Month: September 2011

Proscribed Printables

Proscribed Printables

Interesting milestone in open-source 3D printing over at Thingiverse: User crank has published a freely-downloadable magazine for the ubiquitous AR-15 rifle. As downloaded, crank’s magazine only holds five rounds, but a person with basic 3D modelling skills could modify it with little difficulty to produce a “high-capacity” magazine. I’m not sure what the current state of law on magazine size limits is, but prior to the sunset of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (Wikipedia) in 2004, manufacture of an AR-15 magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds was an offense.

CNC-cut Wooden Sega Saturn Case Mod

CNC-cut Wooden Sega Saturn Case Mod

Why settle for off-the-shelf when you can have it your way? Turkish modder c_mon built this custom CNC-cut wooden Sega Saturn enclosure complete with 5-inch LCD liberated from a PSOne, extra cooling fans, stereo speakers, and some cool blue EL wire trim. In addition to custom engraved graphics, attention to detail is spent on custom hinges to support the combination CD drive cover/LCD monitor.

Printable Modular Origami Ball

Printable Modular Origami Ball

Thingiverse user Benoît Josse created this clever plastic & rubbler-band ball: A few years ago I was interested in Penultimate Modular Origami by James S. Plank folding paper into geometrical spheres. Now there’s a RapMan in my stable and paper turned into polylactic acid. This is my first printed object, I hope you”ll enjoy it! […]