Year: 2012

Repairing Objects With 3D Prints

Repairing Objects With 3D Prints

Greg Petchkovsky’s 3D printing project makes a fun point with the help of a color 3D print: By combining 3d scanning, 3d digital modelling, and 3d printing, it is possible to create amazing and surprising effects, objects that can seamlessly blend between reality and imagination. In this tutorial, I describe the process of making a […]

Lindsay’s Technical Books Ships Last Catalog

Lindsay’s Technical Books Ships Last Catalog

I think I was fourteen or fifteen when I received my first Lindsay’s catalog, ordered from a print ad in the back pages of Popular Science or Popular Mechanics—I don’t recall which. “Build Lightning Bolt Generators!” it trumpeted. “Melt Metal! Rediscover Lost Technology!” I clipped along the dotted line and sent $3.00, cash, through the US mail. I’ve been a regular buyer ever since.