3D-printed mechanical iris
Another gem from Madox.NET.
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!
Automatic Time-Lapse Photography of a MakerBot print
Marty McGuire has been hard at work teaching his Makerbot to take automatic time-lapse videos as it prints parts.
Hyperboloid stool from acrylic and monofilament
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, this beautiful stool/table from Madox.net. The acrylic parts were cut by Ponoko in 6mm acrylic and then wound with four layers of pink monofilament line to create four distinct, nested hyperboloid surfaces.
Neil Gershenfeld addresses Assoc of Pro Model Makers
Hal Chaffee, VP – President Emeritus, Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM), was kind enough to send us links to this keynote address that Neil Gershenfeld delivered at the 2010 APMM Conference, this past spring. As you probably know, Neil is the director of the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) at MIT and the […]
Unusual building blocks based on close-packed spheres
Mathematician and artist George Hart (who writes our Math Monday column), created a cool set of six building blocks by slicing up and combining bits of these rhombic dodecahedra. Theoretically, the same set of blocks can be used to build tetrahedra and octahedra of any size. Thingiverse user Lenbok printed a set on a MakerBot. George’s are printed in nylon using selective laser sintering, and, as he points out, look a lot like fancy sugar cubes. I suppose you could print them on a CandyFab and make them actual sugar cubes. Or sugar Voronoi cells, rather.
Cement printer makes large 3d sculptures
Anish Kapoor and Factum Arte developed a cement printing process to create the art piece Greyman cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked.
Printing your own wedding cake topper
When my wife and I got married, we weren’t content to buy anything and leave it as-is. We made (or had made) every component of our wedding ceremony (from the invitations to the wedding outfits to the rings). For the cake topper, we bought standard ones and then stripped them, repainted them, and turned them […]
