Bronze-casting coins from 3d-printed parts
To celebrate their grand opening, the folks at the QC Co-Lab hackerspace in Davenport, Indiana decided to cast some bronze coins with their logo on them.
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!
Giant fluid dynamics sculpture made of robot-glued plastic balls
Um, wow. Geometric death frequency-141, as its called, was created by Czech artist Federico DÃaz. It consists of 420,000 plastic spheres, each of which appears to be about 1.5″ in diameter, glued together by industrial robot arms. The subject is a simulated liquid splashing inside an imaginary 50x20x20 foot box. Reportedly, DÃaz wrote the software to perform the simulation himself, and the software to drive the assembly process, as well. More details over at designboom. [via Gizmodo]
Very, very serious tic-tac-toe game
Why scratch out a game of naughts and crosses on the sidewalk when you can use a computer-controlled mill to carve a board and pieces out of solid billet aluminum and bronze? Thingiverse user hugomatic knows the answer to that question, whatever it may be.
Thing-O-Matic announced at Maker Faire NYC
MakerBot Industries announced their new printer, the Thing-O-Matic, incorporating a bevy of new features like the Automated Build Platform (upsized for a larger print area), the MK5 plastruder, as well as a completely revamped Z-axis. The price has jumped about 20%, and the new machine costs $1,225 from the MakerBot store. So sweet!
How-To: Add ballistic armor to a messenger bag
My “concise” imperative really wanted to call this a bulletproof messenger bag, but I’m quite confident Instructables user Culturespy, author of this interesting (albeit, to my mind, slightly paranoid) tutorial, would be quick to point out that there’s no such thing as “bulletproof.” Writing a free public tutorial about how to build a piece of […]
Printable tool clips
Spotted on Thingiverse, these neato printable tool clips by elite MakerBotter Christian Arnø of Norway, creator of the MakerBot dremel mount and the printable MakerBot! Output some today and get organized!
Sterling silver replicator block pendant
News of the big Stargate prop auction got me Googling around for entrepreneurs selling replica, um, replicators. Which search yielded this handsome handmade necklace from DeviantArt user DreamingDragonDesign. There’s also a 3D-printable replicator block on Shapeways.
