ShopBot “sings” Joy to the World
Hope everyone is having a fine Christmas eve. Here’s a little holiday mood music, from our friends at ShopBot. [Thanks, Bill Young!]
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 makersโincluding the basics of how to get started, plus creative tutorials for spicing up your projects. Whether youโre already familiar with 3d printing or are just starting out, these resources will help take your game-making skills even further!
Print your own battery compartments
Nikolaus Gradwohl found himself in constant need of battery packs to power his gadgets, so rather than keep purchasing them, he wrote up a parameterizable battery compartment generator.
Hovering flapping flight of a 3D-printed mechanical insect
Charles Richter and Hod Lipson created this sweet little flapper that is so robust it can stay in the air for over a minute. This project has focused on developing a flapping-wing hovering insect using 3D printed wings and mechanical parts. The use of 3D printing technology has greatly expanded the possibilities for wing design, […]
Giant RepRap-based 3D printer
MAKE subscriber Jim Smith of New York built this beautiful 3D printer. There are so many great details, ranging from the 3D-printed parts used for the fume extraction system, the PID temperature controller for the heated build platform, and the sexy 80/20 frame. Love it!
Printable 3D-printer filament holder
The world has yet to find the best way to manage a spool of plastic. I’m forever almost ‘running out’ before pulling out a little more from the spool. Thingiverse user mraiser’s Even Cheaper & Lazier Filament Spindle consists solely of 3D printable parts and marbles.
Cookie cutter creation app
From MAKE subscriber Nikolaus Gradwohl of Vienna: This is a small how-to video that explains how to design and print a cookiecutter using my Cookie-Cutter-Editor and a makerbot.
Dyeing Shapeways prints with a Sharpie
My colleague Sean Ragan recently discovered that rather than pay for Shapeways’ colorized outputs, it was easier, cheaper, and more durable to buy the basic white and colorize it with a marker. The cheapest and, reportedly, strongest material in which Shapeways models are available is called “White, strong and flexible.” I herein report that this […]
