3D Printable Exact Change Holder
Inspired by this Instructable, Thingiverse user patchorang created a 3D-printable plastic card that fits in your wallet and can hold the right amount of coins so that you can pay with exact change.
3D Printing & Imaging
If you’re a maker, 3d printing is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal. Not only can it help bring your projects to life faster, but it can also offer unique results that would be difficult (or impossible!) to achieve with traditional methods. In these blog posts, we’ll provide you with some essential information and tips regarding 3D printing for makers—including the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether you’re already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
The First Citizen of My Personal Robot Nation Has Arrived
Back in November at AnDevCon II, I met Jonathan Hirshon of Horizon Communications, who hooked me up with a complimentary robot from My Robot Nation. This had nothing to do with Android; it probably came up because we had a MakerBot running in O’Reilly’s booth printing out little Androids (using casainho’s Android magnet design from Thingiverse). Enough about androids and robots. As ST:TNG’s Lt. Commander Data is so fond of reminding us, there is a difference between the two!
Teleporting Yourself to Dinner
Maybe we finally DO live in the future. I had to call my mother-in-law a few days ago to deliver the bad news that we wouldn’t be able to make it up to New York/New Jersey for our annual post-Christmas dinner. “Hey, maybe you could send 3D print-outs of your heads,” she responded
Building the MakerGear Mosaic 3D Printer – Part VI: The Heated Build Platform
This is the second-to-last installment of my ongoing series on building the MakerGear Mosaic 3D printer. This part covers assembly of the heated build platform, including installation and adjustment of the leveling plate, mounting the heating element and build surface, and making the associated electrical connections.
Kit-A-Day Giveaway: MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer (#5 of 5!)
To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we’re giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season. Today, we’re giving away our fifth and final MakerBot Thing-O-Matic (a $1,300 value!), featured on the cover of the Ultimate Kit Guide.
3D Ornaments at GE Global Research
The folks over at the Additive Manufacturing Lab, GE Global Research, sent us this video about their 3D-printed jet-engine Christmas tree decoration. They’re looking to see what sorts of other 3D-printed and science-tech-themed tree ornaments makers are creating. If you’ve made any such ornaments, post them to their Edison’s Desk Facebook page.
“Prusa Air”
I love the look of this Prusa Mendel RepRap 3D-printer fork designed by Thingiverse user Mecano. Shown above is a concept rendering of his second prototype, Prusa Air 2, which hasn’t been built yet, and below, the physical prototype of Prusa Air 1. Among Manuel’s stated design goals for the project were “a little beauty,” which I daresay he has already achieved, admirably.