROJECTS I WAS PRINTING.  I
DECIDED TO SWITCH FROM PLA, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF ITS TENDENCY TO WARP AT A LOW
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