Turn Your Dremel Tool into a Plastic Welder!
Slot some plastic filament into a Dremel rotary tool and turn it into a plastic welder!
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication tools have revolutionized the way designers, engineers, and artisans express their creativity. With the right resources, you can learn to use these powerful instruments in no time! Whether itโs 3D printing or laser cutting that interests you, these articles will provide useful tutorials and inspiration for makers of all levels. Discover how digital fabrication can open up new possibilities so that your craftsmanship is truly extraordinary!
Fab Academy Students Challenged to Make Something BIG
The Fab Academy program is a distributed educational model providing advanced digital fabrication instruction for students through a unique, hands-on curriculum and access to technological tools and resources. In this series, Erin, aka RobotGrrl is going to be sharing her experiences with the program as she progresses through the courses. The assignment this week at […]
I Used 3D Hubs to Print a Phone Dock. Here’s What Happened.
Last week,ย Make:‘s Matt Stultzย wrote about the new collaborationย betweenย MakerBot’s design community, Thingiverse, andย the Amsterdam-based 3D Hubs.ย Eventually, the collaboration couldย bring together Thingiverse’s 700,000 designs with 3D Hubs’ 15,000 printer locations โ though for now, the feature is available only forย parts developed by a handful ofย pre-selected designers. In March, Iย usedย 3D Hubs to print a part of my own, […]
Artist Creates Breathtaking 3D Printed Lamps
New York artist and designer, Robert Debbane, creates stunning lamps using 3D printing technology. Applying the same technique as variable-depth pumpkin carving, where you don’t cut all the way through and you vary how much skin and meat you remove to let more or less light through, Debbane prints out sections of the lamp designs […]
How a Pro-Grade 3D Printer Helped Evolve My Prop Design Business
What would you do with a professional 3D printer?
Printrbot Announces New Kid-Friendly 3D Printer
There was a nice surprise inย the Printrbot booth at the New York 3D Printshow:ย the new Printrbot Play. The Play continues the new path Printrbot has been taking since the creation of the Metal Simple, by building sheet metal printers (a long departure from the original, mostly printed models). While having “guts” very similar to the […]
Win Awesome 3D Printers at the Moat Boat Paddle Battle!
If you are planning on attending Maker Faire Bay Areaย and haven’t yet signed up to participate in the Moat Boat Paddle Battle, we are about to entice you to change that! We are pleased to announce that our sponsor SeeMeCNCย is offering some amazing prizes to the winners. The winners of both Youth categories will […]
