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!
I took an aesthetics class in college. One of the assignments was to package a piece of fruit in an innovative way. I bought a miniature pineapple, cut off the flower, and screwed the fuse, spoon, and pin from a dummy hand grenade into the top. I got an A. But then, I think, so did everyone else.
The folks over at Teague labs have built a fun Arduino based generative music maker with a unique minimalist keyed user interface called Muze. Instead of directly manipulating instruments, you use a color coded knob to tune or influence multiple aspects of the score Muse plays at once. If you’d like to play along, you […]
Our friends at RadioShack talked to some DIY dads and their kids at Maker Faire Bay Area about making together. Here they talk to Jim and his son Schuyler, the kid 3D printing evangelist. You may remember Schuyler from his adorable Ignite presentation.
Executed by vrogy, from Thingiverse user dino-girl’s “spiderasaur” plans. We have featured vrogy’s work many times beofre; check the links below for some of my personal faves.
Keith of Keith’s Electronics Blog added a fan to his printer to regulate how the fabjects cooled and shrank during the print process. I connected a spare DC fan to my bench power supply, set it just outside the CupCake’s build chamber, and dialed it down until it barely spun. Holy schmoly! The left cap […]
Thingiverse user lalbritton created this Ideal Harmonic Transformer: Was “Analog Sine/Cosine Calculating Machine”, but then I found the actual name for this device, which I really like. It is a thing to hold, enjoy turning the crank, and look at. If you can’t find your calculator, and need to know the sine or cosine of […]
Of interest to desktop industrialists and infographics connoisseurs alike, this visual history of RepRap forks from Thingiverse user watsdesign. More details are available on the RepRap wiki, and, naturally, a poster is for sale.
