3D-Printable Armor Scales
Thingiverse user Krest created STLs for five slightly different scales, which can be printed up and linked together to create awesome scale armor for cosplay or pure nerdiness. [via MakerBot]
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 it’s 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!
Choosing Fasteners for 3D Printed Parts – Part 4
Earlier this month, we linked out to the first three posts in the I Heart Robotics team’s ongoing series about choosing hardware for the fused-filament parts that come off your RepRap-type 3D printer. On Sunday, they published the fourth installment, this time focusing on the best way to make a rotating pin joint between two printed beams.
Fab Academy and “How To Make Something That Makes (Almost) Anything” Are a Wrap
The third year of the Fab Academy wrapped up last week, with the 70 odd students giving their final project presentations at 13 Fab Labs scattered around the world. The Fab Academy is a distributed education platform built on top of the Fab Lab network; at the core is a curriculum of weekly projects and […]
Hot Glue Extruder for a CNC
Chris Favreau posted an Instructable on making a hot glue extruder for a CNC, using a $3 hot glue gun.
3D Printable Maker Playset
: Chris Krueger of Arlington Heights, IL, wrote in to share his Maker Playset I thought I’d send along my “Maker Playset” I just finished putting together. Sure kids could play with dinosaurs or airplanes, but why not a workbench and a 3D printer! This is a miniature model of my workshop and just what […]
Blind Self Portrait Machine
In this role-blurring piece by Apple Store hacker Kyle McDonald and Make pal Matt Mets, the user/subject closes their eyes and rests their forearm on a moving platform that guides a pen held in their hand to draw a self-portrait.
NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Scanning Art for the World to Download & Make
[ichc-flickr-slide width=”580″ height=”412″ username=”makerbot” set_id=”72157630000129466″ player_r=”109615″] NEWS FROM THE FUTURE – Scanning Art for the World to Download & Make… Now, as if the promise of democratizing goods, revolutionizing industries and opening up a whole new era of “object” piracy wasn’t enough, the MakerBot team is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, scanning […]