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!
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, […]
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!
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.
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.
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 […]
Thingiverse user mrule created this polygon with two kinds of 3D-printable vertices that snap together. For instance, ten each of the two parts can form an icosahedron.
Dirk Vander Kooij is taking 3d printing to a whole new scale with his series of chairs made from recycled fridge plastic.
